The Diamondbacks rolled to an 11-1 win over the Pirates Wednesday, and they got their bats going early against Pittsburgh starter Chris Archer.
"I think the key with Archer is when he’s not commanding the baseball, you’ve got to let him pitch. And you’ve got to force him to throw the ball over the plate," Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said. "That’s a very hard thing to do when you’re a hitter, because you get into a tentative mindset, and then he’s going to blow 95 right by you."
Even if it's hard, Lovullo's teams have found a lot of success against Archer.