Rockies @ DBacks April 8th

Franklin Morales vs Doug Davis.
first pitch of the game, Mega-prospect Dexter Fowler drives one deep into the left field seats. 1-0 already. It was also just released that Brandon Webb has shoulder tightness, hence his monday asskicking, and will miss his next start vs the Dodgers this saturday.
Troy Tulowitzki follows with a pop out. Ryan Spillborghs grounds out to second and theres 2 down quickly, after Fowler's first career HR. Garrett Atkis works the count full before striking out on a very nice curve low and inside.

bottom 1st: Leading off is Felipe Lopez, who had 2 homers on opening day to make quite a splash with his new squad. A middling defender, at best however, Lopez swings at everything. And Lopez has struck out, as he is prone to do. Up next is Steven Drew, inarguably the best hitter on the DBacks, which does not bode well for this team, as he is a 290 hitter with less than 70 RBI's in 2008. Though he is good, I dont think he is good enough to carry this team into the playoffs. As I type that, he jacks one to deep rightfield to tie the game at 1. Now Chris Young strikes out , suprise, and up steps cleanup hitter Conor Jackson who, on the first pitch, swings and notches an opposite field single. Last year third baseman Mark Reynolds struck out over 200 times, an all time record. He is a solid defender with incredible power, but he has worse plate discipline than Rush Limbaugh, and he strikes out, as I expected.

top second. With the help of a double play, Davis faces the minimum 3 batters and we are on to the bottom of the 2nd.
One hit wonder Eric Byrnes steps up, I think its only a matter of time before he is a 2-3 game a week player. There is not room for him to play everyday in this outfield, not with up and comers CF Chris Young and RF Justin Upton. Byrnes draws a walk, however. 1 on, nobody out for catcher Chris Snyder, who pops one about 400 feet straight up. It comes down eventually though, into the waiting glove of Tulowitzki. Another mega-prospect comes up, Upton, who has sometimes been accused of being too patient at the plate. He promptly swings and misses at 3 straight heaters. Another K for Morales. Looks like another quick inning though, as the pitcher Davis comes to the plate and pops out, though it nearly drops for a single.
Top 3. Catcher Yorvit Torrealba hits a scareamer to third, which is dropped, but called a single. Morales striks out after failing to move the runner, and up comes Fowler again. After 5 pitches, 4 of which arent even close, Fowler works a walk. Tulowitzki comes up with 2 on and just 1 down.
Tulowitzki works the count full and I expect manager clint hurdle to send the runners, but on the first full count pitch , he does not.
Hurdle sends the runners on the next full count, but its another walk. Bases loaded, just 1 out.
Spillborghs is up and swings at the first pitch, into the right field corner for a 2RBI double. 3-1 Rockies. Atkins comes up and misses a homer by about 10 feet. Sac fly however, 4-1 Rockies, runner on 3rd and 2 down. RF Brett Hawpe k's and Davis avoids even more damage.
Bottom 3rd, the DBacks are going to need to answer soon because Davis looks bad today. Leadoff hitter Lopez comes up for the second time today. He rakes a sharp single to left on a 2-1 count. Will they try to steal second here? Or let Steven Drew try to drive him home? Im guessing he does not run versus the lefty. He is a solid base stealer however, capable of getting 30 sbs a year, though he is thrown out about 30% of the time. Suddenly Morales has lost control, nearly hitting Drew 3 times with fastballs before Drew flies out to shallow right. Jackson strikes out looking.
Bottom 4. Reynolds lines a single to left and Byrnes follows, swining at the first pitch, popping out to catcher. Snyder flys out to deep center. Upton pops out to first. The DBacks look very flat today, nothing but strikeouts and flyouts thus far.
On to the top of the 5th, I'm guessing this is the last inning for Doug Davis, as his spot in the order is due up next. Leading off is Rockies pitcher Morales, who singles to centerfield. Fowler is up again, and has had a great day so far! What a break for Arizona, Morales is picked off first by Davis. Fowler then strikes out looking, and tulowitzki is up for the third time today. and for the second straight time, draws a walk. Davis cant get rolling today at all. Spillborghs flies out to right and the inning, and probably Davis' start, has ended.
As suspected, Davis is done. Pinch hitter Ryan Roberts is hitting for him to start the bottom of the 5th, though his end result (a fly out to center) is no different than any of Davis' at bats. The Dbacks have not really threatened at all this game, with their only run coming on Drew's first inning solo shot. Lopez is up now, and if he gets on, perhaps he will be running this time. He works the count full, fouls off a few full count fastballs, and lines out to dead center. A great swing, a hard hit ball, but right at Fowler. Bad luck. 2 out. Drew is up. And he flies out to deep left field, just missing his second dong of the day. Not a very exciting game thus far. I am going to have start picking better games to write up because I've picked some shitty ones so far.

In comes Billy Bucker for Doug Davis, and he immediately retires Atkins on a groundout to Reynolds, before following that up by beaning RF Hawpe with a fastball. No matter though, as Jeff Baker grounds into a double play to end the threat.
Bottom 6th, CF Young leads off and pops out to short on an 0-2 count. Arizona is making Morales look like Randy Johnson right about now, they are unable to get good wood on anything (outside of Drew and Lopez). Conor Jackson strikes out looking and in steps Reynolds. The DBacks have only 10 more outs to work with now. Make that 9, as Reynolds flies out.

Top 7th
Torrealba drives one to deep left, followed by pinch hitter Ian Stewart going to deep right. Its 6-1 now and the DBacks look about done. Awful showing for AZ today. Bleck.