Arizona 2, Los Angeles 1
An 11-pitch at-bat by Will Smith in the first set the tone for Merrill Kelly’s evening. LAter, Mookie Betts deposited a solo-shot into the seats against reliever Drey Jameson who got to be the “long man” in just the second game of the season. Despite these troubles, the Diamondbacks were still down only 1-0 when Evan Longoria and Kyle Lewis came to bat as pinch-hitters in the eighth inning. Longo doubled and then Kyle Lewis launched Arizona’s first home run of the season over the head of David Peralta. The blast gave the Diamondbacks the lead and then Andrew Chafin pitched a 10-pitch clean inning to close out the game in the ninth.
Snake Bytes 4/1: Diamondbacks Win, No Foolin’!
