Indeed, the D-backs shook up their roster before the game, making eight roster moves -- which according to STATS was the most 25-man roster players involved in a non-September transaction in franchise history -- in an effort to jolt a team that started the day seven games below .500.
Ray kept things close through four innings, allowing just a pair of runs, but it was clear he would not be long for the game as his pitch count rose quickly. By the end of the fourth inning, he was at 82 pitches.
He would not last through the fifth, as the Padres hit back-to-back homers off him.