It only took Clay Buchholz 48 pitches to complete five innings of shutout baseball on Friday night. Unfortunately for the Diamondbacks, that effort was not enough on Friday night as Anthony DeSclafani carved up Arizona’s hitters, allowing only three hits and striking out nine in seven innings of shutout pitching.
Five shutout innings followed by two innings featuring weak flares and a bunt-hit was not enough as Cincinnati answered with a solid pitching performance of their own. While both starters completed seven innings, DeSclafani out-dueled Buchholz on Friday night, striking out nine and keeping Arizona off the scoreboard entirely.