Tag: Arizona Diamondbacks

The Braves’ Adam Duvall was called out on a home run after umpire’s weird blunder

You don’t see that happen too often.

Braves outfielder Adam Duvall has quietly been having one of the best offensive seasons in baseball. He leads the National League with 109 RBI. He’s second with 37 home runs. And he’s one of the main reasons that the Braves have been able to stay in first place despite a season-ending injury to Ronald Acuña Jr.

But he absolutely deserved to finish Wednesday’s game with an extra home run and RBI to his name. He has umpires Sam Holbrook and Mike Muchlinski to blame for that.

In the first inning at Chase Field, Duvall drove a fly ball to deep center field that cleared the fence after bouncing off Diamondbacks outfielder Jake McCarthy’s glove. It should have been a home run. Yet, confusion from the umpiring crew had the Braves in disarray on the base path.

Neither Holbrook (the crew chief) nor Muchlinski at second base made a ruling on the play, which had Austin Riley thinking the ball was caught. As Riley went back to first to tag, he let the confused Duvall pass him on the base path. That mishap took away Duvall’s home run.

This brought the rarely seen MLB Rule 5.09(b)(9) into play, which determines that the runner is out when he passes a preceding runner. Because Duvall ended up in front of Riley, Duvall was called out while Riley and Freddie Freeman were able to score. It was ruled a two-run single for Duvall with an out on the base path instead of a three-run home run.

Baseball is weird like that.

Still, all that confusion really fell on the umpires. In that situation, you’d like to see the crew briefly call the play dead to determine what happened (and get the call right) rather than punish a team for reacting to a no-call. Had they called it a home run from the start, Riley wouldn’t have retreated to first, and Duvall wouldn’t have passed him.

The Braves can laugh about it, though, because the call didn’t impact the game. Atlanta went on to win, 9-2.

Bad news on Seth Beer

Bad news regarding former Clemson star Seth Beer, who was recently called up to the big leagues by the Arizona Diamondbacks: Beer had to leave the D-backs’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles on Tuesday night with a dislocated left …

Bad news regarding former Clemson star Seth Beer, who was recently called up to the big leagues by the Arizona Diamondbacks:

Beer had to leave the D-backs’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles on Tuesday night with a dislocated left shoulder.

Making his first MLB start at first base, Beer suffered the injury in the bottom of the first inning when he dove to his left for a ball and landed hard on his left shoulder.

Beer, who was called up by the D-backs last Friday, homered in his first plate appearance against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle that night and had gone 4-for-9 with the homer, a double, a walk, three runs batted in and four runs scored in his first nine at-bats entering Tuesday’s contest.

Beer, a three-time All-American at Clemson, won the Dick Howser Trophy as national player-of-the-year in his freshman season of 2016. In his three-year career at Clemson (2016-18), he hit .321 with 41 doubles, a triple, 56 homers, 177 RBIs, 172 runs, 180 walks against only 98 strikeouts, a .489 on-base percentage and four steals in 188 games.

Beer was drafted in the first round by the Houston Astros after the 2018 season, then was acquired by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2019. In three minor league seasons, Beer is hitting .292 with 54 homers and 204 RBIs in 289 games.

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Beer belts homer in first big league at-bat

It didn’t take long for former Clemson All-American Seth Beer to make a big impression in his first big league plate appearance. Stepping to the dish as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning of his MLB debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks against the …

It didn’t take long for former Clemson All-American Seth Beer to make a big impression in his first big league plate appearance.

Stepping to the dish as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning of his MLB debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle on Friday night, Beer hit a solo home run to right field off the Mariners’ Diego Castillo in what was his first career at-bat in The Show.

The former Tiger outfielder and first baseman became the 65th former Tiger to play in a major league game and 11th in 2021.

Beer, a three-time All-American at Clemson, won the Dick Howser Trophy as national player-of-the-year in his freshman season of 2016. In his three-year career at Clemson (2016-18), he hit .321 with 41 doubles, a triple, 56 homers, 177 RBIs, 172 runs, 180 walks against only 98 strikeouts, a .489 on-base percentage and four steals in 188 games.

Beer was drafted in the first round by the Houston Astros after the 2018 season, then was acquired by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2019. In three minor league seasons, Beer is hitting .292 with 54 homers and 204 RBIs in 289 games.

–Clemson Athletic Communications contributed to this story

Report: Former Clemson star getting called up to the big leagues

A former Clemson star is getting called up to The Show today. Former Clemson standout Seth Beer will join the Arizona Diamondbacks today in Seattle ahead of the D-backs’ game against the Mariners, according to a report from the Forsyth County News. …

A former Clemson star is getting called up to The Show today.

Former Clemson standout Seth Beer will join the Arizona Diamondbacks today in Seattle ahead of the D-backs’ game against the Mariners, according to a report from the Forsyth County News.

The Diamondbacks’ No. 12 prospect according to MLB.com, Beer is hitting .287 with 16 home runs and 59 RBIs this season for the Triple-A Reno Aces.

A former first-round pick of the Houston Astros in the 2018 MLB Draft, Beer was traded to the Diamondbacks in 2019 as part of a four-player deal that included six-time All-Star pitcher Zack Greinke.

In three minor league seasons, Beer has a .292 batting average with 54 home runs and 204 RBIs.

At Clemson from 2016-18, Beer was a career .321 hitter with a .489 on-base percentage in 188 games (188 starts). He had 41 doubles, a triple, 56 homers, 177 RBIs, 172 runs, 180 walks (35 intentional) against only 98 strikeouts, 42 hit-by-pitches and four steals.

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Baseball player sparks massive brawl during his HR trot and then gets called up by the D-backs

Quite the weekend.

Henry Ramos has spent 11 seasons at various levels of minor-league baseball without a big-league appearance. Well, that’s about to change, and he’s going to have a lot to talk about with his new teammates in Arizona.

While playing in Friday’s game for the Diamondbacks’ Triple-A affiliate Reno Aces, Ramos hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning of an already-lopsided game. Ramos flipped his bat on the home run — which is totally fine — but the Tacoma Rainiers players took exception and started shouting at Ramos as he made his way around the bases.

The whole scene escalated when Rainiers shortstop Donovan Walton ran after Ramos around third base. Ramos turned around, stopped his trot and chucked his helmet at Walton. Mayhem ensued …

You don’t see helmet throws in brawls too often. Bryce Harper tried it in 2017, but the throw was awful. Ramos instead connected on his helmet toss but didn’t appear to land any punches.

Ramos, Walton and three other players were ejected for the brawl. And the run counted despite Ramos never completing his home run trot.

But the big-league club must’ve liked what they saw because on Sunday, the Diamondbacks called Ramos up.

He hopes to make his MLB debut in the coming days after a wild weekend.

Tyler Gilbert’s dad had the best reaction to seeing his son throw a no-hitter in his MLB debt

What a moment for a son and his dad.

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Tyler Gilbert made the most of his Major League Baseball debut last night – the 27-year-old lefty threw a no-hitter in a 7-0 win over the San Diego Padres at home.

Gilbert has bounced around the minor leagues since being drafted by the Phillies in the sixth round of the 2015 MLB Draft, which makes what he did last night all the more incredible.

Gilbert is just the fourth pitcher in MLB history to throw a no-hitter in his debut and is the first one to do it since 1952.

1952!

And what makes this all the more cooler is that his dad was in the stands and had the best reaction to seeing his son become a part of MLB history:

So. Awesome.

Twitter had reactions:

Diamondbacks’ Tyler Gilbert threw a no-hitter in his first ever MLB start in incredible fashion

A no-no in his first MLB game!

Tyler Gilbert, welcome to the show!

On Saturday, the 27-year-old pitcher with no Major League Baseball games to his name pitched a no-hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks in his first-ever professional start. Gilbert blanked the San Diego Padres, of all teams, en route to becoming just the fourth-ever player to throw a no-hitter in his first MLB start.

The final out in the ninth inning came off a line-drive ball out to center field on Gilbert’s 102nd pitch of the night, a ball that was snagged with ease and sent his teammates into a frenzy of celebration. Here’s how the moment went down in Arizona.

Not only that, Gilbert’s family was in attendance for the game! After Gilbert’s final out, they were captured on camera celebrating with an abundance of emotion at the momentous occasion.

What a statement and what a moment for Gilbert in his first-career MLB game. It doesn’t get any better than that.

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Diamondbacks’ Kole Calhoun hit into a double play when he forgot to run to first after falling

Yikes.

Earlier on Sunday, the New York Mets basically handed the Pirates three runs when pitcher Taijuan Walker mistakenly tossed a fair ball away. It was the kind of mistake that you would expect from a last-place team like, well, the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The D-backs hold the worst record in baseball, and they’re 40-plus games below .500 because they repeatedly forget how to baseball. A player like Kole Calhoun can make a great catch one inning and then completely botch simple base running moments later.

During Sunday’s game against the Cubs, Calhoun hit a grounder to first with one out and the bases loaded. As Anthony Rizzo threw home for the force out, Calhoun went down to duck and avoid the throw. And then, he just stopped playing …

Calhoun took a tumble as he ducked away from the throw, lost his helmet and went back to retrieve the helmet instead of running to first. He basically forgot to run to first as he collected himself after the fall. By the time he realized that he should be running to first, the Cubs turned the inning-ending double play.

You don’t see a bases-loaded opportunity end like that very often. Only the D-backs could make that happen.

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A Diamondbacks announcer hilariously lost it after an infielder refused to get an easy out at home

“THROW THE BALL!”

The Arizona Diamondbacks are having a dreadful season.

They’ve won just 21 games so far, which is the least in all of baseball, and will likely end up losing well over 100 games this season.

Last night they lost to the Brewers, 5-0, and one really mind-boggling play perfectly summed up their season and had their TV play-by-play guy, Steve Berthiaume, yelling in disbelief.

The Brewers hit a single up the middle and Daniel Vogelbach raced around third to try to score on the play. He suffered a leg injury on the way to home, though, and had to slowly hop his way to the plate. He should have been thrown out at home but shortstop Nick Ahmed didn’t throw the ball for some reason.

That’s when Berthiaume lost it:

“GET IT IN! GET IT IN! THROW THE BALL! OH MY GOODNESS!”

Too good.

Twitter had reactions:

Dodgers organist plays the perfect song to troll former Astro Josh Reddick over sign stealing

Perfect.

Just because Josh Reddick is no longer a member of the Astros does NOT mean fans and opposing teams have forgotten he was on the Houston team that was determined to have stolen signs.

Reddick is now a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks, who faced the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night. He got quite a greeting from Dodgers fans, but it was the organist who had the last laugh: he played The Sign by Ace of Base as Reddick stepped in to take an at-bat in the fourth inning.

Bravo. That’s perfect. The organist, Dieter Ruehle, has used his instrument to pay tribute and troll others.

Well played.

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