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Arizona Diamondbacks' Zac Gallen Continues to Make History on the Mound

The upstart Arizona Diamondbacks won again on Tuesday, beating the Colorado Rockies, 5-1. With the win, the D'Backs are now 32-23 and just 1.5 games out of first place in the National League West. Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen has made history on the Mound by getting the team to beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 on Tuesday, moving his personal record to 7-2 on the season. He's now got a 2.72 ERA and has struck out 82 batters in 72.2 innings, and is also on a historic run of 10+ wins with an ERA and WHIP both under 0.70 over a span of 12 home appearances since 1917.

Arizona Diamondbacks' Zac Gallen Continues to Make History on the Mound

Pubblicato : 10 mesi fa di Brady Farkas in Sports

The upstart Arizona Diamondbacks won again on Tuesday, beating the Colorado Rockies, 5-1.

With the win, the D'Backs are now 32-23 and just 1.5 games out of first place in the National League West.

Equally as impressive as the team's success this year is the success of starting pitcher Zac Gallen.

Gallen got the win on Tuesday, moving his personal record to 7-2 on the season. He's now got a 2.72 ERA and has struck out 82 batters in 72.2 innings.

He's also on a historic run, as evidenced by @OptaSTATS on Twitter:

Zac Gallen over his last 12 appearances at home for the @Dbacks:

He's the first MLB pitcher to have 10+ wins with an ERA and WHIP both under 0.70 over a span of 12 home appearances since Walter Johnson did it from June 12 to September 15, 1917.


Temi: Baseball, Arizona, MLB, Arizona Diamondbacks

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