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- Updated: August 19, 2016
SAN DIEGO — There will be growing pains, D-backs manager Chip Hale told people after the team traded veteran late-inning relievers Brad Ziegler and Tyler Clippard in July and decided to go with young pitchers at the end of games.
Thursday night’s 9-8 loss to the Padres at Petco Park was an example of that, as the rookie Jake Barrett couldn’t protect a 7-6 lead in the eighth inning.
“That’s part of this deal,” Hale said. “We told you before there’s going to be some ugliness from young guys pitching late in the game. They’ve done a good job up to now. It was just a slip-up tonight.”
The team has decided to have Barrett and Enrique Burgos share the closer’s role. …
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