Game Summary

Tonight was an old-fashioned pitcher’s duel at Chavez Ravine, and, perhaps shockingly in 2025, Zac Gallen and the Diamondbacks bullpen came out on top in this one. Blake Snell and Gallen combined to dominate the lineups tonight with a lot of swing and miss stuff (and a little bit of help from Phil Cuzzi behind the plate) through most of the first 6 innings. Through 5 innings, each pitcher recorded 8 Ks and had at least one strikeout in each half-inning of play. They each ran into a little trouble in the 6th. Gallen survived the sixth, while Snell did not. Zac’s walk year has been a mess, but this August has been outstanding, with this outing the best of those. He never even really had to sweat until the 6th inning. The bullpen was equally outstanding, with appearances from le

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