Diamondbacks 4, Athletics 4: All-you-can-eat Tie Buffet

Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images Record: 7-10-5. Five-inning record: 10-9-3.

You’d be forgiven for having forgotten, what with your morning dose of Gallenfreude, but the Diamondbacks still played a baseball game today. And, as has become standard of late, it ended without a winner or a loser. Arizona rattled off their third consecutive tie. I checked the spring results back to 2010, and they haven’t had more than three in an entire pre-season (including an even rarer 0-0 tie against the Brewers on March 21, 2012). They’re now up to five this year, with more than a week still to go. This time, it was the D-backs’ turn to mount a ninth inning comeback. Pavin Smith’s lead-off double coming in…