Arizona Diamondbacks Gameday Thread, #13: 4/9 @ Mets
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 10: Atmosphere around Washington Square Park on May 10, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS METS Ketel Marte – 2B Francisco Lindor – SS Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Bo Bichette – 3B Geraldo Perdomo – SS Luis Robert – CF Adrian Del Castillo – DH Mark Vientos – 1B Jose Fernandez – 3B Marcus Semien – 2B James McCann – C Francisco Alvarez – DH Alek Thomas – CF Brett Baty – RF Tim Tawa – LF Luis Torrens – C Jorge Barrosa – RF Tyrone Taylor – LF E. Rodriguez – LHP Nolan McLean – RHP It seems a little odd, to have the game on getaway day start three hours later than the rest of the series.
But, due to the rescheduling of the games on Tuesday and Wednesday, here we are. Though at least the D-backs don’t have far to go. Google Maps tells me that Citizens Bank Park and Citi Field are only 111 miles from each other by road – 117 if you want to avoid tolls.
Though I think the closest parks, discounting those located in the same city like the Mets and Yankees, might be the Orioles and Nationals. Again per Google Maps, those two are 38 miles apart. There was a lengthy dispute when the Nats relocated, about them encroaching on the Orioles territory.
This is the rubber game of the series, after the teams split the first two, and give the D-backs a chance to climb above . 500 for the first time in 2026. It’s the fourth opportunity they have had to do so.
But they have gone 0-3 previously and been outscored 29-7 over those three games. The most recent and closest was the opener in New York, where they got walked off, and here we are again. If past form is any guide, they should be optimistic, with starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez yet to concede an earned run this year.