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The Diamondbacks Have a Serious First-Inning Problem

Arizona Diamondbacks On SI·Alex D'Agostino·about 1 month ago
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The Arizona Diamondbacks are frequently setting themselves up for failure, and it starts in the first inning. After yet another ugly performance by right-hander Zac Gallen on Friday against the Chicago Cubs, the trend of the D-backs falling into early holes continued in a major way. Gallen surrendered three earned runs in the first inning of Friday's game. Set up with an early deficit and a high pitch count after just one frame, Gallen went on to give up three more runs, leaving before completing the fourth inning. That was not a new sight for a D-backs starting pitcher of late. "I think we just got out of sorts and out of sequencing," manager Torey Lovullo said , speaking to D-backs.TV's Todd Walsh after the game. "Certain pitches were supposed to be thrown in certain areas, and we couldn't get to it. And if that was the case, we were going to try something else, and it just took us a little while to figure out what that something else was.…

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