As he walked off the field, his work done for the day, D-backs right-hander Merrill Kelly screamed into his glove, which he then promptly threw when he got back to the dugout.
It was what you usually see from a pitcher who has had a rough start.
For Kelly, though, it wasn’t the results that caused an issue, as he matched a career high with 12 strikeouts Monday afternoon in the D-backs’ 4-2 win over the Rockies at Chase Field.
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The Diamondbacks won the game 4-2, thanks to Kelly’s pitching, and some timely hitting in the 3rd and 4th innings by Corbin Carroll, Gabriel Moreno, and Jace Peterson.