It seems ages ago, and indeed we are talking about mid April here so it has been a while, but the last time the Diamondbacks played the Cardinals this season it was also the last game of Madison Bumgarner for the Diamondbacks and in the MLB.
In the final game of that 3-game series in Saint Louis, Bumgarner gave up 7 runs in just 3 innings, blowing up his ERA to an unforgivable 10.26. Mike Hazen decided to pull the trigger not much later, and so Madison Bumgarner’s pitching career was shot down.
The Diamondbacks lost that game, on April 19, with 14-5 but they took the series and held a 2 game lead over the Dodgers in the NL West.