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It is 23 miles south of Boone, a town named for legendary pioneer Daniel Boone, who established camp there, and 66 miles southwest of Mount Airy, the inspiration for television's Mayberry. It is 17 miles south of Blowing Rock, where the snow is said to fall upside down, ever since a benevolent wind raised a fallen Cherokee brave from the valley below to his love on the rock high above. It is about 12 miles from Brown Mountain, where strange lights glow like balls of fire in the night sky, still nearly as much a mystery as they were when the Cherokee thought they were torch-carrying maidens searching the mountain for their loved ones lost in battle. To stand on the knob of land in Lenoir, where Bumgarner's barn sits amid his 116 acres, is to stand in the footsteps of the Catawba and the Cherokee. on 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station.Īrizona LHP Tyler Gilbert (0-3, 7.88) is scheduled to start against San Francisco LHP Alex Wood (5-7, 5.03 ERA).'So this will be the first time,' he says, 'outside of family and friends.' The D-backs host the Giants on Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. Ketel Marte, who went 1-for-4 on the day with a double, had the team’s other RBI as the Diamondbacks left five runners on base and were 4-for-12 (.333) with runners in scoring position.

Offensively, the D-backs were led by outfielder Daulton Varsho, who had three hits and three RBI to go along with his fifth stolen base of the year.Īnd while this play won’t stand out in the scorebook, the recently-turned 26-year-old managed to score from first base on a Geraldo Perdomo sac-bunt thanks to some aggressive baserunning that forced a throwing error by Giants first baseman Wilmer Flores in the bottom of the second inning to give the D-backs a 3-2 lead:īuddy Kennedy and Josh Rojas were right behind Varsho with two hits apiece, with the rookie second baseman knocking in two runs and the third baseman bringing in one. The back side of the bullpen did a really nice job.” Darn close to 40 pitches over two days but he didn’t waver. And Joe in a very uncommon way gave us two unbelievable innings. I was trying to keep their lefties on the bench, it’s no mystery.

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“We talk about being uncommon here - I asked Joe Mantiply to go two full innings. “The bullpen took over,” Lovullo said postgame. San Francisco managed seven hits on the day - only two of which came after the third inning - but left seven runners on base and went 2-for-8 (.250) with runners in scoring position. Melancon came on in the ninth and retired all three batters he faced in the Giants’ Joc Pederson, Brandon Belt and Mike Yastrzemski. Mantiply struck out four of the seven batters he faced on 32 pitches (23 strikes) and handed the ball over to closer Mark Melancon, who started warming up in a save situation with the D-backs up 6-3 until two insurance runs in the bottom half of the eighth negated the save opportunity. Right-hander Sean Poppen tossed one shutout inning on 19 pitches and 13 strikes before lefty reliever Joe Mantiply went two scoreless innings after usual setup man Ian Kennedy was placed on the 15-day injured list due to right calf inflammation prior to first pitch on Monday. The bullpen couldn’t have performed any better for Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo, as the three arms he elected to go with in the final four frames continued to put up goose eggs and handed the ball over to the next guy. We’re definitely going to try to rearrange that and fix it because I’m not getting paid to go five innings every time.” “ is probably what I’m leaning toward but I’m not too sure. “I’m trying to figure out if it’s something physical and just not making the pitches or if it’s mental trying to be too perfect with each one instead of just going after guys and getting ahead,” Bumgarner said of his command issues.

If not for (Zach) Davies - I would like to have him in the rotation - but when we had to cover a spot, I knew I’d be throwing on the Fourth and I was excited.

“It’s a special day to me, I’m proud to be an American. “I was excited to pitch on the Fourth of July,” Bumgarner said postgame. D-backs' Geraldo Perdomo, Buddy Kennedy acclimating to big-league level in rookie season