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[AZ Central] Zac Gallen, Torey Lovullo: Diamondbacks enjoying with ‘chip on shoulder’ – “This team has a chip on its shoulder,” Lovullo stated forward of Monday’s NLDS Game 2. “We take it personal when we watch some of the comments on television or read some of the things where everybody wanted to re-seed this thing so the Braves can pick on the lowly Diamondbacks.” Minutes later, Zac Gallen changed Lovullo within the media room and supplied an identical message. “Other than the 26 guys, 28 guys in that clubhouse, I don’t know anyone else thinks that we should be here, thinks that we deserve to be here,” Gallen stated.
[SI] Gabriel Moreno Has Become the D-backs Postseason X-Factor – After solely hitting seven home runs in 111 common season video games, he is launched his two longest home runs of the yr within the postseason. None had been larger than the one he launched off of Clayton Kershaw final night time. After falling behind 0-2, Moreno labored the depend full earlier than getting a middle-middle slider on 3-2 and depositing it deep into the left subject bleachers. “I used to be simply searching for a pitch within the zone,” stated Moreno by way of interpreter Alex Arpiza. “It occurred to be the slider and I used to be in a position to benefit from it.” The home run not solely despatched a press release to the Dodgers that the D-backs are able to compete with them, but additionally some spectacular private achievements for the D-backs catcher.
[Reuters] Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen intent on halting struggles vs. Dodgers – Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Zac Gallen has a rating to settle and can get his probability at some revenge, to not point out the chance Monday to provide his membership a commanding lead within the best-of-five National League Division Series. “I feel entering into with ease is unquestionably the fallacious mindset, particularly in opposition to the Dodgers, particularly in opposition to that lineup,” Gallen stated when requested if the staff’s sturdy efficiency within the opener will change his strategy. “They’re going to come back out firing. But I additionally do not suppose there’s stress.”
[SI] Inside the Diamondbacks Connected Locker Room – Ketel Marte on why he and the remainder of the staff appears to be enjoying so free: “I imply I’ve acquired almost 9 years on this league. I’m not going to [feel] stress. It’s baseball, you understand. You’ve acquired to go on the market and have enjoyable. Have enjoyable with my staff. Have enjoyable with some man on the Dodgers. I simply attempt to enjoyable each time. You need not have stress on the market… It’s not simple to play right here man, I’ll let you know that. There’s a number of followers right here. We may get a number of stress, I don’t know. To compete with the Dodgers you’ve acquired to play 9 innings. I feel we’re good. We’ve acquired to proceed to work arduous and we’re going to be all proper. We’ve acquired a number of expertise man. They can play.”
[Dbacks.com] Lovullo subsequent in line for extension as D-backs rise – Hazen indicated a brand new deal for Lovullo may observe this offseason. “Torey and I had a conversation when we extended [his contract] for a year,” Hazen stated. “I said, look, we got to get through the rest of the season. And I said if good things happen and we get to the playoffs and we get where we need to go, that he and I will have another conversation. I said ‘I promise you that I will sit down with you and we will talk through this again at some point.’”
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Both video games within the ALDS noticed the underdogs win on Sunday, and the league-best Orioles now sit on the sting of elimination. Let’s hope that is an omen for tonight… Fun truth from /r/baseball: Five groups gained 92 or extra video games throughout the common season (ATL, TB, MIL, LAD, BAL). Those groups are 0–8 within the postseason thus far with the entire loses coming at home.
[ESPN] Orioles look to ‘reset’ in opposition to Rangers with season on the road – “Our backs are in opposition to the wall proper now, and tonight wasn’t our greatest night time on the mound,” Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde stated. “We have not performed our two finest video games right here. We performed nicely on the street all yr, so hopefully we are able to play nicely on the street.” The odds are in opposition to the Orioles mounting a sequence comeback. The Rangers are the thirty second staff to win the primary two video games of a best-of-five sequence on the street; 28 of the earlier 31 went on to win the sequence. “There isn’t any tomorrow. I really feel like that is how our staff performed all yr, actually,” Hays stated. “We’re simply going to play with our hair on fireplace and win three in a row.”
[MLB.com] Farmer goes deep as first postseason hit fuels Twins’ early surge – Entering Sunday, Twins third baseman Kyle Farmer had performed in eight postseason video games over the previous six years and he had by no means recorded a success. But in Farmer’s first at-bat in Game 2 of the American League Division Series in opposition to the Astros at Minute Maid Park, he realized it was nicely well worth the wait. Farmer smacked a two-run homer into the left-field seats off Houston starter Framber Valdez to provide Minnesota a 3-0 lead within the high of the second inning.
[Forbes] MLB Attendance Surpasses 70 Million In 2023, Scoring Its Largest Increase Since 1998 – [Not new, but still quite interesting] It is the primary time the league has exceeded 70 million in attendance since 2017 (72,670,423). If league attendance by common attendance, the season got here in at 29,295 per sport, a rise of +9.1%. That ranks as the best development share in 30 years, not together with COVID-impacted seasons, courting again to the 1993 enlargement to twenty-eight Clubs… All golf equipment, minus one surpassed the 1 million mark. The Oakland A’s, who’ve introduced plans to maneuver to Las Vegas, and fielded a league-worst 50-112, tying them with the 1952 Pirates for the eighth most losses within the trendy period got here in at simply 832,352 in complete attendance. What makes that every one the extra hanging is that they had been up 44,450 from final season.
