Heading into the game’s start, it looked like it would be a pitcher’s duel. The headliners were Jake Arrieta and Zack Greinke, two of the better starters in the National League over the last five seasons. Early on, it looked to be that way too, as both pitchers went comfortably through the first three innings with a few blips for each that lead to the hometown nine being up, 2-1.
Then in the fourth, some shoddy fielding by Maikel Franco led to the bases being loaded up for the Diamondbacks with nobody out.