Diamondbacks' Baserunning Blunders Derail Playoff Push

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The Arizona Diamondbacks are digging their own holes early this season with sloppy base

running against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

In their first two games in LA, they've gifted four free outs on the bases, turning potential

rallies into quick innings.

Game 1 saw Gerardo Perdomo get picked off first base too soon by Yoshinobu Yamamoto ending

the frame with a runner at the plate.

Then Jordan Lawler got doubled off second after jumping early on a line drive too, first

by Kettle Marte.

Those errors popped up again in game 2 during a tight loss.

Pave and Smith got thrown out at home trying to score from first on Alex Thomas' hit, and

later Thomas himself over slid third on a sharp triple, killing.

Another inning, manager Tori LeVulo called it out sharp, saying, that's not Diamondbacks

Baseball, and they got to cut those base outs now.

He pointed out how it led Yamamoto escape early without throwing extra pitches.

The D-back sit at 0-1-2, staring down another slow start that could derail their playoff

push.

Base running used to be their edge, but fixing this fast as key before the Dodger series

wraps and they had home.