Arizona Sports
PHOENIX — “OK, but how good are they really?”
It’s a question that sprouts out of a team exceeding expectations somewhere through a third or halfway into a season. That always adds more intrigue to when that surprise squad gets to test itself against a really great counterpart.
Enter Friday’s start of a three-game series at Chase Field.
The Arizona Diamondbacks, tied for the National League’s best record at 34-23 entering Friday, began hosting the 33-23 Atlanta Braves. Of the nine teams Arizona plays through June, the Braves and Tampa Bay Rays are the lone two ball clubs out of the eight total in MLB that are at least five games over .