Record: 65-69. Pace: 79-83. Change on 2014: +9.
Early on, this looked like it was going to be another Coors Field slug-fest. Three of the first four Diamondbacks up reached, the only out being a sacrifice fly off the bat of A.J. Pollock, on the 11th pitch of his at-bat, that gave Arizona a 1-0 lead. 24 pitches in, Jon Grey had retired one batter, but Welington Castillo was obviously jonesing for some Chicago pizza, and opted to hurry thing up by hitting into an inning ending double-play. Chase Anderson's first started the same way (first two on, then a sacrifice fly to score a run), but then got worse, courtesy of another home-run by Nolan Arenado, to give the Rockies a 3-1 lead after the first inning.