Series Preview #2: Houston Astros @ Arizona Diamondbacks

Dusty BakerThe Diamondbacks are coming off a 1-3 series loss against the Padres. Save for Seth Beer’s dramatic walk off 3 run homer capping off a dramatic 4 run 9th on opening day, and a 4 run 9th inning on Sunday when they were already down 10-1, the offense was nonexistent.

The D-Backs were outscored 20 to 11, out hit 33 to 15 , and sport a .129 Team B.A. They also made 3 errors vs. none for the Padres. They only narrowly missed being no hit in the first two games of the series thanks to early season pitch count limits. Not the start to the season Mike Hazen and Torey Lovullo needed to quiet the doubters.

The pitching staff did well during the the first three games of the series, pitching…