The last time the Diamondbacks won a game, they expressed optimism that they could reverse the momentum if you remember that far.
“We’re ready to turn around this month,” manager Torey Lovro said at the time, summing up the atmosphere in the clubhouse after the games from July 8-16. Only the new month turned out to be worse than the previous one. In the first 11 days of August, the Diamondbacks went 0-9 and had a perilous season of falling off a cliff.
And when they finally won another game after beating the Padres 3-0 on Saturday, the atmosphere was more relief than joy. And that optimism was muted rather than enthusiastic.
When Zach Garren was questioned — Is there anything that gives you confidence that this is the beginning of something? The Diamondbacks ace could only laugh.
