Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The Arizona Diamondbacks acquire Jon Rauch from the Nationals for Emilio Bonifacio. Arizona's closer Brandon Lyon blew five saves this season, as did Rauch. I have not yet seen how Arizona is planning to use Jon, but for the moment...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
With nothing to lose, Andre Ethier took a chance against Brandon Lyon and helped tie the NL West race for the second time in three days.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
With nothing to lose, Andre Ethier took a chance against Brandon Lyon and helped tie the NL West race for the second time in three days.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
They rough up Arizona closer Brandon Lyon for the second game in a row and are tied with the Diamondbacks for first after 6-5 victory. PHOENIX -- The Dodgers did today what they couldn't quite do the previous night.
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Diamondbacks 3, Dodgers 2 Dan Haren struck out seven in seven innings, improving his record to 9-5. Brandon Lyon nearly blew it in the ninth after giving up three hits and a walk, but he got Matt Kemp to fly out to end the drama. Also, I don’t like Eric Byrnes. Astros 4, Cubs 1 The Cubbies have [...]
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Brandon Lyon, the setup reliever for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2007, was handed the closer's role before this season even began.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
After going 22 days between save opportunities, Brandon Lyon has recorded back to back saves.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Micah Owings threw six shutout innings and Brandon Lyon earned his 10th straight save as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Wednesday night, extending their domination of the defending NL champions.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Micah Owings threw six shutout innings and Brandon Lyon earned his 10th straight save as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Wednesday night, extending their domination of the defending NL champions.
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Master of his domain: Micah Owings, +28.2% Honorary mention: Brandon Lyon,. +16.8% God-emperor of suck: Randy Johnson, -36.6% [ Click to enlarge, in new window ] Coming into this game, Micah's prowess as a hitter had largely not translated to games where he came off the bench. He had just one career pinch-hit - a single - in seven at-bats, with two walks. And this season, his aggressiveness at the...
AstroCast (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
Houston 7, Arizona 8 at Chase Field Houston Record: (13-16) Arizona Record: (20-8) Winning pitcher - Brandon Medders (1-0) Losing pitcher - Dave Borkowski (0-2) SV - Brandon Lyon (9) HOU HR - C. Lee (6) ARI HR - C. Jackson (5) M. Owings (1) Next Houston Game: May 2, 2008 07:05 PM CT vs. Milwaukee Brewers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Astros 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 11 0 Diamondback 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 X 8 13 1
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
After a shaky start this season, Brandon Lyon has been nearly automatic in closing games.
AZ Sports Hub (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Brandon Webb gave up only 1 unearned run (fielding error by Orlando Hudson) in 6 innings on his way to a 2-1 victory over the San Diego Padres. He’s now 6-0 on the season. Juan Cruz, Tony Pena and Brandon Lyon, who saved his seventh, each did their jobs. The D'Backs ended their run of [...]
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
D-Backs manager Bob Melvin stuck up for his closer Brandon Lyon on Monday.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Edwin Encarnacion couldn't get a bunt down. So he smoked a 2-2 pitch from Arizona closer Brandon Lyon into the left-field seats for a three-run, walkoff home run to lift the Reds over the Diamondbacks 6-5 Wednesday night.
