There was no shortage of action early in this game. The first full frame saw four combined hits, a walk, and a runner thrown out at the plate. After the literal and figurative dust settled on the frame, the D-Backs held onto a 1-0 lead, but it could just as easily have been double that. In the visiting half of the inning, the Rangers used a leadoff single from Josh Smith and a two-out knock from Jake Burger to put runners on the corners, but an impeccable pitching sequence from Zac Gallen dispatched Kyle Higashioka and extinguished the scoring threat. The home half would see even more action with Ketel Marte drawing a one-out walk and then inexplicably trying to score on a squibbed throw into third base off a Corbin Carroll double to right field. It was the latest in a long series of baser

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