Two Challenging Games from Last Season

On 6 April and 22 September, the Diamondbacks started strong with a high scoring inning early in the game. That inning gave them a large lead. Then they lost each game. After each loss, they failed to bounce back and lost the next two games. Those 6 losses were huge. Let’s look at offense, defense, and pitching.

Offense.

“I like to see us have, innings 1 to 9, a relentless approach [to scoring runs], but it doesn’t happen all the time. That [relentless approach] is what they’ve spoiled me with. But I feel 8 runs should be enough for sure.” — Torey Lovullo, 6 April 2024

Let’s look at offense after the big inning.

6 April. 6 runs scored in the first inning. The remaining 8 innings: .188 OBP, 2…