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Arizona Diamondbacks' John McDonald is greeted at home plate, after hitting a three-run home run against the Milwaukee Brewers, by teammates Wade Miley , Konrad Schmidt and Paul Goldschmidt during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 26, 2012, in Phoenix.

From the minute word got out about Yadier Molina's contract extension with the St.

Ian Kennedy lost his fifth straight on Friday night. That's one more defeat that he had all last season.

Ryan Braun, Rickie Weeks and Corey Hart homered and Yovani Gallardo maintained his mastery of Arizona on Friday night in the Milwaukee Brewers' 7-1 victory over the Diamondbacks.

Let's hope the results are every bit as satisfying as the last time the Brewers were in town.

May 25, 2012 @ 8:40 p.m. CDT GAME 2 : May 26, 2012 @ 9:10 p.m. CDT The Diamondbacks have been a pretty close mirror to the Brewers this year: Both teams had a way-better-than-expected 2011 and expected another strong, contending club this year.

Not much has gone right for the Diamondbacks this year.A Injuries to Justin Upton, Chris Young, Stephen Drew and Daniel Hudson as well as less than expected production from some key players have obviously had an affect on the team's performance.A At 20-25, the D-Backs have been bad, but not bad enough to unequivocally say that they are not ... (more)

After the Arizona Diamondbacks selected standout UCLA pitcher Trevor Bauer in the first round of the 2011 MLB draft, the club assigned him to Class-A Advanced Visalia, where Bauer pitched two innings, striking out three on one hit and one walk in his professional debut .

Backs Joe Saunders throws during the first inning against the Dodgers at Chase Field on 5/23 Text: Matt Kartozian-US PRESSWIRE No grand pronouncements that the Arizona Diamondbacks have finally turned a corner.

Daniel Hudson is due to return to the Diamondbacks soon.A While his return will be welcome, it creates a decision point for Kirk Gibson.A Hudson's spot in the rotation was assumed by Wade Miley when he went on the DL.

PHOENIX - Justin Upton and Ryan Roberts homered and every Arizona starter had at least one hit as the Diamondbacks beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 on Wednesday night, ending the NL West leaders' six-game winning streak.

It is a prospect hound's Christmas season, the month of June. We might as prepare our wish lists now.

By the end of the third inning on Tuesday night, I thought I was finally getting a glimpse of solid starting pitching combined with run support and defense.

No Miggy in the line-up, and seems doubtful we'll see him tomorrow either, as the team tries to avoid the need to put him on the DL.

After his start last week in Colorado, right-hander Trevor Cahill joked that he's probably walked the leadoff man in half of his career starts.

A seventh-round pick in 2001, Tracy made his debut in 2004, and was initially a third-basemen, playing 135 games for the D-backs there that year.

And their hitting was timely. Baseball blogger Joe Peta notes only the Yankees and Red Sox converted hits into runs last season at a higher rate than did Arizona.

Jack Magruder of FOX Sports Arizona reports that Diamondbacks right-hander Daniel Hudson has been cleared to return to the major leagues and will start Sunday's series finale against the Brewers.

Patrick Corbin has been spotted in the Diamondbacks clubhouse packing up his locker for a trip back to the minor leagues.

For being a guy with a .287/.404/.553 line thus far in 2012, not many people are talking about outfielder Marc Krauss .