Doug Davis made the triumphant return everyone hoped he would. Davis, diagnosed with typhoid cancer at the end of spring training, underwent successful surgery in early April. He made two rehab starts in the minors before returning to Arizona’s rotation. His return was just the boost the Diamondbacks bats needed.
They knocked a season high five homers, the most since July 31, 2005. The offense outburst left the Atlanta Braves sitting in the dust, losing by a score of 11-1.
The Diamondbacks had just nine hits, but five left the yard providing Davis with more motivation to go out and dominate. Davis went seven innings before being removed from the game for pinch hitter Robby Hammock. He allowed just five hits to the Braves offense, and only one run. He also rung up four on strikes.
Chris Young, Stephen Drew, Mark Reynolds, Conor Jackson and Eric Byrnes all went deep for the D’backs. Young and Byrnes each had a two runs shot, the other three were solo homers. Young, Byrnes and Drew all had two hits.
Chipper Jones went 1-1 with a walk, improving his league leading average to .415. Starter JoJo Reyes was hammerd, giving up eight runs, seven earned in just five innings.
Max Scherzer worked a scoreless inning in relief of Davis. Scherzer was moved to the bullpen to make room for Davis’ return to the rotation.
