Arizona team President Derrick Hall says it's still too early to be talking about drstic changes to the striuggling Diamondbacks.
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"I don't know what we're in need of besides playing better baseball, maybe an exorcism or something, but we've crossed over into that bad side."
"We played poorly. We continue to play poorly. We made mistakes. We ran into an out, we made a couple of errors, we're not able to contain guys running the bases and we're unable to throw the ball to first base. So as hard as they keep fighting, when you shoot yourself in the foot, it's tough."
-Kirk Gibson
"There's no easy answer," Goldschmidt said. "Guys are definitely trying their best and doing everything they can, so hopefully it will turn around."
"It's far too early to say they're in jeopardy," Hall said in answer to a question about the status of Gibson and Towers. "I wouldn't say anybody's in trouble at this point."
-Derrick Hall
"It's very strange," Hall said. "I've never seen something like this where every night our starting pitcher goes four, five innings, and gives up [several] runs."
-Derrick Hall
Daily Digest
While getting a better start from Brandon McCarthy, the Diamondbacks were still swept by the Mets Wednesday afternoon at Chase Field. Arizona's bats were kept quiet by a strong performance by Dillon Gee. It wasn't until former Diamondback closer Jose Valverde came into the game in the 9th that the offense was finally able to get on the board, avoiding back-to-back shutouts.
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The Diamondbacks and Dodgers are fixing to begin their third series of the season against each other in this, the first 20 games of the season. Miley will try to keep Adrian Gonzalez from pummeling the Diamondbacks, while Goldschmidt and Trumbo will try to chase Dodgers' 32 man Greinke. Cody Ross is expected to return for Friday's game.
***(Disturbingly, the article lists Wade Miley as the team's ace.)***
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