The Diamondbacks came into this game in a suddenly unfamiliar territory — with a chance to win a series. To do that, they would need another strong outing from the offense and a good start from Eduardo Rodriguez, which has been just as hard to come by as good offensive games for the Diamondbacks recently. In his last four starts he has given up 9, 4, 0, and 5 runs, the scoreless outing being a 6 1 ⁄ 3 inning performance

His opposite number today was Jack Perkins, who was making his first MLB start, though he did have eight relief appearances this season. Known for a killer sweeper, the A’s are expecting him to be a big part of their rotation going forward. That said, given he had only relieved so far this season, it was destined to be a short outing from him.

He kept that sweeper mos

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