Diamondbacks 7, Chicago (NL) 6 (10 Innings): WHEW!

Yikes. This one was a stressful sorta grind to watch. It started with an hour and a half’s rain delay before the first pitch was thrown. Due to some rough early innings by starter Madison Bumgarner, we were in a 4-0 hole by the end of the third inning. We didn’t have our second hit of the ballgame until the top of the seventh inning. And yet, here we are at the end of it, in the win column once again. Lemme break down how it happened.

Bumgarner took the mound against Cubs lefty Justin Steele, who beat us last Sunday at Chase. Both teams sat down in order in the first, though we looked particularly shabby by striking out in order. To be fair, the second K, which was charged to starting third…