Arizona Diamondbacks 0, Houston Astros 8

By which I mean, they couldn’t hit anything. Gerrit Cole proved to be every bit as good as advertised, after a first inning where he was, surprisingly, out-K’d by Kris Medlen. He then took to mowing down the D-backs, at one point striking out nine Arizona batters in a ten-PA span. Chris Owings got a double to break up the no-hitter, and David Peralta drew a walk, but otherwise, there was a lot of ugly flailing. The D-backs ended up with 16 strikeouts, as Cole tossed a complete-game shutout.

On the other side, the Medlen start... went about as well as you’d expect, for someone who hadn’t pitched in the majors for two years, and with a Triple-A ERA of 6.00. He couldn’t locate his pitches and…