The Diamondbacks are coming.
Arizona, the defending NL pennant winner, is taking part in its greatest baseball of the season and appears like a authentic contender to signify the Nationwide League within the 2024 World Sequence.
It continued its scorching streak on Monday in a 7-6 extra-innings win over the Guardians (67-45), which have the perfect document in baseball.
With the win, the Diamondbacks (61-52) moved right into a tie with the Padres (61-52) and Braves (60-51) atop the NL’s wild-card standings.
Since July 3, Arizona has the perfect document in baseball (20-8). It is rebounded from a quiet begin by fielding the league’s most devastating offense.
Throughout that span, the Diamondbacks have scored 183 runs in 28 video games (6.5 runs per sport), 19 greater than the Purple Sox (164), which have scored the second-most runs. (h/t FanGraphs)
The Diamondbacks have 49 house runs over their final 28 video games, with 21 coming from second baseman Ketel Marte (11) and third baseman Eugenio Suarez (10).
Suarez was the hero in extras towards the Guardians, recording a sacrifice fly within the tenth whereas being robbed of a base hit with an outstanding play in proper subject by Guardians proper fielder Lane Thomas.
