The Arizona Diamondbacks picked up a massive 6-3 win last night over the Milwaukee Brewers to kick off the Wild Card Series. They will play game two tonight at 7:08 and, with a win, will advance to the NLDS and face the Los Angeles Dodgers; if they don’t win, they will play game three tomorrow. Tonight’s pitching matchup will be Zac Gallen vs. Freddy Peralta, and if there’s a game three, it will be Merrill Kelly for the Diamondbacks. Before yesterday’s game, the Diamondbacks removed outfielder Jake McCarthy from the playoff roster, meaning he’ll be out till, at the earliest, the NLCS infielder Jace Peterson replaced him. It was also reported that Tommy Pham is dealing with an injury as he is battling turf toe and has opened the possibility that he would get an injection to help with the pain; Pham played last night in game one.
Injuries By The Numbers
Jake McCarthy
McCarthy posted a slash line of .243/.318/.326 with a .644 OPS; he had seven doubles, five triples, two home runs, 16 RBI, 37 runs scored, 26 stolen bases, and 26 walks. He had his best season last year when his slash line was .283/.342/.427 with a .769 OPS; he had 16 doubles, three triples, eight home runs, 43 RBI, 53 runs scored, 23 stolen bases, and 23 walks. Both last year and this year, he played in 99 games exactly.
Jace Peterson
Peterson played for the A’s and Diamondbacks this season. Combined between the two teams, he slashed .211/.304/.307 with a .611 OPS; he had ten doubles, four triples, six home runs, 37 RBI, 35 runs scored, 15 stolen bases, and 47 walks. With Arizona, he played in 41 games, slashing .183/.276/.258 with a .534 OPS; he had three doubles, two triples, nine RBI, five runs scored, four stolen bases, and 11 walks.
Tommy Pham
Pham played for the Mets and Diamondbacks this season. Between the two teams, he slashed .256/.328/.446 with a .774 OPS; he had 27 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs, 68 RBI, 55 RBI, 22 stolen bases, and 47 walks. With the Diamondbacks, he only played in 50 games, and he slashed .241/.304/.415 with a .720 OPS; he had 12 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 32 RBI, 26 runs scored, 11 stolen bases, and 18 walks.
