SnakeBytes 4/24: It’s just one series

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(AZ Central via Yahoo!) Diamondbacks’ Sewald folds in 9th as Benintendi blast lifts White Sox Maybe once or twice a year, Diamondbacks closer Paul Sewald said, he will have the sort of outing in which he isn’t sure where the ball is going — and where he has to resort to hoping opposing hitters hit line drives at someone. “Today,” Sewald said on Thursday, April 23, “was one of those days.” (Arizona Sports) Diamondbacks snap series winning streak to White Sox The Arizona Diamondbacks lost their first series since the opening weekend of the season, dropping the finale to the Chicago White Sox 4-1 at Chase Field on Thursday. The game was tied 1-1 entering the ninth inning, but Paul Sewald surrendered two walks before Chicago’s crushed a middle-middle fastball deep to right field. After scoring 11 runs in a win on Wednesday, failed to score multiple runs for the first time since April 3. Utility infielder has been on quite the hot streak to open the season, and doesn’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Though no one can expect an OPS of 1.000-plus to continue for the duration of the season, Vargas’ efforts in this series certainly inspire confidence that he is capable of providing an offensive spark at the right moments. He homered in his final at-bat of game one, then followed that up with back-to-back homers in game three, powering the D-backs to their lone win of the series. There are ads throughout Chase Field, as there are throughout most MLB stadiums and arenas that house other sports. But one ad, from one particular company, is causing headaches for the Arizona Diamondbacks and a few other sports franchises. And it happened to have a prominent spot at Chase Field during a memorable time in recent D-backs history. Sam Blum is a staff writer at the Athletic covering Major League Baseball; he’s investigated this and joined The Show to talk more about it. For those looking to jazz up their ride a bit.