Seasons often contain a series of “turning points” both good and bad that seem to be the demarcation points during the roller coaster of a major league season. Earlier in the year Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo identified a late April series against the Dodgers where the team took 2 of 3 as a turning point. Indeed, that series seem to instill confidence as the team started playing better defense, getting hits in key moments, and received outstanding starting pitching on the way to an 11-4 stretch that propelled them to three games over .500 at 17-14.
Unfortunately that all came screeching to a halt on May 11th against Miami, in what turned out to be the next turning point.