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Arizona Diamondbacks Daily Clips │ September 24, 2014 Daily Clips September 24, 2014 http://arizonasports.com/42/1769125/Diamondbacks- LOCAL manager-Kirk-Gibson-highly-motivated-to-return-turn-things- D-backs unable to recover after Chafin's short start around By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp Despite team adversity, Diamondbacks' Collmenter stands ?gid=2014_09_23_arimlb_minmlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id out with strong season =ari By Mark Brown / The Examiner (Phoenix) http://www.examiner.com/article/despite-team-adversity- Hughes looks to continue strong season vs. Arizona diamondbacks-collmenter-stands-out-with-strong-season By Jake Kring-Schreifels / MLB.com http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp Hispanic Heritage Month-Phoenix Area Programs, Films ?gid=2014_09_24_arimlb_minmlb_1&mode=preview and Events Celebrating Hispanic Culture - 2014 By Judy Hedding / Phoenix.About.com Gibson's relationship with La Russa helps his chances of http://phoenix.about.com/od/events/a/HispanicHeritage.htm return to Diamondbacks By Bob McMananman / azcentral sports NATIONAL http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2 Gibson Sharp in Twins' 6-3 Win over Diamondbacks 014/09/24/gibsons-relationship-la-russa-helps-chances- By KSTP News return/16139239/ http://kstp.com/sports/stories/S3569369.shtml Gibson strikes out 8 as Twins topple D-Backs Arizona at Minnesota By Nick Piecoro / azcentral sports By CBS Sports http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2 http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gametracker/preview/MLB_2 014/09/23/arizona-diamondbacks-minnesota-twins-game- 0140924_ARI@MIN/diamondbacks-twins-preview 2/16095195/ Gibson, jump-start offense propel Twins in 6-3 win Collmenter hopes he's made case to remain in By Phil Miller / Minneapolis Star-Tribune Diamondbacks' rotation http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/276872921.html By Nick Piecoro / azcentral sports http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2 Arizona signs two Wild Things’ pitchers 014/09/24/collmenter-hopes-made-case-remain- By Observer-Reporter.com rotation/16139259/ http://www.observer- reporter.com/article/20140923/SPORTS0601/140929720#.VC D-Backs notes: Chafin builds knowledge, confidence in K7hBauTYQ brief stint By Nick Piecoro / azcentral sports Twins 6, Diamondbacks 3: Win gives Terry Ryan some http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2 consolation 014/09/24/chafin-builds-knowledge-confidencein-brief- By Andy Greder / TwinCities.com stint/16139261/ http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_26593747/twins-6- diamondbacks-3-win-gives-terry-ryan Twins chase Chafin early in win over D-backs By AP / FOX Sports Arizona Arizona Diamondbacks To Name New GM Thursday http://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/twins-chase-chafin- By Evan Petzold / Vavel.com early-in-win-over-d-backs-092314 http://www.vavel.com/en-us/mlb/395396-arizona- diamondbacks-to-name-new-gm-thursday.html Twins jump on Chafin early, top Arizona Diamondbacks: By The Numbers Jacob deGrom's season ends, but bigger rewards in offing By Shane Dale / Arizona Sports By Bob Nightengale / USA Today Sports http://arizonasports.com/42/1769189/Twins-jump-on-Chafin- http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/09/23/mlb early-top-Arizona-Diamondbacks-By-The-Numbers -awards-jacob-degrom-nl-rookie-of-the-year/16110115/ Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson 'highly motivated' to RENO ACES return, turn things around By Adam Green / Arizona Sports MOBILE BAYBEARS 1 Arizona Diamondbacks Daily Clips │ September 24, 2014 VISALIA RAWHIDE SOUTH BEND SILVER HAWKS Cubs brass coming to South Bend Thursday By Steve Krah / The Elkhart Truth http://www.elkharttruth.com/sports/Season- Tickets/2014/09/23/Cubs-brass-coming-to-South-Bend- Thursday.html South Bend council grants abatement for new batting facility By Erin Blasko / The South Bend Tribune http://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/abatement- granted-for-new-batting-facility/article_52b86971-a55a-5f7c- a52d-5cd1effb6fbd.html HILLSBORO HOPS Boulders' Donino signs with Diamondbacks By Mike Zacchio / Lohud Journal News http://www.lohud.com/story/sports/baseball/rockland- boulders/2014/09/22/boulders-donino-signs- diamondbacks/16084345/ MISSOULA OSPREY NATIONAL MLB NEWS September 24, 2014 • MLB.com http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_ind ex.jsp ASSOCIATED PRESS September 24, 2014 • Sports.yahoo.com http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/morenews MLB TRANSACTIONS September 24, 2014 • MLB.com http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/transactions 2 Arizona Diamondbacks Daily Clips │ September 24, 2014 Chafin, who was ranked as the D-backs sixth-best prospect by LOCAL MLB.com prior to the season, was 4-1 with a 1.96 ERA for D-backs unable to recover after Chafin's short start Double-A Mobile this year while going 5-6 with a 5.34 ERA in By Steve Gilbert / MLB.com Triple-A Reno. http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp ?gid=2014_09_23_arimlb_minmlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id During the playoffs for Reno, Chafin was 2-0, with a shutout =ari and did not allow a run in 15 innings. D-backs starter Andrew Chafin struggled with his command and "I got a good bit of a confidence boost going with everything," the Twins took advantage of it as they beat the D-backs, 6-3, on Chafin said of his big league time. "I know if I make my pitches, Tuesday night at Target Field. I can get people out just like at any level. I've learned some things I'm going to need to do this offseason to be able to come The teams have split the first two games of the series setting up back and really try to excel next year. The biggest thing is my a rubber game Wednesday afternoon. mechanics, get them more fine tuned and get to the point where if I make one bad pitch I can make the adjustment the very next "I was struggling with my command big time today," Chafin pitch." said. "The results clearly showed that. It's just one of those days where I didn't have very good feel for my heater. My command Kyle Gibson pitched well as he allowed one run on seven hits wasn't there. It made it difficult. Just getting behind in the count over seven innings. to every batter, it felt like. It just made it hard to pitch efficiently and well." Hughes looks to continue strong season vs. Arizona By Jake Kring-Schreifels / MLB.com In just his third big league start, Chafin pitched out of a jam in http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp the first inning, but the Twins would not let him off the hook in ?gid=2014_09_24_arimlb_minmlb_1&mode=preview the second. Twins righty Phil Hughes will make the last start of his season Josmil Pinto drew a walk to open the second and he came Wednesday against the D-Backs, and he could make some around to score later in the frame on Eduardo Escobar's single history with it, too. to right. Hughes currently holds the best strikeout-to-walk ratio of all "He was behind a lot of guys, got in three-ball counts, 2-0 time, fanning 11.3 batters for every walk he's issued. That counts," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. currently beats the record of 11, set by Bret Saberhagen in 1994. The next highest is Cliff Lee, when he posted a 10.2 mark in Chafin hit Joe Mauer in the elbow in the first inning and when 2010. the elbow stiffened up on him, Mauer was replaced by pinch- hitter Chris Parmelee, who capped the second inning with a two- "That's something I take pride in," said Hughes, looking to win run single to put the Twins up, 3-0. the three-game series at Target Field. "If they're going to get on, they need to earn their way on. I was taught that early in my "He flipped one right down the line," Twins manager Ron career." Gardenhire said of Parmelee. "It's what guys have to do. You have to be ready off the bench because you never know what That kind of dominance has allowed Hughes to break out as the will happen and he was in a big situation." Twins' unheralded ace this season. The righty hasn't gone less than seven innings since August 5, but only has one win in The D-backs got on the board in the fourth when Jake Lamb let September, which came at the start of the month. off with a double and scored two outs later on a single by Chris Owings. The D-Backs will counter with another former Yankees pitcher in Vidal Nuno, who has had his own trouble in the win column. Chafin was unable to hold the Twins down, though, as they Since being traded from New York in exchange for Brandon opened the bottom of the fourth with a double and an RBI McCarthy in July, he has yet to tally a victory with Arizona. single to chase Chafin from the game and put Minnesota up, 4-1. But that doesn't mean Nuno hasn't been good enough to get Chafin had only thrown 69 pitches at that point, but after a 30 one. In his last start against the Rockies, he allowed three earned pitch second-inning, Gibson was not going to push his rookie. runs over 5 1/3 innings and left with a five run lead. The bullpen, however, faltered, and the Rockies walked off winners, "Overall good experience for him," Gibson said of Chafin's another frustrating outcome for Nuno. three starts. "In all of his starts I don't think his fastball command has been his buddy. He's got to do a better job of "I feel sorry for V," manager Kirk Gibson said of Nuno after the that.