There was a lot that happened in the game, but the wild pitch will be the one moment that sticks with the D-backs for a while.
It had been a frustrating night for the D-backs up until the eighth inning. Kelly wasn’t pleased with his command as his struggles with it, along with some tough at-bats by the Cubs, inflated his pitch count and forced him to depart after the fifth having thrown 95.
Over the first seven innings, the D-backs hit nine balls that had an exit velocity of 95 mph or greater, which is the definition of a hard-hit ball.