Arizona Diamondbacks issued the following announcement on July 20.
July 19: D-backs 4, Pirates 2 -- VanMeter's moonshot
Josh VanMeter’s solo home run in the second inning off Pirates starter Chase De Jong produced an exit velocity of 108.4 MPH, per Statcast, giving him the hardest hit homer by a left-handed D-backs batter at Chase Field this season. The blast marked the second-highest EV in VanMeter’s career, just below his career high of 108.5 mph, which he delivered on Aug. 12, 2020.
July 18: D-backs 6, Cubs 4 -- Not easy to come by
Eduardo Escobar's homer in the eighth helped the D-backs raise their record to 27-68. Arizona finished the month of April at 14-12, and has 13 wins since.
July 17: Cubs 4, D-backs 2 -- A save scarcity
The D-backs blew a save when Joakim Soria allowed three runs in the ninth inning. The D-backs have the fewest saves in the Majors with nine. By contrast, Craig Kimbrel, who came on to record the save for the Cubs, has 21 on the year.
July 16: Cubs 5, D-backs 1 -- Bumgarner trending upward
Madison Bumgarner allowed two runs over six innings against the Cubs, but only one was earned. It was the sixth start this season in which Bumgarner has allowed one or fewer earned runs while throwing five-plus innings. In 2020, he had just two such outings for the D-backs.
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