LOS ANGELES -- In the eighth inning of a tight game Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium, D-backs manager Chip Hale knew he wanted to go to left-hander Matt Reynolds to match up with Dodgers top prospect Corey Seager, a left-handed hitter. The problem was, Reynolds didn't know it. The bullpen phone in the visitors' dugout at Dodger Stadium wasn't working.
So when Seager came up with one out, a runner on second and Arizona trailing by one, Hale walked to the mound and called for a reliever who hadn't been warming up. Reynolds came in cold, with only his eight allotted warmup pitches to get loose.