Ketel Marte was scratched from the lineup with a supposed injury after 9th inning swing Friday night in a loss to the Padres.
Fresh off a thrilling victory Thursday, the Arizona Diamondbacks fell flat Friday evening against the San Diego Padres whendue to a lack of timely hitting with runners in scoring position and a rough start by Brandon Pfaadt. Now, they face the Padres once again and will look to regain a victory and move closer to a playoff spot. First pitch is at 6:40 PM local Arizona time.
The D-backs are one game back of a three-way tie for the third Wild Card spot with two teams ahead of them as well. They are 30-34 and hold a -7 run differential. The Padres are in the second Wild Card spot and are up a 1/2 game over the third place teams. They are 33-34. However, he has given up 64 hits while striking out just 32. Too much contact with too few of whiffs will lead to plenty of run-scoring chances and potential.
That will be easier said than done for Nelson as over six starts, he is 2-2 with a 6.23 ERA over 30.1 innings in his career against the Padres.Waldron is a rare pitcher in today's MLB. He's a man who is continuing a tradition that has mostly gone extinct in the last decade. He's a knuckleballer. He throws it 37.4% of the time and was even mentored by current D-backs radio analyst Tom Candiotti.
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