Tony Sipp

MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH The Diamondbacks showed signs that they are starting to produce with runners in scoring position. Eric Chavez drove in three runs with a pair of two-out hits with runners in scoring position in a 5-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Ian Kennedy understands that his job every fifth day is to give his team a chance to win a game. Everything else is secondary. That did not mean that Kennedy did...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Diamondbacks third baseman Eric Chavez shares a special bond with Atlanta right-hander Tim Hudson from their time together in Oakland, but that did not stop Chavez from a big...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Left-hander Patrick Corbin has been the model of consistency this year. He's the only pitcher in the major leagues to pitch at least six innings and give up two runs or fewer in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Brandon McCarthy pitched his best game of the season without any doubt Sunday, but the bullpen cost him a chance for his first victory since Aug. 30, 2012. Heath Bell...

Diamondbacks 3, Phillies 2: Miguel Montero broke a tie with a home run leading off the bottom of the eighth inning as Arizona won its fifth straight game. Montero crushed the first pitch from Mike Adams (1-3) off the right-field foul pole. Tony Sipp (2-...

The Sports Xchange By Jonathan Dalton, The Sports Xchange Montero's HR sends Arizona to fifth straight win PHOENIX -- Miguel Montero made a prophet of Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson on Friday night. Montero, dropped to the eighth spot in the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH D-backs closer J.J. Putz has a sprained right ulnar collateral ligament, Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said Thursday, but the injury will not require surgery. It seemed like a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Shortstop Didi Gregorius was acquired to be an everyday player, and it appears that time has come. Gregorius had two hits Thursday while making his fifth consecutive start in 2-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Some wondered why the Diamondbacks would add another closer this winter when they acquired Heath Bell in a three-team trade for a bullpen that featured closer J.J. Putz and heir...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH The Diamondbacks saved a game but may have lost a closer in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Closer J.J. Putz was forced to leave a 5-3 victory over the Dodgers with right elbow discomfort...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH There is not much of a shelf life for 40-save seasons, it appears, at least in San Diego. Heath Bell got as much grief as applause in his first appearance in Petco Park with the D-...