Diamondbacks Notes: August 13, 2008

* DUNN DEBUTS -- Adam Dunn lived up to his reputation in his first game for Arizona.  Batting fourth and playing RF, the Diamondbacks newly acquired slugger did (almost) everything expected of him.
 
In the top of the first, Dunn worked a full count, then struck out swinging at a Ubaldo Jimenez sinker that bounced in the dirt.  Dunn followed up by taking a pair of called strikes to lead off the fourth, but rallied for a walk on four consecutive pitches, including another sinker that bounced in front of the plate for ball four. 
 
His first Diamondbacks hit came as Dunn drove an 0-1 fastball to RF for a double in the fifth.  He would have earned an RBI had Stephen Drew not been caught in a run-down at 3B as Conor Jackson reached by fielder's choice on the preceding play.  Dunn took four straight Jorge de la Rosa fastballs for his second BB to start the seventh, but the bottom of the order left him stranded for the third time on the night.
 
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