HOUSTON – In two days at Minute Maid Park, the Diamondbacks have given a small snapshot that almost perfectly encapsulates their season. On Friday, they hung with and beat the defending World Series champions, getting solid pitching, delivering timely hits and playing clean baseball. On Saturday, they did none of those things.
For as much as Friday night’s win provided a glimpse of the kind of team they see themselves as, Saturday evening’s 10-4 loss to the Houston Astros was more like how others have begun to view them, at least since they began their stumble toward the finish line.