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- Updated: August 26, 2016
PHOENIX — The D-backs avoided being no-hit in Thursday’s 3-1 loss to the Braves. But that was about the only positive from their offensive showing against Atlanta right-hander Matt Wisler.
The 23-year-old, who had just been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett after Wednesday’s game, limited Arizona to one run on two hits over eight innings. The D-backs then went down in order against Braves closer Jim Johnson in the ninth.
Paul Goldschmidt and Jean Segura had Arizona’s only hits, both singles in the seventh and eighth innings respectively.
“He just did a great job of keeping the ball down,” D-backs manager Chip Hale said of Wisler. “He stayed with his sinker tonight, maybe took a little bit off it like a BP fastball, and you saw all those ground balls that …
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