If beer was the party partner of choice, the Arizona Diamondbacks were in the right town to do it on Wednesday night.
The Diamondbacks swept the Brewers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – a beer mecca. They took the National League Wild Card Playoffs with a 5-2 win Wednesday and a 6-3 victory Tuesday. It was their first playoff series victory since 2017, manager Torey Lovullo’s first season in Arizona.
Just two years ago, the Diamondbacks finished 52-110. But they decided to keep Lovullo then and through a 74-88 season of improvement last year. So, Lovullo was ready to let lose after some tough years.
Diamondbacks Manager Won 1st MLB Playoff Series Since ’17
“All right. Are you f-ing kidding me? F-yeah,” Lovullo said in the postgame locker room surrounded by his players.
“Listen, this is part of the journey,” Lovullo, 58, went on. “We’re not there yet. Let’s enjoy it. Let’s embrace it. Let’s f-ing party! And a connected team is a f-ing dangerous team. We are f-ing dangerous. Let’s f-ing party all night.”
The Diamondbacks have until Saturday to recover from any partying Wednesday and Thursday nights. Hopefully, not Friday, too.
The Diamondbacks will face the National League West champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday (9:20 p.m., TBS). The best-of-five series continues Monday (9:07 p.m., TBS). The first game at Arizona will be Wednesday at a time to be determined on TBS.
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