Saturday in Baseball

The fading Arizona Diamondbacks blew a ninth-inning lead, and then watched ex-friend Micah Owings stick a dagger into their hearts on Saturday night. Nope. It wasn't Owings' pitching that seriously hampered Arizona's playoff chances. It was his hitting that carried the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-2, 10-inning victory in the desert. Owings, who batted .333 last year in his rookie season, is currently hitting .302. A part of the deal that sent former Reds slugger Adam Dunn to Arizona, Owings has not pitched at all for Cincinnati. In fact, Saturday's appearance for Owings was his first in a Reds uniform, and he lined a pinch-double down the left field line with two outs in the 10th to score the go-ahead run from first base. Arizona is now 72-75, 4 1/2 games behind the surging Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West with only 15 contests remaining. The Dodgers look to win the West this year, but again, let's not get too excited. There are 13 teams in the big leagues who own a better record than L.A.'s ... (link)