LOS ANGELES – Though the Diamondbacks have gone from trying to limit Brad Boxberger’s matchups to right-handed hitters to pulling him entirely from a save chance on Sunday afternoon, manager Torey Lovullo said there will be no change in the closer’s role.
“He’s still our closer,” Lovullo said. “We’re going to piece it together in different ways; you’ve seen that over the past week. But it’s go time. This is a situation where we can’t blink.”
On Sunday, Boxberger issued back-to-back walks to open the ninth inning, and, after a sac bunt moved the runners up, Lovullo opted to bring in Archie Bradley to face Matt Kemp, who wound up delivering the walk-off double.