Team News
Corbin in the clutch! Carroll belts 4th career slam to lift D-backs to series win
Since April 4, the bullpen has allowed 12 earned runs in 46 innings, that’s a 2.35 ERA.
“They’ve been really good,” Carroll said. “It seems like whoever comes out of that gate is ready to go from pitch one and is attacking hitters, and it’s been really fun to play behind them. Those guys got a tough job, and so it’s a huge credit to them that they’ve been taking care of business the way they have so far.” https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/corbin-carroll-s-grand-slam-leads-d-backs-to-win-over-blue-jays
Corbin Carroll’s grand slam lifts Diamondbacks to series win over Blue Jays
“We talk about building innings here,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “I think we’ve been very efficient with runners in scoring position so far this season, and the right guys in the right spot came up. I thought the Marte at-bat — I loved how Vargas got on. I loved AT’s base hit — but I thought the Marte at-bat was critical to load the bases for the next two guys. Corbin deserves the credit, but the rest of the guys built the inning for him and that’s what we stand on.”
https://arizonasports.com/mlb/arizona-diamondbacks/corbin-carroll-grand-slam-blue-jays/3618281/
Corbin Carroll’s Massive Grand Slam Erases D-backs’ Mistakes https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/corbin-carroll-massive-grand-slam-erases-d-backs-mistakes
D-backs Teammates React to Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s Incredible ACL Return
Dave McKay (first base and outfield coach): “It was unbelievable seeing him at Spring Training, doing the things that he was doing. As a matter of fact I had to force him stop doing our drills. He’d come out when we do our drills, and there were certain things that we couldn’t have him do. He was insisting, finally I had to get the trainers and say get this guy out of here.”
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/d-backs-teammates-react-lourdes-gurriel-jr-acl-return
Full Q&A With D-backs’ Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on his Rapid ACL Rehab
Did Rivera feel like this timetable was realistic all along?
“Yes, and also because of my added performance, my dedication. He understood what type of player I am. It’s not an easy rehab. But understanding my dedication to the process, he was in agreement.” https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/d-backs-lourdes-gurriel-jr-rapid-acl-rehab
Diamondbacks Brandon Pfaadt adjusting to bullpen life https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/how-brandon-pfaadt-adjusting-new-bullpen-role
Diamondbacks Sign Former Yankees Infielder
https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/diamondbacks-sign-former-yankees-infielder-velasquez
Other Baseball
Mets in free fall after losing 10th straight game
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48525192/mets-freefall-losing-10th-straight-game
Phillies put closer Jhoan Duran on IL with strained oblique https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48526192/phillies-put-closer-jhoan-duran-il-strained-oblique
J.T. Realmuto Leaves Game Due To Lower Back Tightness https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/04/j-t-realmuto-leaves-game-due-to-lower-back-tightness.html
Sale passes Glavine on K’s list, dominates Phils for Braves’ 4th straight win https://www.mlb.com/news/chris-sale-continues-stellar-start-to-2026-vs-phillies
The visiting team won a 21-inning college game on a walk-off balk — wait, what? https://www.mlb.com/news/21-inning-college-game-ends-on-walk-off-balk
1 early-season development each team can believe in
https://www.mlb.com/news/2026-early-season-developments-to-believe-in-each-mlb-team
Anything Goes
This day in history:
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-19
The American Revolution began at Lexington, in 1775.
This day in baseball:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/April_19
1997 – A major league game is played in Hawaii for the first time. The San Diego Padres, who gave up three home games to further baseball relations and to allow renovations at Jack Murphy Stadium, play host for a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals at spacious Aloha Stadium. The Cardinals win both games, 1 – 0 and 2 – 1.
The oldest English word is ‘town’.
This is one of the oldest words in the English language that is still in use. The first dictionary took note of this in 1755.
Tomato ketchup was used as medicine for 16 years.
Whether you love it or hate it, this condiment once had a place in the world beyond hotdogs. However, you’d be surprised to know that ketchup only had tomatoes in it starting 1834. Before, ketchup was made with a mix of fish and mushrooms. When Dr. John Cooke Bennet added tomatoes to the mix, he claimed that the antioxidants gave it a medicinal property. He had a pill salesman turn his tomato ketchup into pills and claimed it could treat diarrhea, indigestion, jaundice, and rheumatism.
oan of Arc convinced Charles VII she could lead his armies with no experience. She routed the English, survived a 60-foot escape leap from a tower uninjured, was falsely accused of heresy, and burned at the stake, all between the ages of 17 and 19. She was guided by voices only she could hear.
The sound made by the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883 was so loud it ruptured the eardrums of people 40 miles away, traveled around the world four times, and was clearly heard 3,000 miles away. That’s like standing in New York and hearing a sound from San Francisco.
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