Looking to snap a profoundly demoralizing six-game losing streak that had erased all the progress we’d made with the six-game winning streak that preceded it, our D-Backs turned to Alex Young to see if he could bounce back from his bumpy previous start and deliver us a good outing against Colorado RHP German Marquez.
It didn’t begin terribly well, frankly. Alex wasn’t locating well in the first inning. He retired the Rockies’ leadoff batter, LF Raimel Tapia, to start the ball game, but then allowed the heart of the Rockies’ order to reach on a Trevor Story triple in the right-center gap, a Nolan Arenado double into the left field corner, a walk to Charlie Blackmon, and Matt Kemp double to left.