[D’backs.com] D-backs pay for sloppy play against Astros - The loss, Arizona’s seventh in 10 games, was a combination of ineffective pitching, sloppy defense and few answers for Houston starter Charlie Morton, who threw 55 strikes in an efficient six-inning, 70-pitch outing. The D-backs now trail the first-place Dodgers by four games in the National League West and the Rockies by 3 1/2 games for the second NL Wild Card spot. “We played sloppy baseball today in a couple of situations,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “We can’t do that, especially in this environment, this time of the year, against this team.
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