Arizona Diamondbacks 2018 Spring Training Game Notes
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ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES dbacks.com losdbacks.com @Dbacks @LosDbacks facebook.com/D-backs Salt River Fields at Talking Stick 7555 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, Ariz., 85258 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (12-12-1) vs. SAN FRANCISCO (11-14-2) 2018 D-BACKS SPRING SCHEDULE Wednesday, March 21, 2018 ♦ Salt River Fields at Talking Stick ♦ Scottsdale, Ariz. ♦ 6:40 p.m. WINNING LOSING DATE OPP RESULT REC. PITCHER PITCHER ATT. Game No. 26 ♦ Home Game No. 14 ♦ Home Record: 6-6-1 ♦ Road Record: 6-6-0 2/21 ASU W, 6-2 N/A Carpenter C. Davis 5,506 RHP Matt Koch (2-0, 1.59) vs. RHP Dereck Rodriguez (0-1, 18.00) 2/22 - OFF DAY - - dbacks.com - 2/23 @ COL W, 7-6 1-0 Payamps Pierpont 7,682 2/24 CLE L, 2-11 1-1 Morimando J. Miller 9,628 DIAMOND-FACTS ROSTER ROUNDUP & OFFSEASON ACQUISITIONS 2/25 MIL L, 1-5 1-2 Chacin Greinke 8,370 ♦Arizona is in its 21st Cactus League season and ♦Arizona has 35 players left in Major League 2/26 @ CIN (ss) W, 5-2 2-2 Ray Stephenson 2,129 eighth at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick…Tuc- camp: 18 pitchers (5 left-handed), 4 catchers, 7 COL (ss) W, 7-4 3-2 Shipley Freeland 5,292 2/27 @ SF L, 12-14 3-3 Heston Vasquez 6,708 son was spring headquarters from 1998-2010. infi elders and 6 outfi elders. 2/28 COL L, 3-9 3-4 Almonte Hirano 5,799 ♦The D-backs have won 4 Cactus League titles ♦Acquired RHP Brad Boxberger and OF Steven 3/1 MIL L, 1-6 3-5 Suter Chafin 6,763 (also: 1999, 2002, '07, '16). Souza Jr.; signed C Alex Avila, OF Jarrod Dyson 3/2 @ COL L, 6-15 3-6 Senzatela Blazek 8,876 and RHP Yoshihisa Hirano; selected RHP Albert 3/3 @ LAD L, 6-14 3-7 Ray A. Wood 13,186 YESTERDAY'S RECAP Suárez in the Rule 5 Draft. 3/4 CHI W, 2-0 4-7 Walker Lester 13,782* ♦The D-backs lost @ Angels, 6-5. 3/5 @ SD W, 10-3 5-7 Koch Lamet 4,857 ♦RF Steven Souza Jr. went 1-for-3 with a 2-run POSTSEASON PROWESS 3/6 LAA W, 5-4 6-7 Feliz Pinder 7,885 3/7 - OFF DAY - home run (2)…CF A.J. Pollock was 1-for-3 with a ♦The D-backs have made the postseason 6 times 3/8 @ MIL W, 11-6 7-7 Bracho Wilkerson 5,231 solo homer (1)…2B Ketel Marte was 2-for-2 with in 20 years (30.0 pct.), the second-best pct. in 3/9 @ KC W, 7-2 8-7 Bradley Stout 6,206 a walk. baseball history, trailing only the Yankees (46.9; 3/10 KC W, 10-3 9-7 Suárez Lenik 13,511* ♦LHP Robbie Ray allowed 2 runs in 2.2 innings… 53-for-113) [source: Elias Sports Bureau]. 3/11 @ CWS L, 5-6 9-8 Lopez Corbin 7,289 RHP Colin Poché fanned 4 of the 8 hitters he 3/12 COL L, 2-4 9-9 Bettis Chafin 11,077* faced in 2.0 shutout innings…RHP Michael THE BULLPEN CART IS BACK! 3/13 - OFF DAY - Blazek struck out 2 in 1.2 scoreless innings. ♦ The D-backs will bring back a piece of baseball 3/14 CIN W, 7-3 10-9 Greinke Stephenson 12,214* lore -- the bullpen cart that has long been a part 3/15 @ CHC W, 3-2 11-9 Boxberger Perakslis 15,829 TAILS FROM THE BACKFIELD of the game’s history…the OnTrac Bullpen Cart 3/16 LAD W, 4-1 12-9 Koch Font 13,796* ♦ RHP Zack Greinke, RHP Archie Bradley, RHP Yo- will be available to transport relievers from both 3/17 SD T, 3-3 12-9-1 - - 13,669* 3/18 @ CIN L, 3-6 12-10-1 Garrett Godley 7,031 shihisa Hirano, RHP Brad Broxberger and LHP bullpens at Chase Field when they enter a game. 3/19 CWS L, 2-15 12-11-1 Fulmer Suarez 10,299 Jorge De La Rosa were scheduled to throw in 3/20 @ LAA L, 5-6 12-12-1 Alvarez Taylor 7,947 an instraquad game this afternoon at Salt River HONORING KT 3/21 SF 6:40 p.m. dbacks.com Fields. ♦ The D-backs will honor the memory of former 3/22 CWS 6:40 p.m. dbacks.com GM Kevin Towers this season and beyond: 3/23 @ CLE 6:05 p.m. PBR BULL VS. D-BACKS PLAYERS KEVIN TOWERS PRO SCOUTING AWARD: Will be given 3/24 KC (ss) 1:10 p.m. ESPN 620 AM ♦ Tomorrow at 1:00 p.m., D-backs players will annually to a D-backs Professional Scout who exem- @ LAA (ss) 1:05 p.m. weigh in against one of the bulls in PBR (Profes- plifi es the characteristics displayed by Towers. 3/25 @ COL 1:10 p.m. 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station sional Bull Riders) to see who the real heavy- "KEVIN'S TOWER": The D-backs will rename the suite 3/26 CLE - Chase Field 6:40 p.m. KHOV 105.1 FM 3/27 CLE - Chase Field 12:40 p.m. FSAZ/ESPN 620 AM/KHOV 105.1 FM weight is. that Towers sat in during his tenure as "Kevin's Tower" in a dedication ceremony on April 20. ♦ PBR is in town celebrating its 25th anniversary * Denotes sell out All Times Local season and will host the 25th PBR: Unleash The KT PATCH: Arizona will wear a "KT" patch on their MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE left chest on Aug. 2, when they celebrate the 2011 Record: 12-12-1 Day: 11-12-1 HOME ROAD Beast in Glendale this weekend. NL West Championship Team vs. Padres, who Towers Home: 6-6-1 Night: 1-0 Total: 132,085 Total: 92,971 was also a GM for from 1995-2005. ON THIS DATE - 1998 EDITION Away: 6-6 vs. AL: 3-4 Avg: 10,160 Avg: 7,748 Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 9-8-1 Largest: 13,796 (3/16) Largest: 15,829 (3/15) ♦ On March 21, 1998, the day after Chase Field's D-BACKS TO CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY dedication ceremony, the club began giving ♦The D-backs will celebrate their 20th anniversary UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES tours of the stadium and the price of admission all season with a series of events allowing fans to was a can of food. look back at the club's fi rst 20 years while focus- MARCH 22 VS. WHITE SOX - 6:40 P.M. ♦ The team donated 106,500 cans to local food ing on the next generation…elements include: RHP Taijuan Walker (1-0, 6.00) vs. RHP Miguel Gonzalez (1-0, 7.88) banks and it’s believed that somewhere around Vote for the D-backs All-Time Team at dbacks.com/20. ARI: RHP Archie Bradley, LHP Andrew Chafi n, RHP Brad Boxberger, LHP T.J. McFarland, LHP Jorge De La Rosa 200,000 fans came to see the brand new stadium The logo (top L corner) features the team’s historic in the days leading up to Opening Day. and current colors (Purple and Sedona Red) and CWS: RHP Joakim Soria, RHP Danny Farquhar, RHP Gregory Infante, LHP Rob- 6 stars, each representing a D-backs playoff team bie Ross Jr., RHP Juan Minaya, LHP Xavier Cedeno SNAKEBITES - AT THE PLATE (1999, 2001, '02, '07, '11 & '17); MARCH 23 @ INDIANS - 6:05 P.M. ♦ Arizona is 9-5-1 in its last 15 games. A commemorative patch, featuring the logo, will LHP Patrick Corbin (0-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Mike Clevinger (1-0, 4.53) ♦1B Paul Goldschmidt has hit safely in 9 of his adorn the team’s jerseys throughout the season and last 13 games (.333; 10-for-30). caps during the fi rst homestand; ARI: LHP Andrew Chafi n, RHP Fernando Salas, RHP Michael Blazek The “D-backs 20th Anniversary Experience,” a 2,000 CLE: RHP Evan Marshall, RHP Carlos Torres, RHP Alexi Ogando, RHP Matt ♦OF Rey Fuentes is batting .429 (9-for-21) with 2 square-foot exhibit at Chase Field, located on the Belisle triples, 2 home runs, 6 RBI and 8 runs scored in Main Concourse in right fi eld behind the Coors Light his last 11 games. Strike Zone, will feature historic artifacts, memora- MARCH 24 @ ANGELS - 1:05 P.M. [SS] 3B Jake Lamb has gone 3-for-7 (.429) with 1 ♦ bilia and photography. TBA vs. TBA double, 1 triple and 4 RBI in his last 4 games. ARI: TBA ♦INF Ketel Marte, who has reached base in 5 SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE LAA: TBA straight plate appearances, is hitting .625 (10- ♦D-backs single-game tickets are on sale at for-16) with 2 doubles and 2 RBI in last 6 games. dbacks.com/tickets, at the Chase Field Ticket MARCH 24 VS. ROYALS - 1:10 P.M. OF David Peralta has reached base safely in 9 of ♦ Offi ce or by phone at (602) 514-8400. TBA vs. TBA his last 10 games (.414, 12-for-29). ♦The D-backs' promotional calendar highlights ARI: TBA include the 20th Anniversary Game (March 31), KC: TBA SNAKEBITES - ON THE MOUND Archie Bradley Audio Bobblehead (April 21), ♦ RHP Michael Blazek is tied for the Cactus Sugar Skull T-shirt (May 5), Star Wars Paul Solo League lead with 10 appearances.