Robbie Ray shook his head in disgust. He knew what he had just done and he was scolding himself for it.
The Diamondbacks starting pitcher had walked weak-hitting Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp with two outs and nobody on in the fourth inning Saturday night and then, to top it off, he grooved a 95 mph first-pitch fastball right over the plate to Phillies pitcher Ben Lively.
Lively connected for his first major-league home run and the two-run blast gave the Phillies a 2-1 lead. Ray wasn’t sure what he was mad at the most – having to basically pitch around and walk Rupp after falling behind to the guy batting .