Although their winning line with three games ended on Thursday, Arizona Diamondbacks rolls on crime when they start a three-game road series against Washington Nationals on Friday.
Diamondbacks fell 9-7 to the host New York Yankees on Thursday, while citizens had the day off after opening the season 1-5.
Arizona led Majors with 886 runs last season and is bound for the third at the beginning of this year with 45 runs through seven matches. Citizens have received 21 runs, which are ranked 23rd.
Third Basseman Eugenio Suarez leads the Arizona attack with five homers, including a Grand Slam that beat Yankees on Tuesday. He is bound with Yankees’ Aaron judge for the Major League lead in long balls. All six of Suarez -hits have gone for extra bases.
Geraldo Perdomo’s seventh inning Grand Slam sliced into Arizona 9-3 deficits on Thursday, but Yankees held on to save the final in a three-game series.
“We continued to fight,” said Diamondback’s manager Torey Lovullo. “I’ve been to this stadium for a long time, I’ve been in many games at this stadium, and I just felt that there is no leadership that is safe.”
Washington has dropped three in a row, the last 4-2 backlash on Toronto on Wednesday where Pinch Runner Jacob Young was thrown out and tried to steal the second base of the final from the game with Nathaniel Lowe on the third.
Citizens never led while swept in a three-game series against Blue Jays and only made seven runs. Washington had two-digit hits just once, in an 11-6 loss to Philadelphia Phillies in the second match of the season when Lowe, Keibert Ruiz and Amed Rosario all hammered.
Switch Hitter Ruiz will bring a six-game a row in the series, and he has been promoted to third in the order in the last three games when manager Dave Martinez is looking for a spark.
“He really stays behind the ball really well,” said Martinez about Ruiz, who beats .381 (8-for-21). “He doesn’t jump on the ball. He gets the ball in the zone, and when he hits the ball in the zone he is really good … and he hits the ball hard.”
The National Rookie Outfielder Dylan Crews, the second overall election in the draft 2023, is 0-for-18 with 10 strikes.
Arizona Right Hander Brandon Pfaadt will make his second start of the season, after signing a five-year, $ 45 million contract extension on Friday which will take him through the 2030 season. The team has an option for 2031, and the contract contains a mutual alternative for 2032.
PFAADT (0-1, 4.50 era) gave up six hits and three runs in six rounds during a 4-3 loss to Chicago Cubs on Saturday, the main injury that came on Kyle Tucker’s two-run homer in the fifth round. Pfaadt knocked out five and went one.
He met the citizens once June 19, 2024, and he gave up three runs in 6 1/3 rounds while taking a 3-1 loss. Pfaadt, who relies on control, went a career four in that game. He has gone on average 2.2 battle per nine rounds in his three -year career.
Washington Right Hander Jake Irvin (0-0, 3.60 era) will make his second start of the season after giving up two runs in five rounds in a decision against Phillies on Saturday.
Irvin is 0-2 with a 4.80 era in three career starts against Diamondbacks, two 2023.
Arizona is 14-5 against Nationals since 2022 and has won seven of its last eight matches at National Park.
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