Not a lot to say about this one. The pitching wasn’t great, the hitting was okay, and the D-Backs matched us punch for punch and then threw in a couple extra.

You had a bog-standard Uncle Charlie start, where he pitched pretty well apart from the multiple homers he gave up. His opposite number, a rookie named Slade Cecconi, was no better. But while the bullpen had been nearly scoreless on the roadtrip, the floodgates opened up today, as Pierce Johnson let in an inherited runner and Joe Jimenez had his worst game in a month, allowing two runs on a double, infield single, hit by pitch, bases-loaded walk, sacrifice fly sequence.

I was watching, and frankly, I understood Snit’s reluctance to take him out with the bases loaded, no outs, and no runs in – it’s hard to imagine that a different guy would have come in from the pen and had a better chance of stranding all three runners.

Why did I feel that way? You know who he had been warming up in the pen? Aaron Bummer.

Austin Riley had another good game, with two doubles and a single, and Marcell cranked one 440 feet to tie the game in the 8th, which partly made up for the 440-footer that Ketel Marte hit to tie the game in the second. It was hard not to feel like the Braves ought to have done a little better against Cecconi, though, and Orlando Arcia is frankly lost at the plate. He looks like he needs some extended spring training; he has no idea what he’s swinging at.

Also, Ozzie Albies should really be hitting in the lower half of the lineup. I’ve said it roughly a million times, but his OBP is simply unacceptable to hit in the second spot of the lineup.

Fried vs. Pfaadt tonight. Let’s see if we can preserve the series victory.