Diamondbacks 5, Padres 4: Nix falls short in final start

Jacob Nix had made eight starts heading into his final appearance of 2018. Two of those were excellent. Two of those were decent. Four of them were downright bad. So it’s not surprising that Nix got pulled after just four frames tonight, but it is disappointing. Though that wasn’t as disappointing as the offense, who somehow managed to pull out four runs off a scant seven hits and three walks. But it wasn’t enough as the Diamondbacks evened the series at a game apiece.

Nix sailed through the first inning, but didn’t do nearly as well in the second. After Daniel Descalso hit a one-out double, Jacob walked Socrates Brito, presumably because he was in awe of such a phenomenal name. Ildemaro…