Tag: Arizona Diamondbacks

Diamondbacks have rarely faced this many season-ending injuries

The Arizona Diamondbacks don’t want to use injuries as an excuse, but the scope has been impossible to ignore. Manager Torey Lovullo broke the news on Friday that reliever A.J. Puk underwent season-ending elbow surgery, while catcher Gabriel Moreno’s imaging revealed a fractured pointer finger on his throwing hand. In the minor leagues, catcher Adrian […]

D-backs’ DH Slugs Reno Aces to Offensive Explosion

The Arizona Diamondbacks’ affiliated clubs combined for a 2-2 split record on Friday night. Here’s how each club’s results added up. Arizona Diamondbacks Affiliates Go 2-2 Friday Triple-A: Reno Aces 17, El Paso Chihuahuas 4 It was an offensive downpour from the Reno Aces on Friday night. Seven hitters recorded multi-hit nights, and five batters […]

Eugenio Suárez homers in consecutive innings for Diamondbacks to reach 300 for his career

Eugenio Suárez homered in consecutive innings to become the third Venezuelan-born player to reach 300 on Friday night in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 14-8 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Suárez hit a 405-foot shot to left-center field off Austin Gomber to it in the fifth, then connected off reliever Ryan Rolison in the sixth, a 398-foot […]

Loss of A.J. Puk, Gabriel Moreno adds to D-backs’ injury woes

A week after announcing closer Justin Martinez will undergo Tommy John surgery, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced Friday that A.J. Puk will undergo the same procedure. The club opened the season with visions of Martinez, a right-hander, and the lefty Puk potentially sharing closer duties. Now, Puk — who has actually been out since April 18 […]

D-backs Manager Opens Up on Puzzling In-Game Decision

Arizona Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo came under some understandable questioning after a decision made in Wednesday’s loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. With runners at second and third and first base open, Lovullo opted not to intentionally walk the dangerous Vladimir Guerrero Jr. A mere two innings earlier, Guerrero was given an intentional free pass […]

Diamondbacks catcher Moreno has hairline fracture of finger. Reliever Puk has surgery

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno has a hairline fracture in his right index finger and could be sidelined until after the All-Star break. Moreno was injured June 6 in Cincinnati, then played through it for more than a week. “I appreciate what he was trying to do,” manager Torey Lovullo said Friday night before the […]

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