Venom Strikes » home runs http://venomstrikes.com An Arizona Diamondbacks Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 17:46:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Dbacks Win Despite Six Toronto Homers http://venomstrikes.com/2010/05/21/dbacks-win-despite-six-toronto-homers/ http://venomstrikes.com/2010/05/21/dbacks-win-despite-six-toronto-homers/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 04:43:45 +0000 Scott Allen http://venomstrikes.com/?p=637 Wow.  How do you hit six homes runs and still lose a game?  Oh, by not having anyone on base on any of the six home runs.  Six solo shots.  That’s how many home runs were hit by the Tornoto Blue Jays, which by the way was only the second time in MLB history a [...]

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]]> Wow.  How do you hit six homes runs and still lose a game?  Oh, by not having anyone on base on any of the six home runs.  Six solo shots.  That’s how many home runs were hit by the Tornoto Blue Jays, which by the way was only the second time in MLB history a team has hit six solo homers in a game. The Arizona Diamondbacks,  have given up the most home runs this season in MLB.

Note to the Dbacks front office:  Juan Gutierrez needs to go.  You found the heart to cut Bob Howry.  You gave up on Daniel Stange.  You showed Blaine Boyer the door.  Now it’s time to cut Gutierrez loose.  The man simply can not get it done.  At a 9.37 ERA, I wish I could fail that often and still have a job that paid me hundreds of thousands of dollars.  Just plain ridiculous.

Dbacks starter Dan Haren didn’t do much to help his ERA either as he gave up four of the six solo shots.  He has now given up 12 home runs this season.  He didn’t give up number 12 until July 5th last season.  He did however continue to amaze at the plate, going 3-4 with 3 RBI.  Note to Dan Haren:  You are NOT Micah Owings.  Just keep reminding yourself of that.

The Dbacks have now won three in a row, in spite of all the runs being given up.  As long as the offense continues to show up, we’ll continue to see a lot of games like this one and the one last night.  Tomorrow we go for number four in a row.

Scott Allen

]]> http://venomstrikes.com/2010/05/21/dbacks-win-despite-six-toronto-homers/feed/ 0 Kelly Johnson Named NL April Player of the Month http://venomstrikes.com/2010/05/03/kelly-johnson-named-nl-april-player-of-the-month/ http://venomstrikes.com/2010/05/03/kelly-johnson-named-nl-april-player-of-the-month/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 00:20:58 +0000 Scott Allen http://venomstrikes.com/?p=606 As bad as the pitching has been, you had to figure something good would come out of the offense, which has been mostly hot for the first month of the season. On Monday, second baseman Kelly Johnson was named NL Player of the Month, only the fifth time an Arizona Diamondbacks player has received the [...]

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]]> As bad as the pitching has been, you had to figure something good would come out of the offense, which has been mostly hot for the first month of the season.

On Monday, second baseman Kelly Johnson was named NL Player of the Month, only the fifth time an Arizona Diamondbacks player has received the award.  Johnson was hot.  He hit 9 home runs, 18 RBI, and a slugging percentage of .726.  Keep in mind, he did nothing in his first two games, coming off a very cool spring.  Whatever it was, Johnson turned the tide and hasn’t looked back.  His nine home runs include two multi-homer games.  He only hit eight homers all of last season in Atlanta.

Let’s hope it continues in May and beyond!

Scott Allen

]]> http://venomstrikes.com/2010/05/03/kelly-johnson-named-nl-april-player-of-the-month/feed/ 0 More Long Balls as Dbacks Win Series Over Phillies http://venomstrikes.com/2010/04/25/more-long-balls-as-dbacks-win-series-over-phillies/ http://venomstrikes.com/2010/04/25/more-long-balls-as-dbacks-win-series-over-phillies/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:22:41 +0000 Scott Allen http://venomstrikes.com/?p=591 As I discussed Friday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks are getting real good at living and dying by the home run.  They did it again today, as the Dbacks managed to score five of their eight runs via the long ball, thanks to a two-run homer by Kelly Johnson and a three-run homer by Mark Reynolds.  [...]

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]]> As I discussed Friday night, the Arizona Diamondbacks are getting real good at living and dying by the home run.  They did it again today, as the Dbacks managed to score five of their eight runs via the long ball, thanks to a two-run homer by Kelly Johnson and a three-run homer by Mark Reynolds.  Both Johnson and Reynolds now have seven homers apiece.  Might we see a duel throughout the season? 

Honestly, it makes no difference how the Dbacks score as long as they do.  They struggled to score a little on Saturday night in a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.  Sunday, they took their second game of the series 8-6.  It was their first series win since opening week against the Pittsburgh Pirates. 

Besides the home runs, it was the bullpen doing it’s job Friday night and Sunday.  The bullpen did blow a 2-2 tie lat in Saturday’s game.  Reliever Chad Qualls got final out on Friday and pitched a scoreless ninth on Sunday to secure the win.  It is nice to see and hopefully a trend that continues. 

Now the Dbacks are off on an 11-game road trip starting tomorrow night in Denver against the Rockies.

Scott Allen

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