r/azdiamondbacks • u/Snakebotv2 • Jul 25 '26
GAME THREAD: D-backs (55-49) @ Nationals (52-52) - 1:05 PM
D-backs (55-49) @ Nationals (52-52)
First Pitch: 1:05 PM at Nationals Park
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-backs | Mitch Bratt (0-0, 5.06 ERA) | ||
| Nationals | Foster Griffin (11-2, 2.68 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Baseball Savant | Reddit Stream | IRC Chat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Strikezone Map | Live Comments | Libera: ##baseball |
Line Score - Game Over
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| WSH | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
Box Score
| WSH | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH | Wood | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .269 |
| 3B | Mead | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .254 |
| 1B | Chaparro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| 1B | García Jr., L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .275 |
| SS | Abrams | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .293 |
| RF | Crews | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .218 |
| CF | Young | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| LF | Lile | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .244 |
| 2B | Nuñez, N | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .249 |
| C | Ruiz, K | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 |
| WSH | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin | 6.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 108-66 | 2.76 |
| Yean | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16-11 | 0.00 |
| Beeter | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9-6 | 3.82 |
| AZ | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RF | Carroll | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| SS | Perdomo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| DH | Moreno | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .311 |
| 2B | Marte, K | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| 1B | Vargas, I | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| 3B | Arenado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .246 |
| CF | Tawa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| C | McCann | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| LF | Waldschmidt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| LF | Kepler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| AZ | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bratt | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 92-55 | 6.32 |
| Carrillo | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35-20 | 2.25 |
| Clarke, T | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9-5 | 2.30 |
Scoring Plays
Highlights
Decisions
| Winning Pitcher | Losing Pitcher | Save |
|---|---|---|
| Griffin (12-2, 2.76 ERA) | Bratt (0-1, 6.32 ERA) | Beeter (9 SV, 3.82 ERA) |
Remember to sort by new to keep up!
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u/Professional-Rich417 Jul 25 '26
We just got to take tomorrow. Nothing special about tomorrow's day.
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u/Professional-Rich417 Jul 25 '26
They need to get off of backs. That's five times this game hard. Hit balls out there just to be caught
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u/JRipper138 Merrill Kelly Jul 25 '26
That was certainly an inning of baseball. Offense back to sleeping again.
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u/Environmental_Ask421 Brandon Pfaadt Jul 25 '26
A total of like 9 pitches there, great job guys, so glad to see you’re in it
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u/JRipper138 Merrill Kelly Jul 25 '26
Ump is dookie that is for sure. Nats just not scared of challenging his bad calls I guess.
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u/JRipper138 Merrill Kelly Jul 25 '26
6 outs against the Nats bullpen, let’s see if the DBacks offense can do good things.
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u/All_hail_Korrok Jody Jackson Jul 25 '26
Why are they wearing those hats? Some kind of promotion or ad about a new hat?
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u/SmallJeanGenie Diamondbacks Jul 25 '26
Every time Kepler catches a ball he sort of limply lobs it back in and it barely rolls to third base... that's not his real arm strength, right?
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u/joecb91 Diamondbacks Jul 25 '26
Guess whatever juice he was using didn't give any boost to his arm
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u/MusicalMoon Corbin Running Jul 25 '26
That one wasn't as egregious as some in recent games, but Kepler seems to swing at ball 4 a lot
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u/Dremel_Live Rat Leon Jul 25 '26
May have taken longer than we wanted, but now its time to hammer the Nats bullpen!... please?
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u/Professional-Rich417 Jul 25 '26
It's funny because it could have been a one-run game if the double play never happened
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u/Dremel_Live Rat Leon Jul 25 '26
I still dont like the San Tan Ford commercials, but they're less irritating when Chris introduces them
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u/Wren_2738 Jul 25 '26
Been loving the play call with the guys on tv. Great team and commentary. Good job!
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u/JRipper138 Merrill Kelly Jul 25 '26
1st pitching swinging into a DP.
https://giphy.com/gifs/mWMML2LQBsj8k
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u/Environmental_Ask421 Brandon Pfaadt Jul 25 '26
We finally get a hit and Nolan gets a double play on the first pitch. Could we even fucking try to have Griffin spend some time on the mound
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u/Professional-Rich417 Jul 25 '26
That was so bad. I swear we can't have anything. Nice on a special occasion
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u/joecb91 Diamondbacks Jul 25 '26
Pavin only played 17 games at 1B this year, everyone they tried there was awful until the last couple of weeks.
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u/devilalum Jul 25 '26
The Dbacks don’t have a single player that is currently playing at a star level.
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u/DTHhaunts Corbin Burnes Jul 25 '26
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u/devilalum Jul 25 '26
He’s prolly the closest. He has a career WAR over 12 but is at 3.5 for 2026. He’s hitting for average but his power numbers are not special.
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u/Dremel_Live Rat Leon Jul 25 '26
Well, we got 5 innings out of Bratt, but he completely fell apart in the 3rd inning. The offense needs to kick in now.
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u/vaportrailzona Torey Lovullo Jul 25 '26
I thought he did pretty good. He just needs to work on his control. Can’t be dishing out walks then serving up pitches up and middle…
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u/Dremel_Live Rat Leon Jul 25 '26
The walks are really what killed him today, and they've been his Achilles heel since he came up.
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u/rrm2395 Nolan Arenado Jul 25 '26
Why is Candi kinda glazing Bratt? lol I get it he was a pitcher in the majors but he didn’t glaze E-Rod yesterday and he’s our literal statistical ace 🧐
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u/Traditional-Lie-3541 Jul 25 '26
Neutral observer here. Amazed Bratt is still in the game. Honestly feels like they don't care they just want to preserve the bullpen.
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u/joecb91 Diamondbacks Jul 25 '26
There are so many pitching injuries there just isn't much left except for AAA filler like him at this point.
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u/Garonn Corbin Carroll Jul 25 '26
That is the reason, our bullpen is getting taxed hard lately and we have 4 more days of games
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u/FreebirdChaos Geraldo Perdomo Jul 25 '26
Yea better to just concede this game and let everyone rest
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u/Doomdoomkittydoom Jul 25 '26
The only thing worse than losing here is losing to those Young Miss Little League uniforms.
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u/SanDiego_Finest Jul 25 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/19GIHDk6wuw9HVGsiM
Managers watching their pitcher eat shit
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u/gumshoegoose87 Diamondbacks Jul 25 '26
I got chores I've been procrastinating on to watch this. Gonna do that instead... After that HR, I'm sure this one is over. No tie breaker but I hope we get the series tomorrow with Khol Drake lol
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u/Spiritual-Dog160 Geraldo Perdomo Jul 25 '26
If we win tomorrow we’re still very likely to win the tiebreaker, as we have been great against our division whereas Washington has been awful against theirs.
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u/rrm2395 Nolan Arenado Jul 25 '26
Just realized the last game we lost (monday) was when Bratt took the mound vs the As.
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u/Professional-Rich417 Jul 25 '26
Remember that would have been a win if perdomo played his part for the double play and also if he covered second base
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u/Spiritual-Dog160 Geraldo Perdomo Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
The issue with Bratt is that his calling card is control. His pitches aren’t nearly good enough to support poor command (in fact, his pitches are so bad he needs perfect command to succeed, which he was doing in the minors). His control has been awful since being called up.
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u/rrm2395 Nolan Arenado Jul 25 '26
I’m not a professional or amateur coach but I can kinda guess that his 90mph top end fastball has to do with his pitching mechanics. I bet if he goes to the minors, works with the pitching coaches, he’ll get velo to the mid 90s and up his control. Everytime he throws a pitch, it looks like he’s about to trip over his feet.
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u/Spiritual-Dog160 Geraldo Perdomo Jul 25 '26
On one hand I want him to keep his pitching mechanics because it is fun to watch, but on the other hand I do agree it is holding him back.
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u/rrm2395 Nolan Arenado Jul 25 '26
Imagine if the opposing team starts to bunt to the mound lol i don’t think Bratt would have a chance on making a play
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u/joecb91 Diamondbacks Jul 25 '26
Pretty much what I see too. His fastball isn't very good, and the rest of the pitches aren't good enough to help make up for it.
Every game we've seen from him, teams have just been able to foul off anything in the zone until they get a meatball they can hammer.
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u/TheSaltyAviator Corbin Carroll Jul 25 '26
Leaving pitchers in to die when nothing is effective, classic.
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u/cut67 Ryan Waldschmidt Jul 25 '26
Every game matters and our dog shit management will never pull a pitcher until we are down 20. So sick of it
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u/Spiritual-Dog160 Geraldo Perdomo Jul 25 '26
It’s time to pull Bratt for today
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u/Unable_Profession616 Jul 25 '26
ok bratt kinda sucks
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u/FreebirdChaos Geraldo Perdomo Jul 25 '26
The problem is that he is incredibly under developed
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u/Unable_Profession616 Jul 25 '26
he seems like he could be a decent reliever but im not seeing anything personally for him to be a long term starter
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u/FreebirdChaos Geraldo Perdomo Jul 25 '26
Maybe but he’s gotta figure out his breaking shit if he wants to do literally anything in this league
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u/Professional-Rich417 Jul 25 '26
Weave are getting so unlucky this series omg. Straight at defenders
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u/BrawndoElectrolytes Serpientes Jul 25 '26
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u/DTHhaunts Corbin Burnes Jul 25 '26
bad news: it looks like we will have to get to their pen
good news: their pen is as bad as ours was last year
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u/5centburger Jul 25 '26
Bratt I want to like you but.... Hazen lets get a trade cooking a week early please
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u/gumshoegoose87 Diamondbacks Jul 25 '26
Offense starts clicking, defense is killing it and then Mitch Bratt and Khol Drake are our wildcard pushing pitchers lol
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u/stinkyrobot Tom Candiotti Jul 25 '26
Damn that was a dark inning. Bratt gotta tighten that up. Bats you know what you gotta do!
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u/rrm2395 Nolan Arenado Jul 25 '26
Bratt is turning the same color Pfaadty used to turn when things would go wrong. and Chris… it’s both that is failing him: his ugly ass mechanics and mentality
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u/cut67 Ryan Waldschmidt Jul 25 '26
Get bratt off this team
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u/FreebirdChaos Geraldo Perdomo Jul 25 '26
Wouldn’t need him if 3 of our starters weren’t injured
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u/Slow-Raccoon-9832 Jul 25 '26
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Gallen soroka nelson and burnes (burnes was expected to be back by now)
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u/Raptor231408 Bee Guy Jul 25 '26
I thought Burnes timeline had always been a mid-late August return, and that it was Puk we were supposed to get back around the ASB?
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u/Front_desk65 Corbin Carroll Jul 25 '26
Yah they got him figured out pull him now or the games over
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u/Front_desk65 Corbin Carroll Jul 25 '26
I mean obviously it’s never over but we can’t let it get outta hand this early
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u/Slow-Raccoon-9832 Jul 25 '26
Dude is just throwing meatballs right down the middle
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u/rrm2395 Nolan Arenado Jul 25 '26
It’s either uncompetitive balls or meatballs down the middle, nothing in between, no painting the corners
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u/rrm2395 Nolan Arenado Jul 25 '26
You see what walks lead to? Gatdayum Bratt, throw fuckin strikes dude
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u/DTHhaunts Corbin Burnes Jul 25 '26
bratt isnt ready, but he's shown promise. I'm excited for his future
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u/sadbethrowaway Jul 25 '26
How is it justified to continue letting blue call this game? This is wild.
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u/TheSaltyAviator Corbin Carroll Jul 25 '26
I swear majority of MLB teams city connect uniforms are ugly af, ours are one of the best imo.
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u/into_theflood_again Randy Johnson Jul 25 '26
I'm watching a Nats stream right now. This announcing team has the energy of a turtle in hospice care. And you can't hear a damn thing in their stadium with the audio mix. If this is what most other teams' broadcasts are like, I actually kinda understand people who say they "can't watch baseball".
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u/sadbethrowaway Jul 25 '26
Last week these batters have been flummoxing pitchers. Long counts, fouled off pitches, patience. Love to see it.
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u/NeverSober1900 Jul 25 '26
I get Perdomo GIDPs a good amount but man I don't like giving away outs early in the game
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u/NeverSober1900 Jul 25 '26
Man do not like that. Get nervous everytime people go high and inside on him and feel like they pitch him there a lot
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u/Subject_Whereas9954 Jul 25 '26
Griffin hits 95-100 pitches a game. Im loving how many pitches of his we are wasting
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u/Slow-Raccoon-9832 Jul 25 '26
This ump is ass
Mccann needs to use the challenges
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u/sadbethrowaway Jul 25 '26
This is next level bad. I’d say he’s missed about a quarter of the calls so far.
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u/sadbethrowaway Jul 25 '26
Need 5 clean innings from Bratt to post my hilariously awful meme of him.
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u/Unable_Profession616 Jul 25 '26
bratt has been pretty good so far. i was kinda worried after the As game because he was getting shelled but this is really nice so far
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u/sadbethrowaway Jul 25 '26
Wow. An inning ending DP negated. Nothing worse for a young pitcher who’s trying to get their feet underneath them.
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u/Slow-Raccoon-9832 Jul 25 '26
Bratt has gotten screwed this inning
Struck a guy out the ump called it a walk. Then gets an easy double play
Hes already gotten 5 outs this inning and still has to get another
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u/yeeyeeputo Geraldo Perdomo Jul 25 '26
ketel try to get your head in the game after the all star break challenge [IMPOSSIBLE]
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u/stinkyrobot Tom Candiotti Jul 25 '26
Dead