Game Summary

Throughout the course of the NBA season, good teams will sometimes lose thanks to an unexpected source of scoring from the other side. Think the Sleepy Floyd Game or Jeremy Lin. Sometimes, the other guy just can’t miss. Tonight, the Diamondbacks faced their own version of that when Kody Clemens went nuclear. Clemens, son of Roger (yes, that Roger), came into the night with an 88 wRC+; for comparison’s sake that’s a shade worse than Ildemaro Vargas’ wRC+ of 89. So of course it would be tonight that Clemens has the game of his life with 3 HRs and a fourth hit that was a double off the wall. That’s how baseball goes sometimes.

The Diamondbacks gave themselves a shot at victory despite some shaky defense and pitching thanks to Tawa in the 9-hole twice getting on to lead off the

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