Goldschmidt BM250104

At the start of the day on May 4, 2017, the Arizona Diamondbacks and Washington Nationals were both in first place in their respective divisions. The teams met for a game in Washington D.C. By the time Paul Goldschmidt and this baseball entered the game in the top of the first inning, Arizona already had a 1-0 lead from a Chris Owings home run. Goldy took this pitch for a ball, and then fouled it off for the third and fourth pitches of the at-bat. This baseball remained in the game after the foul, and Goldschmidt hit is for a single to left field. This was the 875th time in his career that Goldschmidt ended an at bat with a hit. The ball remained in play for the start of Jake Lamb’s at-bat, for the first two balls of what would be a five-pitch walk. Yasmany Tomas and Brandon Drury ended the inning when they both struck out on the next two at-bats. The Chris Owings home run would be the only run for the Diamondbacks in the game, which came up short against the Nationals who got the go-ahead run from a Ryan Zimmerman double in the sixth. With the 2-1 loss, combined with a Rockies win later in the day, the Diamondbacks 17-12 record was only good enough for second place in the NL West, .5 games behind Colorado.