PHOENIX -- Brandon Pfaadt traveled a lot of miles to get to Tuesday night's start against the Giants. Literal miles.
The Diamondbacks planned to call Pfaadt up from Triple-A Reno to start last Friday's series opener against the Rays in St. Petersburg, so they flew him there on Thursday in preparation. Except the Diamondbacks got rained out in St. Louis on Thursday night, so in order to keep the rotation set, Pfaadt's start was pushed back to Tuesday.
So on Friday, he flew from Florida to Phoenix and threw an aggressive bullpen over the weekend in order to get ready for his start.
However he prepared, it certainly worked for him. He turned in an outstanding performance, allowing just one run over 5 1/3 innings as the Diamondbacks beat the Giants, 8-2, at Chase Field on Tuesday.
Arizona's dominance over San Francisco continued, as the Diamondbacks are 8-0 against them this year with five games still remaining, including Wednesday night's series finale.