MIAMI, Fla. - No wonder the Diamondbacks went looking for offensive help.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —— With a couple of rookies showing veteran poise, the Diamondbacks turned the tables Wednesday.

With Brandon Webb still making his way back from right shoulder surgery, it puts even more emphasis on the acquisition of right-hander Edwin Jackson from Detroit as part of a three-way trade that included the New York Yankees.

MILWAUKEE —In this case, a lack of familiarity bred lament.

Fans at the new Diamondbacks spring-training ballpark at the Salt River reservation will be sun-splashed rather than sun-baked when it opens in 2011.

Interim Diamondbacks manager Al Pedrique is on the verge of making his first adjustment to the pitching rotation, as Arizona’s starter for Thursday at San Francisco is to be determined.

The one-time rising young genius of baseball and his youthful hand-picked manager got the boot in Arizona.

SAN FRANCISCO  — Bengie Molina homered twice, Pablo Sandoval had four hits and the San Francisco Giants kept their slim wild-card hopes alive with an 8-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night.

Ubaldo Jimenez likes pitching in Arizona, and he finally has a victory to show for it. Jimenez threw seven sparkling innings, Troy Tulowitzki homered for the second straight game and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-0 on Tuesday night.

The bad news gets worse and worse for the Diamondbacks. And it's not just the losses they are taking. Look at what happened just this weekend alone, when they coughed up another late lead, this time to Florida:

ST. LOUIS - ive errors. Six walks. Seven unearned runs. There were some red faces to go along with the pink bats Sunday. Miguel Batista had a perfect game for 3 1/3 innings before things got perfectly weird Sunday, as his pitchers’ duel against Chris Carpenter turned into a game only a mother could love.

ST. LOUIS - It has become positively Mark McGwire-ish here. Flash bulbs flared with virtually every pitch Albert Pujols saw on Saturday, and he and his St. Louis teammates made plenty of Kodak moments.

ST. LOUIS - It has become positively Mark McGwire-ish here. Flash bulbs flared with virtually every pitch Albert Pujols saw on Saturday, and he and his St. Louis teammates made plenty of Kodak moments.

MIAMI - Two innings from being swept by Hurricane Marlin, the Diamondbacks struck back in what Chad Tracy called “another one of those must-wins.”

MIAMI — If negativity in the coverage of the Diamondbacks is the reason Miguel Batista refuses to conduct postgame interviews, does that mean he isn't talking to his teammates either?

Perfectly miserable in Arizona on Aug. 15, Jonathan Broxton has been almost perfect since. Broxton converted his ninth straight save and 34th of the season in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 5-4 victory over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday night, getting the final out when he leaped to spear Justin Upton's grounder with the tying run on first base. 

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