The off-target throw got past Diamondbacks third baseman Eduardo Escobar and bounced into the visitors’ dugout in Milwaukee. From the top step, manager Torey Lovullo had watched the disaster unfold: Three mistakes, at least, in one play, the last a mental error. Lovullo had seen enough.
After the third inning of the Diamondbacks’ 5-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night, Lovullo gathered his players and aired them out. For perhaps the first time in his five-year managerial career, Lovullo unleashed his anger and frustration at his players in the open. No one could blame him.
“What is there not to be frustrated about at the moment, you know?