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POSTGAME: D-backs STAY ALIVE With Win Over Rockies But Phillies Bring Arizona Closer to ELIMINATION

The Arizona Diamondbacks delivered the kind of complete performance they need to have every night for the rest of the regular season, opening their must-win series against the Colorado Rockies with a 7-2 victory. Michael Soroka was dominant, firing seven incredible innings, Nolan Arenado continued his personal assault on the Rockies, and the bullpen once again slammed the door. But there’s still a problem: the D-backs moved one game closer to elimination thanks to another Phillies win. We brea...

Snakes Still Alive: Dbacks 7, Rockies 2

The Arizona Diamondbacks came out in a do or die game tonight against the Rockies and made a statement. The game felt like it was in their control the whole time as they scored early putting up 3 runs in the first inning and were able to play downhill baseball from there on out. Michael […]

Effectively Wild Episode 2534: Breg Sits

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s return from vacation and their podcast-producer search, then discuss the uncertain statuses of Aaron Judge, Alex Bregman, and Shohei Ohtani on the precipice of the playoffs, how similar finishes in consecutive seasons can produce extra-disappointing or surprisingly uplifting results (featuring thoughts on the Astros, Diamondbacks, and Cardinals), […]

Diamondbacks bite early and often as Rockies limp to 100th loss, 7-2

It wasn’t the (potential) final Coors Field game Kyle Freeland dreamed of. Unfortunately, the Rockies lost their 100th game of the season, and he only pitched three innings in the loss. The Rockies mustered just eight baserunners, and only two came around to score early in the game they lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-2. […]

Adam (shoulder) could rejoin Padres’ bullpen Wednesday

LOS ANGELES — The Padres’ bullpen has been, arguably, the best in the Majors this season, and with the postseason looming, it might soon get even better. Right-hander Jason Adam threw a live batting practice at Petco Park on Monday and joined the team in Los Angeles. He could be activated ahead of the middle game of San Diego’s three-game series against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Get tickets to watch the Padres face the D-backs this weekend! “More than ready — I feel 100% ready,” Adam said on T...

D-backs @ Rockies discussion

Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROCKIES Ildemaro Vargas – 2B Jake McCarthy – CF Ketel Marte – DH Connor Norby – 2B Gabriel Moreno – C TJ Rumfield – 1B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Hunter Goodman – C Nolan Arenado – 3B Cole Carrigg – SS Jordan Lawlar – CF Kyle Karros – 3B Corbin Carroll – […]

3 bold predictions for Cubs, Padres, Phillies NL Wild Card race

The National League Wild Card race is going down to the wire, and the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres, and Philadelphia Phillies still have almost everything to play for with the Arizona Diamondbacks on the outside looking in — needing a miracle. Chicago and San Diego enter the final six games tied at 87-69, while […] The post 3 bold predictions for Cubs, Padres, Phillies NL Wild Card race appeared first on ClutchPoints .

How can the Diamondbacks still make the 2026 MLB postseason?

PHOENIX – With six games remaining, the Diamondbacks are still alive in the NL Wild Card race, but barely. Arizona sits four games behind Philadelphia for the third National League Wild Card spot. The D-backs’ playoff odds have fallen to roughly 3% to 6%, depending on various projection systems, but the path to October is […]

2001 World Series Memory Lane with Luis Gonzalez

Over the weekend, the Arizona Diamondbacks celebrated the 25 year anniversary of the 2001 World Series. I caught up with the walk off hero, Luis Gonzalez, ahead of all the... The post 2001 World Series Memory Lane with Luis Gonzalez first appeared on Sports360AZ .

Did Diamondbacks Bat Well With RISP?

Inspiration.  Many fans have expressed their unhappiness when the Diamondbacks failed to score with runners in scoring position. In May after 32 games, my batting perspective was that the Diamondbacks batted below league average with RISP.  “While the Diamondbacks’ batting ranked high with men on first base and no runners on base, they batted below […]

Bickley Blast: The risk of firing Torey Lovullo

The Arizona Diamondbacks have a looming decision to make regarding long-time manager Torey Lovullo, but Dan Bickley also cautions fans to be careful in wishing for a new skipper. Subscribe to the Arizona Sports daily newsletter: https://bit.ly/3QWcj1x Read articles from Arizona Sports: https://arizonasports.com/ Download the Arizona Sports app: https://arizonasports.com/the-arizona-sports-98-7-fm-app/ Sign up for texts from Arizona Sports: https://arizonasports.com/text-alerts/ Listen live to ...

New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Carlos Rodón vs. Nick Martinez

This four-game tilt against the Rays in the penultimate series of the season had the chance to be a blockbuster showdown to decide the division. However, the Yankees losing two out of three to the Diamondbacks removed a lot of the jeopardy from this series, New York now needing to sweep just to avoid being […]

Yankees At-Bat of the Week: George Lombard Jr. (9/20)

Unfortunately, the Yankees effectively pissed away whatever slim chance they had to catch the Rays in the division by losing two out of three to the Diamondbacks, the pitching staff wobbling uncharacteristically in the desert. It was at least encouraging to see the offense mostly carry their weight in the wake of Aaron Judge’s placement […]

Snake Bytes, 9/22: So You’re Saying There’s a Chance

Diamondbacks News What are the Diamondbacks’ narrow paths to the postseason? by Alex Weiner [Arizona Sports] The Phillies are 8-10 in September, sinking back into the race for the third NL Wild Card spot as opposed to the NL East crown. In order for the D-backs to catch Philadelphia, one of the following would have […]

Scaling the Rocks: The last home series

Good morning, Purple Row! The Colorado Rockies were off on Monday, so everyone is rested and ready as the final week of the 2026 MLB season begins to unfold. Tonight, the Rockies will welcome the Arizona Diamondbacks to Coors Field in what promises to be a wild week for the D-backs and Padres as each […]

An overview of the likely NL postseason field

We are close enough to the MLB playoffs that we can assume the postseason field in the National League is set — by the time you read this, it’s possible that the Diamondbacks could be eliminated from postseason contention and the six teams who will participate in the NL playoffs are finalized, with only the […]

Pave Ruth

A gut punching series loss at the hands of the Miami Marlins not only had the Diamondbacks lose more ground in the NL Wild Card race to the 3 teams ahead of them, it also seemed to take all the hopium that remained in our systems and replace it with either copium or just straight […]

Purple Row After Dark: Checking in on your Nolan Arenado feelings

This season marks the sixth since the Rockies traded Nolan Arenado to the St. Louis Cardinals. For the first time since he left Colorado, the Rockies aren’t paying part of his salary this season. The eight-time All-Star third baseman is having a resurgence with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2026, hitting .247/.322/.455 with 27 homers and […]