Christian Walker Hits TWO DINGERS In Diamondbacks Shutout Win Over Rangers

Intro Walker Walker Walker Walker Christian Walker hits more dingers we have more on this night and of course the Diamondbacks not losing when we have a takeover join us in about 30 seconds don't go anywhere let's go [Applause] [Music] oh yeah you know that song ski to you all and welcome into Studio K of course presented by our friends at Circle K my name is Derek montia occasionally known as your mayor of phnx now then and forever and of course uh this is the phnx DB podcast the Arizona diack scunt the Rangers by a score of six to nothing nothing and we have so much more on it right now of course I'm joined by my guy the people's producer Damon dog behind the mac and of course this show is brought to you by our friends at the bet 365 of course Go download bet 365 and use that code of phnx 365 when you sign up choose your offer and find out why it is never ordinary over at that 365 and of course very very great to see all of our wonderful die hards and all of our wonderful friends out at Chase Field tonight for an absolute route of the Texas Rangers uh this rematch from the World Series kind of went our way a little more of course the Diamondbacks win by a score of six to nothing uh started off great Diamondbacks hit get two dingers back to back got a jock Peterson home run that went to the moon and of course Christian Walker is absolutely back with his two home run night but there's just so much to talk about from this game obviously the Diamondbacks improved 81 and 64 it is a night where there are a lot of wins and losses happening around Major League Baseball that are impacting the Arizona Diamond Backs but of course they can only control what they can control which is this game and they did a great job of that Zack gallon was outstanding once again for the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight uh of course Zach went out there and and Zach did Zach thing Zack goes out there goes five innings pitched gives up two hits no earn runs two walks seven strikeouts uh of course he didn't have his longest outing and you know again with the way that the Diamondbacks Bullpen has kind of pitched you would like to see a little bit more length out of Zack but it's his second consecutive game shutting out the opposition obviously last time he didn't allow a hit but in this case Zack Gallen was just very very good tonight and I mean it didn't feel like the Rangers had much going on in this game at all of course I was sitting with so so many of you out in the bleachers so I don't really know at times what was going on in this game I just know that every time I looked up Zack gallon was shoving is that a fair assessment Damon Zack Allen was shoving and paven chant were being had oh the paven chants were amazing uh it was just a good night right good night all around for uh the Diamondbacks I mean this was a thorough win we talked about wanting to see them come out and especially over these next 18 games right they have a day off on Monday they have another day off on Thursday they have this weird two game set with the Rangers and then like Archie addressed they go on a very long stretch without any days off against some very important opponents uh and a lot of those games are here at Chase Field so it would be great to see the support there was some great support out there tonight although it was a little bit I mean it's a Tuesday game so you're not expecting uh too much too too too big of a crowd to show up but Diamond Backs fans did a great job showing up and and so did the team of course jock Peterson was one for two tonight with that big home run Christian Walker was two for four with three RB and his two home runs uh Jake McCarthy one for four paven Smith one for four with an RBI a lot of contributions uh from everybody Corbin one for four as well so uh it was just it was a good night it was a great night to be out at the Ballpark we had a lot of good vibes going on and honestly it's just great to see this team playing as well as as they're playing right now and of course when we're talking about that we're talking specifically about Zack gallon going back to gallon gallon is very important when it comes to obviously the the way the rest of the season goes and one thing Archie brought Pushing Zac Gallen & Merrill Kelly down the stretch up on the show yesterday was you know if Tory lavalo is in fact going to maybe change Direction with Zach and Merill right and and and possibly use those guys a little bit more maybe give someone like Brandon fought who has a lot of innings work this this season uh maybe just one one you know outing off one start off uh and we got a chance to ask Tori if that was his plan this is what Tori had to say before the game today he has any to get Z and extra starts or you staying on schedule that's probably the question of the day um I don't know that answer you guys need to stay tuned we'll keep you posted on that we were talking about presently talking about that right now with two off days this is when we start to get really creative we look we take deep deep dives into um direct matchups against certain teams um how they handle righties how they handle lefties we're going to try to line it up exactly the best way to help us win baseball games so yes it is probabilities um yes it is direct matchups it's all of the above that we're going to we're going to drop in and say this is where it fits best for this particular pitcher against this particular team and then we want to make sure we have the right guys lined up at the very tail end of the season so there's a lot that's going into this conversation these conversations and it takes hours to get to that point we haven't quite got there yet I think fod is up to 165 games this season I feel like there is maybe a theque factor playing a role in kind of what you've seen from him recently yeah you guys had the remote control uh drone in my office just now for the past hour I got it I feel you out yeah you guys yeah it's pretty good um we're we we haven't necessarily discussed that but we' maybe talked about giving them an extra day or two if possible I don't think there's a fatigue fact factor for him he's got such a clean delivery he's a big body um the overall pitches that he's thrown haven't been excessive I think he's going to be okay I think he's going to be fine uh but when we can give players rest and we feel like there's a need for it we will but we haven't yet figured out what that what that model looks like but yeah we we want to be mindful of it the stuff is not ticking down the velocity is still the same the stuff the information that we get um I I'm sure you guys get it too but that we get that's very detailed about the spin of the baseball and the movement of the baseball it's all very similar so we feel good about it maybe just an extra day of rest might do might do him some good as well I I can't express to you how good that felt for Tori to tell me that that was the question of the day that that I was tor's favorite student in the class Like Jesse gets that [ __ ] all the time I meanwhile I never get it so I just had to throw that out there that that felt really good also uh it felt good for Tori to suggest that we have a camera planted in his office to be honest that also felt pretty good but I I get it I get where tor's coming from with this because these are questions I'm sure they're asking themselves and I'm sure this is discussions that is going on especially with the stretch that they have coming up and then these two off days right now it it makes a lot of sense that you would possibly skip over someone like Brandon fought and give guys like Merill and Zach that don't have nearly as many innings those at least one extra start it it also is just a weird stretch coming up here where the Diamondbacks have a lot of games to close out the season you know cons consecutively where they don't really Solid bullpen outing tonight get any more days off after that but I can't I can't wait for you to tote your one time question of the day Championship similar to your fantasy football championship around here oh did you know that I was a one-time question of the day Award winner Damon brings up an interesting point I don't talk about it on this show ever but I did win the phnx fantasy football league so I just figure this is a great opportunity to throw that out there I know Tory would be a fan about that but one thing I'm a fan of is the way this Bullpen pitched tonight because these guys shoved Zack might have shoved but these guys shoved one hit allowed in four Innings of work by the bullpen one hit Allowed by Kevin gingle outside of that you had four Innings of perfection from these guys gingle also walked a guy but I don't care about that uh but you have Ryan thomp Thompson coming in working a completely clean inning you have AJ Puck which many of you brought up in the chat was just filthy he's just filthy three strikeout outs in one inning of work and the man is just continues his dominance uh he has a 3.14 erra this season but keep in mind that that 3.14 ER is impacted by I believe those four starts that he had uh this season that he should have probably never been made a starter but he pitches so well that it's hard not to consider him as that but this man comes in he absolutely shoved and then of course Justin Martinez shut the game down at the end uh there were some people asking like why did these guys get the work in this game this game was obviously like in hand I I I'll say two things about that one I don't feel like any Arizona Diamondbacks game has been in hand no matter what their lead is no matter how the circumstances land it feels lately like they need to continue to score runs and to do everything they can to have a dominant win like this like I don't remember the last time that the Diamondbacks really beat a team like this that you didn't really feel like they should beat like this right I mean yeah when GLE came in in Thompson though I mean it was we were four runs that's not that's not a crazy lead no no it's not a crazy lead you're absolutely right nor is really honestly a six to nothing lead a crazy lead like I understand with the importance of wanting to protect these these leads and and get these games I completely understand it but um I mean yeah this is this is just one of those nights where you got to tip your cap because yes uh AA says gallon had two of the three hits you're absolutely right two of the three hits were off Zack gallon Zack gallon KN five innings pitch two hits Allowed no earn runs two walks 7K and then the Bullpen combined four Innings pitched one hit one walk six strikeouts that'll play and that's like we talk about like what do we have concerns about this team going into the postseason well this is a Rangers team that hasn't been playing great baseball their ops isn't super high they have not been a great offensive team this season but it's still the defending World Series champed right and I mean you got to be pretty proud of the way that your team played tonight and you got to be pretty confident that this is going to hopefully lead to them you know having this carry over to game two uh then they get another rest day and then they go on that stretch of of 16 straight games essentially to close out the season without really an off day and and that's I mean that's that's a tough stretch right they have a lot of lot of good opponents in there but their schedule is not nearly as tough as some of the other teams that are in this wild card race when you start looking at the Atlanta Braves schedule when you start looking at you know the Mets who they have left on their schedule and the Cubs who they have left on their schedule uh it's not it it it's a rough go for all these other teams as well that are in this race so the Diamondbacks do have the fact that they have some easy teams before them and again I think I said this yesterday but if they can perform well against Milwaukee Brewers with seven games left against that team then things should kind of fall their way but uh I do want to talk about our takeover because our takeover was incredible tonight and it's because of you guys you guys made our takeover wonderful it's our last takeover of the year so I don't want to get mushy and super sentimental about it but I I don't know when or if I'm ever gonna see you people ever again so I gotta we got to get mushy right we got to show the love I have absolutely had a blast coming out to all of our baseball events everything we've done including way back when we did like the uh Home Run Derby for the for the fall you know for the fall league and everything else that we've done together but tonight was just a perfect night I felt like between the Diamondbacks winning uh the Meetup at The Desmond and just all the fun we had out there in section 133 it was truly what this place is all about what phnx is all about great Vibes it was it was amazing you know what I mean people that didn't know each other before phnx and it's just become a fantastic little community that we have especially our Dbacks you know fans are great and it's it's awesome doing this show and being a part of it I I know you do two good beats I know you got you also got the Cardinals you're you're two a little bit but I got to say like there's something special about our Diamondbacks Community is or not you know yeah absolutely I think you know we we had I I think everyone felt similarly around here about our coyotes Community yeah uh and and there's a lot of similar people like we we in fact we we have we have we have adopted coyotes fans over here to our baseball world and I love that as well because again it's what phnx is all about I get it you know sometimes things happen and sometimes your favorite sports team just ups and leaves and you're kind of left you know like in in a position of of feeling like what do I legitimately do with myself considering how much I invested you know in this team and like again I I could only imagine if we were in that predicament with our baseball team and I hope we never are but honestly look at what's happening with the Oakland A's if it can happen to the A's it can happen to any of us so I just want to say that while we have this team while we exist in this moment together and while we are a community and a family I want to say I had a blast with you guys and I hope to do many more takeovers next season and I hope to see you guys maybe even before then Cardinals events of course at uh maybe maybe in the effn Ys maybe we get together for something there but uh it it it did feel like it was because of us that the Diamondbacks beat the Rangers so thoroughly I get it I know it's more of the performance of the players on the field and Zack Gall and the bullpen shoving and all that stuff we already said Christian Walker hit two dingers jock Peterson and Christian Walker going back to back that's all been incredible in fact Christian Walker and jock Peterson jock Peterson combined to hit back-to-back home runs for the fourth time this season uh and it was the fifth time that Christian Walker has had a multi-home run game this season so these guys have just been doing it but of course I do want to take credit and say it's because of us it's it's because of us uh piece of Yoshi says Derek hinting at Diamondbacks relocation is crazy I'll say I'll say the quiet Parts out loud I don't mind der Derrick loves talking about the Dbacks relocated and Zack Gall not resigning with the diamond it's my two favorite topics those are oh and gold Schmid is is overrated by this fan base those are his three favorite topics and all three of them are horrifically negative and make Diamondbacks fans hate him yeah I don't have I he's right I don't have any arguments with that I have nothing more to say I'm guilty as charged if you will but of course it was awesome and of course we do have to give our Sanderson for deep Drive of the game Deep Drive of the Game uh to a home run and we know which one it is as much as I want to give it to either one of Christian Walker's two home runs we have to give it to jock Peterson's 450 foot blast in the bottom of the first uh and of course the Diamondbacks did the thing that they did they got an early lead here in the first inning and they were able to maintain it they kept Rangers Bal uh hitters off balance and and this was just an overall good night the Diamondbacks were able to add a few runs late to really make this kind of that blowout victory of six to nothing but like you said four to nothing is a lead that I don't feel comfortable with uh especially considering how quickly things can turn for any member of of this Bullpen Ryan Thompson blew close to that big of a lead the other day it wasn't that long ago that that happened so I mean and he pitched in this game I I don't think I think going to GLE and Ryan Thompson when you're up four runs is not crazy and then you probably already had Puck warming up at that point yeah well of course uh we will have some more here shortly on this baseball game and we'll also be hearing from the one and only Jesse fredman who we left at Chase Field uh we stay Jesse stayed there we came here uh like we always do but of course uh we'll get round to Jesse joining us here shortly we do want to thank you guys maybe those of you that oh it oh it's Steve Stephen B B Banis I don't it's I'm gonna have to say it's stepen bananas right it's Steven bananas all right Steven bananas says is our mayor saying we wants to Lo relocate the Diamondbacks and then what you put espo at the end you didn't even tag espo like what is he supposed to see this magically in his car driving home from the game so uh good luck getting him to see that but uh Matt is absolutely right the Padres series is going to be huge series with the season series being five and five as we speak I hope Chase has over 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at the count presented by desert Financial Credit Union uh Diamondbacks The Count won six to nothing they out hit the Rangers 10 to3 runners in scoring position neither team was good Rangers 0 for two Diamondbacks one for nine I I don't know what to do with either of those uh but it doesn't matter because the Diamondbacks had six extra base hits to the Rangers zero and the expected batting average there was 279 for the Diamondbacks to the Rangers 132 Diamondbacks pitching just was flat out incredible in this game and and that that's really what it came down to right the Diamondbacks did enough offensively and their pitching was was really really good yeah I mean 10 hits nothing to scoff at either uh that Runner is in scoring position obviously I think we'd like to see that get a little bit weeded out because one for nine is not great and that xba isn't exactly fantastic either but I mean that's kind of a funky stat anyways six extra base hits it was a good night all the way around for the Diamondbacks yeah no it really really was and of course again it's because we were present uh they did the thing for us um overall I don't know I mean I I I feel like this is how weird baseball is right now and with how tight things are where one win feels good it doesn't feel like you're out of hot water with you know the Wild Card race and a loss feels devastating right because again you have the Cubs for instance who probably should be getting smashed by the Dodgers and instead they've won the last two games it looks like they're going to win tonight and they won yesterday you just constantly have these teams that are in this race with the Diamondbacks showing up on on every single in every single game on every single night and you know and and playing good baseball so the Diamondbacks have to continue to do so and they did that tonight and of course it feels good feels good of course we do have to give our king snake out to King Snake somebody uh and who are we going to give it to I don't know I guess there is more than one guy to give it to but Christian Walker is our tonight two for four two home runs three RBI and man it just feels really really good to see Christian Walker have a multi-home Run game for Christian Walker just to have a home run period it just felt good right so like this is one of those things that that that Archie and I briefly touched on yesterday but that was the feeling that we both kind of have of like is Christian Walker and catel Marte possibly costing this offense you know and like you you don't want that and obviously they got to get into games for them to get into a rhythm and get back to being you know members that contribute to to the offense in in a in a meaningful way but at the same time their Replacements as we have as we've talked about so much have played so well that it's it's hard to see this team struggle offensively on on you know when catel and Christian came back and not think like wow what would tonight have been like if Kevin Newman and Josh Bell were out there right so yeah the only push back i' have on that I think is that Josh Bell and Kevin Newman a lot of the time are are singles hitters especially Josh Bell had been hitting a lot of singles not a lot of extra base hits whereas catel and Christian Walker have like game breaking type of hits in at bats so I think that's where like they're just a little bit that that caliber is is just a level that Josh Bell and Kevin Newman can't reach because catel and Christian's upside is that much higher Elise in the chat says Derek said I was crazy for saying we probably need to win every game we have left that is crazy Elise that is crazy atast that's the worst take you've ever had that's the worst take you've ever had and you have nothing but good takes but that was a Miss I she can miss I didn't think she could I didn't think so either I didn't think she could but that is crazy to think they have to win all of our game you're starting to hang out with Thunderbolt too much and I don't like you two like becoming friends like that but of course we do have my guy we do have the Thunder sck and I don't know I can't I'm not allowed to call him my vice May anymore but it is the one and only Jesse fredman here joining us uh so Jesse Friedman joins the show! let's bring Jesse in here we were hanging out Jesse I talked about it a little while ago was a fun night out there with all of our all of our people in section 133 and and the Diamondbacks delivered for us yeah and and you know what Derek they wouldn't have delivered if there hadn't been you know a crew of 20 to 30 ph& xers down the down the left Jesse ph& xers what are you doing here it's like you don't even know Zack or Steve what is happening yeah good good point uh yeah this was this is one of the one of the better games the Diamondbacks have played all season uh you know I mean obviously a shutout win that's a pretty good place to start uh this was the Diamondbacks I believe it was their ninth shutout win of the season their first uh since the end of July uh people might remember the game where they beat the Washington National 17 to zero Patrick Corbin old friend was not particularly great in that game uh that was a while ago I mean that was the Diamondbacks have nine shout wins this season it's been about a month and a half since we saw the last one and I guess that speaks in part to this pitching staff and how things been a little rough lately in in both really both the rotation and the bullpen that was not the case today Zach gallon he wasn't as efficient as you would have maybe liked him to be but he still managed to go five scoreless innings and then your five big guns at the back end of the bullpen I mean these are the guys that are going to be getting the ball in the biggest moments in the playoffs at least that's how it stands right now Kevin gingle Ryan Thompson AJ Puck and Justin Martinez they combin to give up one hit tonight and I I believe it was an infield hit if I'm not mistaken so uh yeah just a well pitched game for the Diamondbacks and a well played game all the way around well we will have a little bit more from Chase Field and from Jesse here on this game but first we do have to remind all of you that if you're leaving Chase Field right now to stop by Circle K it's a great place to stop on your way home right now you can get yourself uh of course join the Inner Circle right and if you haven't I have good news for you because there's one benefit we haven't been talking about and that is that when you join the Inner Circle your first five Polar Pops are free just free do you like free is free I mean I can't get Circle K to pay you money to take a Polar Pop but I can get you a Polar Pop for free so go out there and sign up for the Inner Circle for free right now by downloading the Circle K app terms and conditions apply at participating locations visit circlek.com for details but you will get once again five Polar Pops 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time all right Jesse well it was game time for the Diamondbacks today I played the clip from before the show where Tor basically called us Geniuses he called me more of a genius than you uh but uh we did talk about maybe getting Zach and Merill you know some more starts and said that is the conversation that they're having as well as your question about Brandon fought maybe getting you know a day off with how much he's pitched but with the way Zach pitch tonight you could feel very encouraged about Zach getting an extra start you know you could feel very encouraged about the Diamondbacks team wanting Zach gallon to pitch as many games down the stretch as they can and considering the workload he's had and how much he's how much rest he's had cons due to the injuries it's it's kind of a a good plan oh you're muted Jesse Yeah I guess I guess uh not having the mute button turned on that would that would help that would help uh yes where was I yeah Zach Gallen uh yeah Frontline starters especially when he's pitching like this right uh I think as of a couple of weeks ago I maybe would have tapped the breaks a bit on the you know try to get Zack G and Merl Kelly as as many starts as you could on the stretch because frankly neither of those guys was was really at their best but as you start to see both of those guys coming to their own I mean yeah Dbacks want to win as many games as they can down the stretch they're in a more comfortable position than they were a year ago certainly I think their playoff odds push back up toward uh pretty close to 90% based on the outcomes of today but that's still not 100 right I mean this is not a sure thing you still have just a two- game cushion on both the Mets and the bre Wes and it's not just about making the playoffs this year it's also about what position do you find yourself in can you actually play the Wild Card series at home that's something that the Diamondbacks are only half a game away from doing right now they're half a game behind the San Diego Padres uh as of the end of play today so that yeah they have they have some some goals down the stretch here that that they still uh can accomplish Beyond just making the playoffs and uh as of right now I mean at least with what we've seen from Zach the last couple times what we saw from Merill in San Francisco it'll be interesting to see what he looks like back here tomorrow uh but those are those are generally been your two best guys and you're gonna want them on the mount as much as you can down the stretch I got a super chat from Steph bananas he says first he said it kind of feels like to me Jesse had to fall ask that question due to my great question that is basically I kind of got that Vibe as well while I was watching Jess had to upstage me for sure or he at least he had to get in there get in on it right uh couldn't let that happen I couldn't let Cory be complimenting you without like trying to inject myself I knew I knew it made you sick when it happened I could feel like the anger like just kind of coming off of you as you told me like I was his favorite student yeah and Jesse his whole life has been the favorite student absolutely I mean even in these press conferences the amount of times that I have to hear Tori is say that's a great question Jesse it makes me sick Mak sick that's exactly why it made him sick that Tori had that reaction it makes all the sense in the world uh stepen thank you for your Super Chat uh it's not a $50 Super Chat so we could tell you didn't slip on the button like Yoshi did last night but he says that's Mr bananas to you yes sir Mr bananas and he says remember a vote for espo is a vote for Espionage that's a very good point he say PS thankful for this podcast we're thankful for you so thank you for being here uh Jesse overall not a lot of complaints tonight I don't like there's nothing we can really say that Diamondback should do other than to keep this on you know to try to keep this role going right like they have they have another winnable game tomorrow against the Rangers and then they have a very difficult stretch that they have to kind of do everything they can to stack wins I saw listless Rangers team out there tonight I saw a team that really wasn't you know playing for much and it's understandable that they weren't playing very hard right but like you got to take advantage against a team like this what even if it's just two games I mean Cory seager's not in the lineup right what is there afraid of with the Texas right ad Garcia yeah Postgame sound from Torey Lovullo, Zac Gallen & more right he's yeah I mean there's still some good players on this team like I I think Wyatt langford's going to be star and we saw glimpses of that today he made a great catch in left field he um had a couple of hits in this game he stole a couple of bases as well uh there's still there's still some pretty good players on this baseball team and some good pitchers as well I mean nathany evaldi has still had for all the players on this Rangers team that have struggled this year nathany avaldi is is really not one of them when he's been healthy he's been very very good and has been very good recently and the Dbacks tomorrow get another guy in a similar spot in Cody Bradford a lefty who not hard he is gonna give us some trouble tomorrow Jesse I know sort of that he's sort of the type of pitcher that the Dbacks have struggled with right like David Peterson of the Mets and Jeffrey Springs of the Rays these kind of finesse left-handed pitchers that's what they're going to be dealing with tomorrow and it will have a different feel right now that catel is back in the lineup although obviously catel we haven't really seen him look like himself uh since coming back from the injury that's still something that probably have to expect it's just been a few games it's just his third game played off the I but at some point catel is probably going to start absolutely destroying left-handed pitching again and for the Dbacks tomorrow is as good a day as any for for him to get back to that he really is what do you have from the from the clubhouse tonight yeah um so we have a few things here I guess we'll start with we'll start with Tory lell uh talking about Zach Gallen and Merill Kelly not not just Zach Gallen um but just how important it is for Zach to to throw a game like this and how important it's going to be for both Zach and Merill down the stretch to to Really carry this team yeah I and I put that on them I put on Merl too I've had discussions with him I've said hey you got you're you're you're the you're the carry tool here we got to have you guys go out and execute and do what you do best um and empty the tank every time you you you go out there and it's very important it's very important that they Pace us they've done it before they know what it's like to stand on that mount and execute at a high level the most critical times and when they do it um the way the way that they've spoiled us with uh how they've done it it comes out like this so we need them and they can they can shoulder that responsibility the conversations that I've had with them they're willing to accept that and they take it on and they've both been really good over the past couple couple of outings yeah I mean these These are the guys right these are the guys that you trust and like I think the one thing I took away from his pregame uh presser was that these are the guys you trust regardless of what the results in the past have been these are the guys that if if if you can't trust them then you don't really have a shot at winning absolutely yeah I think that's a great point I mean Tory was asked pregame today I don't know if this was in the clip that you played but is it important like something along the lines of is it important for you to see Zach and Merill you know like are these next two starts important for you to see them get back to form so that you really do want to push forward with them the rest of the season and try to get them as many starts as possible and Tori very quickly said no that not not for me basically implying like he believes in these guys no matter what right the Diamondbacks are either going to get to the postseason because Zack G and Merl Kelly carried them there and obviously there's a whole lot of other players contributing as well uh but you know they're they're going to they're they're going to ride it out with those guys I think no matter what and it's obviously a good sign still that you're you're seeing Zach turn things around and and again we'll see what we'll see what meell looks like tomorrow maybe he's able to to build off that that last outing against the Giants Well I know we have more from Zack from the clubhouse what did Zach have to say tonight yeah this is z basically talking about that very topic of uh you know Tori has has said that he wants to sort of ride it out with with you and Marl the rest of the way uh is that kind of your expectation for the rest of the season and and here's what Zach had to say yeah for sure um and I think uh that's that's definitely something we've talked about I mean that's something we've talked about for the last you know three four years really um you know when years when we were out of it and Tor said there's it's going to come a time when we're going to be in this thing and and have to ride you guys for you know whatever the the pitch count you know dictates or whatever um but I think at the same time being smart about that and understanding that you don't have to go out and throw 110 pitches every night I mean I think you pick your spots where you know like tonight for instance maybe tonight's not 110 pitch night it's maybe next next outing or two outings down the road from now so uh yeah I mean it's it's what um it's what we want we want to be playing in games and pitching in games that mean something and you know be able to give out give the team a chance to win you know it's funny is one time I had a discussion with Zach about like a perfect game and a no hitter and like what how many pitches he'd be willing to throw and all this stuff and I've also had conversation with Zach where he's you know said like that he would let his arm fall off for the team but he's not going to let it happen for like a no hitter because that's like not that important to him but I mean this just goes to show like when he says he's ready to go and like yeah Dory Tory's prepped us for this not just this year Tor has prepped us for this in the past that that we're the guys that he has to ride with we are the dogs we are the ones that are going to be in there getting the long outings and and being asked to go over a 100 you know pitch count all that kind of stuff then you know you you feel like this is these are the right guys for the job like you feel that confidence that Tori has in them despite the fact that maybe the results have not been there especially for Merill this season yeah this was uh it was an interesting day for for Tori where he could have tried to push gallon for another inning right I think it was 94 pitches that gallon threw uh in five and I think there maybe are some scenarios down the stretch of the Season where Tor would have gallon go back out there and and try to you know go through whatever it is 110 pitches or so in order to get through six it's not something we see the Diamondbacks do with gallon a whole lot um but this didn't feel like that type of game and I think I agree with that decision I guess in hindsight it's easy to given that this this wound up being a six-run win for the Diamondbacks but just the the way that the game was unfolding the fact that the Rangers were were just seeing so many pitches I mean even when gallon had a one two three inning it still was you know it still was like a 20 pitch inning each time just because Rangers hitters were were doing a really good job working counts uh so yeah if you send him back out there for the six you know who knows maybe he's 110 pitches and he's only gotten one out of the inning and then you're you're putting one of your relievers in in a a trickier spot at that point so it'll be interesting to see what the usage looks like how are the Diamondbacks trying to push these two guys to to get every start that they possibly can the rest of the way and in these games how aggressive are they I imagine if this game had been a little bit closer at that point maybe Tory does try to get a a sixth inning out of Zack gallon it'll be interesting to monitor that here moving forward interesting comments in the chat Jesse from our cooworker Erica day uh Erica might you know when I said like Circle K is America's thirst stop Erica might need to stop by there because she's sounding a little thirsty right now she in our chat says Erica wants Walter in regards to Walter Pennington from the Texas Rangers left-handed reliever uh she says can Erica come on the show if Walter comes to the diamond back so like now she's referring to herself in third person and I don't think she just wants three in a row by the way here's a third message got also FYI Erica is three and0 in her d attending she still talking about herself in the third person which is um a power move it's a power move I can't like I want to say it's weird but it's an insane power move right um anyway that's a whole other story we'll have to deal with Erica uh at a later time when it comes to that but Walter Pennington cannot help us this season though maybe in the future I I will say though at this point it's it's all about you know the the fact that we know the offense is running so well right we've seen this offense even on even in losses the Diamondbacks have been able to put up runs it's all about pitching and today is that glimpse of like this is how it could be I know it's the Rangers I know it's a team that doesn't have a great team Ops and things like that Jesse but like between the bullpen and the wayak pitched you're just like yeah this is this is this team and then you factor in the fact you know the offense can just casually throw up six runs on a night that didn't even feel like like they had their best you know offensive performance tonight and and this team feels very like like like they're in a good good position right now another thing that Zach was asked after the game is did did this did this have was there a little extra in this one for you given the opponent and uh Zach kind of brushed it off I guess the way you would maybe expect him to he gave the classic line of I treat every opponent the same no you don't but he did he did also acknowledge that yeah it feels good to to beat this team right and he also said like they got us when it counted so it's not like it's not like this one makes up for game five the pitching match ups were the same yeah I don't think any Diamondbacks player could possibly view that this way you get that if you face them in the world series or the playoffs and you knock them out that's how you get because of the AL NL difference that's the only way we'll ever get the only way you're ever gonna get it all the Rangers have done since is make me feel bad because Cory Seager continues to own us so it feels good to not feel bad tonight but it also doesn't feel like it also doesn't feel like Revenge whatsoever oh no yeah no I didn't I didn't get my Just Desserts you know what I mean I did not get that but they own me the Rangers own me yeah they they do and I mean because of the size of of you know of the a victory right but and the size of Adas Garcia because he's on steroids because of the size of his head is what you're saying steroids right yes I'm not goingon to I can't I thought I thought you were saying he was off the steroids now now but then then he wasn't last season a lot I have on good authority that Rob Manfred was the one that hit adulas Garcia with a injection right before he hit his walk-off home run wow that's not at all true but what I will say is that one thing that does feel good is that the Diamondbacks are on Pace to make the playoffs and we know the Rangers are not right so at least there's that and you know we can help maybe shut the door on their season a little bit more by finishing this thing off tomorrow with a two game sweep uh you know one thing we'll need though is Christian Walker and of course that's really the only guy I wanted to hear from tonight no offense to Zach or or Tori but what did Christian have to say Jesse Yeah we talked to him about a number of things including of course the the game that he had today and said sort of the usual things about how it it feels good to be contributing in a in a big way again uh his two homers were both opposite field which I think is also also noteworthy in this one Tory loves himself and opposite field home run and spoke very very highly of that uh but we do have video of Christian Walker question that I asked basically just did it did it take some pressure off you while you were out with injury knowing that the team was playing pretty well all things considered in your absence and here is what Christian had to say yeah very much very much um you know it's easy to you know focus on recovering and resting and and getting the body right um you know but but it's also you know you have fomo big time it looks like they're having so much fun scoring a bunch of runs you want to be in mix um but no proud proud of the guys for um for doing what they did you know over the month of August what what a weird feeling that must be like on one hand you're mad you're injured and you don't want to miss time and you want to come back as fast as possible but you know based on an injury being an injury that you can't do anything to change that amount of time it's going to take for you to come back so it's like yes on one hand it was great to see the team playing great and yes but like does anybody want to feel not needed right like you don't really want to feel like oh wow this team's like better without me that kind of sucks you know like and you also have the fomo like you do want to be out there playing baseball these guys love this game and the last thing they want to be doing is sitting on the sidelines while they watch their teammates go and and have all of that success without them and celebrate and and have those moments you know it's it's it's weird but like I I understand everything that he was feeling yeah and I and I think to a point that I heard Damon make earlier before I hopped on you know for as good as Josh Bell was replacing Christian The difference with Christian Walker back Walker there is still a difference here and that being on the offensive side of the ball Christian Walker is is a power hitter through and through and that's something that honestly I've I've heard that a little bit too much about Josh Bell people keep talking about Josh Bell as like oh yeah he's your power hitter now with Christian Walker out I I know I don't really ever think that I've viewed him in that light obviously he hit I think he hit like four home runs almost instantly after he joined the diamond back so it very much he was having a hot week that week we talked about how hot that stretch was when the Diamondbacks picked him up so it's like yeah he was he was on a heater but yeah he came back down to earth and he did end up he he he has been a great hitter for this team a great hitter where he can work the count well and he can also you know get get get on base and get hits but yeah no I agree with you I haven't we haven't really seen the power out of them out of him especially not the way we see Christian Walker that's why tonight felt so cathartic to have Christian Walker come back and not only have a a home run in a game but have two and feel like oh this isn't just Christian Walker hitting a Dinger and feeling good about it this is like this is Christian Walker being back yeah I mean ju I think and not to say that Josh Bell is a is a bad player by any means but just like the last few seasons you know this year he has a 399 slugging percentage last year it was 419 the year before that it was 422 none of those numbers are prototypical power hitting first baseman type numbers right and it just goes back again to to the value that Christian Walker does have for as great as Josh Bell was as a fill in and he obviously continues to have a role on this team uh Walker is your guy over there right I mean he's the guy who's who's you feel like you can count on to hit 30 home runs year in year out and you obviously can count on his defense we saw an unbelievable over the-shoulder catch that Walker made Point um Tory also talked about that at length in his postgame presser I think it was when GLE was on the mound in the sixth inning uh a moment where the game still felt winnable for the Rangers for sure they were down to four runs but they got their lead off man on against GLE in that inning um and then they won a challenge and and lford winds up stealing second base so there was at least some level of vulnerability there and Christian Walker does Christian Walker things and and just makes this this very nice over the- shoulder catch that feels sort of for him at this point I mean I I would have been shocked if he didn't make the play makes it look effortless he makes it look effortless and you don't even think about how the what the level of difficulty is to make that kind of play in that situation right I looked back at Jesse in the stands like super excited like oh did you just see that man and Jesse was like yeah yeah Christian Walker because he because heed we've seen Christian Walker make over-the-shoulder catches that were you know five 10 times as impressive as that one honestly and it's not to say that that one wasn't as impressive but or wasn't impressive in its own right uh but you know I think of the plays like the popups down the right field line that are in foul territory where Walker has to cover like a ton of ground in order to just get to the spot and then try to figure out where the ball is the level of difficulty there is probably higher than the play here but again it's not an easy play I mean I I don't I don't think it's a given that like every other first base in Le makes that play uh that's just who he is over there and and again I I mean I think that's my biggest takeaway from this one is that Christian Walker was back uh technically a week ago today but now it really feels like he's back right like now it really feels like they're starting to see him come to his own as the player that we're used to seeing and that's a that's a huge boost for this Diamondbacks team Jesse said he's back this time so that's that means he's really back right so that that's real uh friend of mine Johnny Walker is in the chat Johnny I love you he says how long have you known him again a very very long time Damon I don't think legally I'm allowed to discuss how long Johnny Walker and I have been hanging out together but I do want to say uh Johnny Walker thank you for your Super Chat he says my wife said to stop CH Super chats uh but I can't I just can't help myself go deac and we're glad you can't help yourself uh drop your wife's name in there and I will say something very nice about her and then maybe you can just clip that the way we clip stuff and then maybe she'll just think that we just say lovely things about her on the show all the time so uh we do appreciate you for that of course uh Jesse talked about some things earlier that Tori said and Tori may or may not be lying about that you know how this whole thing goes do I have to do the bit he's lying I'm lying but I might not be lying Jesse Jr never lies uh and of course we also know that the numbers they never lie uh Jesse what do you got for tonight's number that doesn't lie tonight's number is 84.2 uh that's that's that's almost the number uh 8 very close little different yeah a little different a little a little Numbers Don't Lie different um yeah 84.2% is the number and that represents Zack Allen's first pitch strike percentage in this there it is there it is uh so yeah Zack Allen was 16 it's a it's a pretty impressive number and this is something we've talked about for a while as as one of the key differences between gallon this year and gallon last season and and years before that is he's just not throwing as many first pitch strikes and you look at the numbers and it is very clear that the difference between 01 and 10 uh for Zack gallon is very significant it's something like a 250 Point Ops difference between when he gets ahead of 0 and one and when he falls behind one and0 so uh we also have a Graphic I believe that shows where those uh pitches were uh yeah here's that and and this this underscores the point I'm making here it's not just that these pitches were in the zone it's that pretty much all of these are quality pitches you see the the yanked fast ball in the lower right hand corner there that was his first pitch of the game actually um so I I guess you can kind of throw that one out there's also obviously a bigger Miss there in the top left but outside of those two pitches pretty much all of these were were in the zone a lot of these pretty much right on the black he did get a couple of calls here the Zone was was maybe a little bit wider tonight um but yeah throwing winning the first pitch of every bat is is really important and gallon not only got ahead but he threw quality pitches none of those pitches turned into base hits there were some foul balls I think one or two of them was put in play for an out so yeah that that was a really positive development for gallon tonight I mean I I you know I hate to give you credit it again it disgusts me as much as you getting credit from Tor but uh you you know you wrote a wonderful Artic article for go phx.com and big part of it was you talking about these issues and like getting down to the core of the issue that's we can't do that like we don't know why Zach was struggling over that stretch we just know that the fact that he wasn't Landing those first pitch strikes and not getting those is is was putting him down and and was causing a lot of the other problems he was having right just getting behind in the count staying behind in the count not having you know not just not getting ahead not being able to be aggressive especially with like like his knuckle curve that's been really good this season so uh you know it makes sense but at the same time it's amazing the impact that him going out and having a night like this where he he lands 84.2% of his you know first first pitches for strikes like just it shows in the Box Score how dominant he was against this Rangers team yeah and and I asked him about the the importance of those first pitch strikes after the game as well and he made an interesting point where it's I guess it goes back to to kind of what I was saying a moment ago about how it's really important for these to be quality pitches he said that opposing teams know that he's going to be aggressive early in counts and it's important for him to be crafty and to you know not make it a fast ball every time or or not not get too predictable in various ways and mix it up and and again really really hit the edges of the Zone rather than just sort of lofting it over the middle so uh yeah he's done a a much better job in that regard here over the last couple of starts and and especially today well we will be back here tomorrow with another postgame show uh it's a little bit earlier this time and unfortunately we won't be out in section 133 but we will be right back here with more on tomorrow's game and hopefully the Diamond Backs can sweep this two game series against the Rangers they definitely need according to Elise uh to win every single baseball game the rest of the way so we will be here to monitor that of course you can follow us on Twitter I am at capore cademan with a K Jesse is at jessen Friedman the the people's producer is at Damon dog that's D AWG on the dog part we are Damon's dogs bark parkk yeah we do we do a subdude thing when rgie isn't here I'm not trying to show off when R isn't here uh but I just think I think that that I would be taken much less seriously in the Press Box if like because people people tell me this I'm a little ways away from from where the Press Box is we try to create a little bit of distance I'm not irritating people wri their stor but I'm still with an earshot and I just think it would be great for me uh careerwise perception wise to be audibly barking Steve Steve would never let us live it down Jesse Steve would bark at us every single time he saw us he would he he would maybe call us the dog pound or give us some sort of nickname like that that actually sounds pretty cool now that I'm thinking of it so 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