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

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.

Yovani Gallardo tossed 7 1/3 strong innings of one-run ball and the Milwaukee Brewers knocked off the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-1, in the opener of a three-game set at Chase Field.

There wee a few possible candidates, but the others were too depressing for one reason or another .

Everyone on the Arizona Diamondbacks had a float in the hit parade last night at Chase Field, as the Snakes drowned the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4. Sure, 36-year-old Ted Lilly was on the mound for the Dodgers, but the D'Backs handed him his first loss of the season as he made it just one out into the fourth inning last night.

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.

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.

One of only four Arizona players whose last name started with the letter Z - you should be able to get the other three.

Those are the scores of the last six Saturday games for the Arizona Diamondbacks, the six games that I've recapped here on the SnakePit.

Trevor Bauer is now a Triple-A pitcher, and if his outings go like the one he had last night, it doesn't seem likely that he'll be in Reno for very long.

"Before you can win three, you need to win two." Harry Caray might have often played the clown, but he was as able to provide insight about this game as well as anyone.

Justin Upton socked a ninth inning home run, and JJ Putz held on for dear life to get a save despite allowing the first three hitters of the bottom of the ninth to reach base as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Colorado Rockies 9-7 to split their brief two game series in Denver.

The Diamondbacks will play their 40th game Friday night, meaning they're just about a quarter of the way through the season.

Willie Bloomquist socked three hits and Wade Miley delivered yet another strong outing in his remarkable stint in the starting rotation as the Arizona Diamondbacks ended their three game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers .

Losers of eight out of their last ten games, the Arizona Diamondbacks appear to be suffering a bit of a hangover from a season that saw them, more or less, run away with the NL West title.

Arizona Diamondbacks' A.J. Pollack is tagged out by Los Angeles Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis, trying to score from second on a Willie Bloomquist double in the third inning of a National League baseball game in Los Angeles Monday, May 14, 2012.

However, Jose Valverde allowed two hits around an intentional walk in the ninth, and the Expos took the lead.

Today is May 14. A year ago today, Josh Collmenter beat the Dodgers in Los Angeles, holding them to two hits and no runs while his team won 1-0 and, more importantly, snapped a six-game losing streak.

The Diamondbacks finished up their home stand with a 1-5 record after dropping their last two against the San Francisco Giants despite ending their five game losing streak with a victory Friday night.

Welp. That wasn't much of a way to celebrate Mother's Day. It was a bit like popping round her house, and opening the doors for a horde of barbarians with muddy feet, to carry our a home invasion and trample her prized begonias.