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  By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic To further explain his decision to bench his top four everyday players on Wednesday night – while continuing

  By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic Diamondbacks catcher Jeff Mathis understands how things might have looked from the outside on Tuesday night – and

By Richard Morin | Arizona Republic After an arduous road trip in which the Diamondbacks lost valuable ground in their quest for a postseason spot,

  By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic The Diamondbacks’ playoff dreams weren’t exactly easily attainable when this trip began, but at least they were intact.

By Hunter Atkins | Houston Chronicle The Astros got tired of waiting to come up with a breakthrough hit that could make Diamondbacks starter Zack

  By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic A small shard of wood broke off Jon Jay’s bat in the eighth inning on Friday night, and

  By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic Eleven years ago, the Colorado Rockies sat 4 1/2 games out of a playoff spot with 15 games

  By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic The cast has changed for the Diamondbacks, only they keep playing out the same tired script, one brutal

By Nick Piecoro | The Republic Before stepping into situations like the one he inherited in the seventh inning on Tuesday night – the bases

  By Nick Piecoro | The Republic There is too much schedule remaining to make pronouncements about the Diamondbacks’ fate, too many games still to

  By Richard Morin | The Republic The Diamondbacks must have felt like they were at a high school reunion on Sunday. But only if

  By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic The Diamondbacks did not so much lose on Saturday night as they refused to win. Star Paul Goldschmidt

By Scott Coleman | talkingchop.com The Braves were unable to take advantage of numerous late opportunities and fell to the Diamondbacks by a score of

  By Gabriel Burns | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Braves need a positive showing on their seven-game West trip. It’s off to a 1-0 start.

  By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic For the last time in weeks, the Diamondbacks faced one of baseball’s bottom-feeders on Tuesday night and did

By Richard Morin | Arizona Republic Prior to Monday’s series opener against the San Diego Padres at Chase Field, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo talked at

By Nick Piecoro | The Republic It did not seem to matter what decision Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo made here over the weekend. Whether he

By Nick Piecoro | The Republic In an otherwise quiet visitors’ clubhouse, Diamondbacks right fielder Steven Souza’s voice grew increasingly heated on Saturday night. He

By Nick Piecoro | Arizona Republic A year ago, Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo routinely asked for an extra out or an extra inning from his

David Peralta hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning and the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Thursday night

When the Diamondbacks acquired right fielder Steven Souza Jr. in February, they did not envision him as a pure one-for-one offensive replacement for J.D. Martinez.

Madison Bumgarner battles through seven scoreless innings and strikes out five in his outing at home against the D-backs. Wins 1-0.