This is the kind of game which causes a recapper to pull out what’s left of his hair, because this has more poorly thought-out twists than an M. Night Shyamalan retrospective. In the ninth inning, the D-backs had a win probability of 99.6% at one point. Later in the same inning, it had dropped to 17.4%. It ended up back at 100%, as Pavin Smith drew a bases-loaded, walk-off walk, and the team ran their record to 12-0 when scoring more than five runs. But if every there was a victory snatched needlessly from the jaws of defeat, this was it, as Scott McGough and Andrew Chafin combined to allow five runs while retiring two batters.
Diamondbacks 8, Nationals 7: Recap v3.0
