No shirt, no shoes

Bob Brenly got a little punch-drunk during yesterday's D'backs-Dodgers game after starter Steve Sparks couldn't record the final out of the 5th inning. Mike Koplove finished it out with a strikeout, while a combination of 5 pitchers worked the last 4 innings. Melvin's 7th inning strategy was especially fun: Brandon Villafuerte (who pitched the whole of the 6th) got the first out, gave up a single to Cesar Izturis, and got yanked. Randy Choate came on for the next 1/3 of an inning and got Shawn Green to ground into a fielder's choice. And then Scott Service trotted out for the final 1/3 and retired Adrian Beltre with a single pitch.

At the bottom of the 7th, the D'Backs were losing 4-2, but brittle reliever Darren Dreifort got lit up for three runs and the inning ended with the D'backs ahead 5-4. Which made Scott Service -- who was out of baseball for three years before last season and hadn't recorded a victory since the 2000 season -- the pitcher of record in the eventual Diamondbacks victory. One pitch, one out, one win -- not a first (Kyle Farnsworth pulled off the same feat last season), but cool all the same. You know what's even cooler? Last year, Orioles reliever BJ Ryan got a win without throwing a single pitch, when Tigers infielder Omar Infante got caught stealing. Nice.