D-backs enter June hoping to seize opportunities

PHOENIX — With two runners on, D-backs third baseman Jake Lamb hit a ball deep off the right-field wall in the fifth inning of Tuesday’s 8-5 loss to the Astros. Yet he only ended up with a single.

Michael Bourn thought the ball was going to be caught and planned on tagging up from second base, so he only made it to third, and no runs scored on the play. Only one run scored during the rally, after which the D-backs still trailed by five runs.

The play just about summed up the day for the D-backs, who lost for the 13th time in 19 games to cap a lackluster May with another losing homestand. They won their first home series on Sunday after taking two of three from San Diego, but then they dropped a pair to Houston.

Arizona is 9-20 at Chase Field this season and has a losing record during all four of its homestands. The Braves are the only other team with 20 or more home losses.

“We’ve had numerous times where we’ve scored …

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