It’s fitting that the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks ended with a show of speed. They had been roadrunner-ing around all weekend, letting out a quick meep-meep before kicking up a flake of turf and chasing down a fly ball in deep right-center.
Defensively, offensively—I’ll admit it—the Diamondbacks are kind of a thrill to watch.
But Arizona’s walk off run in the 9th did not score on the fleet feet of Corbin Carroll or Dominic Fletcher or Ketel Marte or Geraldo Perdomo, but the comparatively brick cleats of Christian Walker. Still, with Blake Sabol pulled from the line and a good jump on the bases, Lourdes Gurriel Jr.