“I think they just ambushed him,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said. “I think they came out ready to jump on his fastball. There’s no mystery that Zac fills up the zone. He has an aggressive fastball and aggressive mindset. They just counterpunched him.”
It was jarring to have their ace allow five runs in five innings, and the offense, which had been so potent against the Brewers and Dodgers, took awhile to regain its footing.
The last time the Arizona Diamondbacks won a game in the NLCS, Randy Johnson took the win and Erubiel Durazo hit the game-winning home run off Tom Glavine.