This game was a doozy. But before things went off the rails, it was pretty good. First, we learned that D-Backs’ starter, Zack Godley—because you know, Zacks and snakes, that whole connection there—is an avid outdoorsman. Now, I don’t know how one can be an outdoorsman in Phoenix, but apparently he is. He loves fishing, and, as Scott Franzke related, has only sunk two boats.
I must not be a great fisherman because I’ve never sunk any boats.
Jake Arrieta pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing the Phils to take a 2-0 lead into the ninth.