Dbacks 2 games away from tying (modern)

[Auggie]

8. Credit to Farhan Zaidi and the rest of the front office too

But Kapler especially.

After they returned home from their dismal Washington trip coaches set up two pitching machines, one to throw fastballs and the other sliders. They cranked them up to full speed too, a rarity. Players could take a quick session with fastballs then switch to sliders.

Apparently these machines can also be adjusted to match the release point of any pitcher they're about to face. Pretty cool. So Monday night they produce 5 runs on 14 hits and Tuesday night they produce 9 runs on 12 hits (with 8 bbs), this after a four game Washington series in which they scored a total of 4 runs on 17 hits total (with 1 or 2 bb total).

Kapler turned a tired, listless team around over night.

You kind of don't want to mess with this chemistry, you know? But La Stella, Dickerson and Longoria will soon be off the IL, along with Ruf a little later.