Horribly frustrating loss, especially given the context and that it looked for a second like we were really going to steal a Valdez vs AAAA spot start game for an enormous sweep. There's really no excusing the way this all went down.
Still, I would suggest everyone remember how bad Arizona was beating up on us to start that series. We both got some great like and showed some real grit to gut out a successful road trip.
We needed a good post-ASB run, and at bare minimum we needed to survive it somehow. We did more than survive it with a nice 7-5 stretch against 4 teams that are also fighting for playoff spots. The rematch with Arizona takes on huge importance, but this time we have both Keller and Skenes going, and unless Arizona has someone coming back from injury that I am missing, we will see Pfaadt, Diaz, and Montgomery, i.e. miss Gallen.
Nothing is gonna chase the bad taste of this game to end the road trip, but I really do believe that baseball is a sport that doesn't care how you feel on a given night (until it does, in the actual playoffs). 7-5 is really good, and now it doesn't matter because we have a fresh stretch of 12 crucial games, 3 vs ARI, 6 vs SDP, and 3 vs LAD.
Enjoy the off day. Nice debut from BDLC at least.