Finale in the desert

Duke and Miguel Batista go at it tonight in the oddly timed 6:40 game. Batista pitched pretty well against us last time out, but ran into Ian Snell. Duke has been hot and cold all year, and has struggled with walks in almost every outing. His last outing was the same, strong except one inning and the six walks that he issued. Hopefully he can straighten things out against the D'Backs lefty-heavy lineup. No lineup yet, but I'm guessing that Tracy's lineup card is going to get more and more infuriating as the season goes on. I won't be able to see the beginning of this one, but I should be able to catch the end.