Thursday, March 28

Diamondbacks can’t capitalize on big rally, lose to Mets in 10


Ketel Marte pursed his lips, holding his bat out from his stomach and turning clockwise, slowly, away from home plate and back to the Diamondbacks dugout. He didn’t want to believe it, not when Seth Lugo’s 1-2 curveball appeared to miss the strike zone by a solid inch or two, but his strikeout put the Diamondbacks’ comeback on the brink of being extinguished.

Two batters later, when Christian Walker popped out to shallow centerfield, that became the fate of Arizona’s night, as it was lost, 6-5, to the Mets in 10 innings, falling to 5-9 on the season.

For two weeks, these losses followed a template. The Diamondbacks would get good starting pitching, decent bullpen work and abysmal offense. Through 11 games, their team batting average sat at .156, even as players and coaches alike extolled the quality of their bats, promising that hits and runs would soon follow.




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