Brandon Pfaadt, fresh off one of the best starts of his career last week, pitched another gem tonight. To me, it honestly never felt like he was a dominating force in the game, but when you looked at his line at the end of the night, it was a thing of beauty. Pfaadt’s only free pass was a HBP and he scattered 4 hits against 6 strikeouts. It’s true the contact got louder and louder as the 5th, 6th and 7th innings came and went, but the Diamondbacks provided excellent defense behind him (including a true Web Gem from Alek Thomas) and Pfaadt was able to get the Cardinals to go fishing on his Sweeper more and more as the night went along.
Diamondbacks 7, Cardinals 3: And They’re Off!
