PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen did not find the rhythm he enjoyed during his Yankee Stadium gem against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, giving up five earned runs without escaping the fifth inning in a 5-1 loss.
He nearly limited the damage, despite walking two batters to load the bases with only one out.
A Cedric Mullins sharp grounder to second baseman Tim Tawa — playing his third career MLB game after Ketel Marte’s injury — appeared to do the trick, but Tawa did not field the ball cleanly and only recorded one out. Technically not an error on the box score, but yet another defensive misstep for this club.
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Ryan Mountcastle followed with a two-run single to center, and Gallen left the game down 5-1 after seven hits and four walks. He threw 96 pitches, only 50 of which were strikes.
Gallen last week in the Bronx delivered 6.2 shutout frames with 13 strikeouts and notably zero walks.
The Diamondbacks continue to wait for their starters to string together quality outings. Arizona’s starting pitcher ERA through 11 games is a bloated 6.27.
Merrill Kelly and Brandon Pfaadt are next in line against Baltimore.
The offense, meanwhile, missed out on the big hit despite showing some life.
Josh Naylor led off the second with a double but did not score. Corbin Carroll hit a two-out double in the third and was stranded. Pavin Smith and Naylor started the fourth with singles, advancing to second and third with nobody out. Arizona managed one run on a Lourdes Gurriel Jr. sacrifice fly.
The Diamondbacks finished 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position.
Orioles starter Zach Eflin allowed one run on four hits with no walks in six innings of work, and Orioles pitching retired 13 straight D-backs hitters spanning from the fourth frame until the eighth.
Diamondbacks outfielder Jake McCarthy went 0-for-3 and is now 0-for-22 to begin the season. He tied Domingo Leyba (2021) for the most at-bats without a hit to start a campaign in club history, per Stathead.
On a brighter note, Arizona’s bullpen put together another strong day of work, especially Ryne Nelson.
Nelson tossed three perfect innings, only needing 31 pitches to do so. Ryan Thompson delivered 1.1 scoreless innings.
Diamondbacks next game
The D-backs and Orioles continue their series on Tuesday at 6:40 p.m.
Right-hander Charlie Morton will start for the O’s.
The Diamondbacks (5-6) will look to snap a three-game losing streak.
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