Diamondbacks off to predicted start

Staff · 04-11-2008, 02:18 PM

The Arizona Diamondbacks were Spring Training favorites to win the NL West Division again, and so far so good in the desert.

Arizona got the season off to a promising start with a win over Cincinnati, but lost the final two games of the series to fall to 1-2 on the season. Manager Bob Melvin then lit a fire under his club's behinds, resulting in back-to-back sweeps of division rivals Colorado and Los Angeles. The D'backs outscored the Dodgers, 23-11, in the series and improved to 7-2 on the young season.

Aces Brandon Webb, Micah Owings and Dan Haren are off to unblemished starts, while Webb and Owings already own 2-0 records. Webb, the 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner, currently has a 2.08 earned run average over 13 innings pitched. He is slated to take on the Rockies for the second time Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Chase Field. Webb defeated Colorado with seven strong innings on April 5 at Coors Field.

In last weekend's series at Colorado, Arizona outscored its slumping National League West rivals by a 20-5 margin.

Continued at My Sportsbook...

04-11-2008, 04:12 PM

I havnt watched one of there games in abit now, and the last I remember going to was sometime in 03. I need to get back to watching some of my old buddies and see how their doing (used to live in AZ, so their all "buddies").

04-11-2008, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Staff Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 8,354	Diamondbacks off to predicted start The Arizona Diamondbacks were Spring Training favorites to win the NL West Division again, and so far so good in the desert. Arizona got the season off to a promising start with a win over Cincinnati, but lost the final two games of the series to fall to 1-2 on the season. Manager Bob Melvin then lit a fire under his club's behinds, resulting in back-to-back sweeps of division rivals Colorado and Los Angeles. The D'backs outscored the Dodgers, 23-11, in the series and improved to 7-2 on the young season. Aces Brandon Webb, Micah Owings and Dan Haren are off to unblemished starts, while Webb and Owings already own 2-0 records. Webb, the 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner, currently has a 2.08 earned run average over 13 innings pitched. He is slated to take on the Rockies for the second time Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Chase Field. Webb defeated Colorado with seven strong innings on April 5 at Coors Field. In last weekend's series at Colorado, Arizona outscored its slumping National League West rivals by a 20-5 margin. Continued at My Sportsbook... Last edited by Qbins Missile Crisis; 04-11-2008 at 02:36 PM.

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04-11-2008, 04:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
chuck Guest Posts: n/a	I havnt watched one of there games in abit now, and the last I remember going to was sometime in 03. I need to get back to watching some of my old buddies and see how their doing (used to live in AZ, so their all "buddies").