Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2: Captain Gilbert

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports Another Tyler Gilbert start you say? Sign me up! It would be foolish to expect another no hitter, but the D’backs would need the southpaw to get the team back on the right track to avoid a series sweep. However, through three innings he was even better than a no hitter. Dare I say, perfect? That’s right. Gilbert retired the first nine Pittsburgh Pirates he faced in order needing only twenty six pitches to do so.

First time through the Pirates order he was cruising leaving fans hoping for magic again, and he was earning outs every which way with three strikeouts, three ground outs, and three fly outs.

Unfortunately, the perfect game bid was broken up with one…