Before Friday night’s game, manager Torey Lovullo of the Arizona Diamondbacks told Venom Strikes that he is proud of his team’s resiliency. Over the opening three weeks of the season, the Diamondbacks have demonstrated the ability to bounce back and display the kind of attitude reserved for winners. That theory was tested in this game against division-rival the Los Angeles Dodgers.
After L. A. shortstop Corey Seager reached Arizona starter Taijuan Walker for a two-run homer in the opening inning, the Diamondbacks played, as Lovullo calls, “uphill baseball.” When Jake Lamb’s two-run single produced a one-run lead in the fifth, that theory of resiliency was challenged.