Diamondbacks 6, Reds 5: Happy Mondays

Photo by Jon Super/RedfernsRecord: 20-22. Pace: 77-85. Change on 2023: -4.

Well. That was certainly a game, wasn’t it? For a long time, it looked like Arizona was going to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They had a parlayed a combination of truly terrible situational hitting, another relief meltdown and deeply crappy umpiring, taking a game which should have been well in hand, and going to the bottom of the ninth facing defeat. But three free base-runners and Kevin Newman’s fourth hit of the game turned a one-run deficit into and walk-off win, made all the home fans at Chase Field into 24 Hour Party People. Clap Your Hands and sing Hallelujah, this was a game full of Pills, Thrills…