D-backs fall short in opener

Well....one good thing we saw tonight is that the Diamondbacks had some fight in them. After Tony Pena (I'll get to him more later), blew up in top of the eighth and gave up four runs, Arizona came back in the bottom half and got four right back. They could have just rolled over and gotten back-to-back shutout losses, but they didn't, and that's good to see.

However.....Tony Pena...I just don't have any confidence in him anymore. He just gives up so many hits, that it's a balancing act every time out there for him. Other than a couple of quality innings in the San Diego series, it's been a long, rough stretch. Skipper Bo Mel said in the post game presser that maybe he's just losing some confidence. Well...this no time to start losing your confidence, get that back in Tucson...not in a pennant race in August.

And that big-time Braves pitcher Charlie Morton......you know...come on......Charlie Morton.... tied the hands of D-backs hitters once again. Much like Karstens yesterday, Morton was on top of his game, going seven innings of shutout ball, while giving up five hits.

Once again a very solid outing from Yusmeiro Petit for the D-backs. Going five innings and giving up two runs...that's exactly what the team is asking of him. He just doesn't seem to get any breaks when he heads out there.

Nice to see Mark Reynolds get another dinger...24 on the year, along with 76 RBIs...not too shabby.

Dodgers win tonight....so lead trimmed to 1 1/2.