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 (1-2) at CINCINNATI REDS (1-2) 2018 D-BACKS SPRING SCHEDULE Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 ♦ Goodyear Ballpark ♦ Goodyear, Ariz. ♦ 1:05 p.m. WINNING LOSING DATE OPP RESULT REC. PITCHER PITCHER ATT. Game No. 4 ♦ Road Game No. 2 ♦ Home Record: 0-2-0 ♦ Road Record: 1-0-0 2/21 ASU W, 6-2 N/A Carpenter C. Davis 5,506 LHP Robbie Ray vs. RHP Robert Stephenson 2/22 - OFF DAY - - No TV or Radio - 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 2/25 MIL L, 1-5 1-2 Chacin Greinke 8,370 ♦Arizona is in its 21st Cactus League season and ♦Arizona opened Cactus League play with 59 2/26 @ CIN (ss) 1:05 p.m. COL (ss) 1:10 p.m. eighth at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick…Tuc- players in Major League camp: 31 pitchers (8 2/27 @ SF 1:05 p.m. son was spring headquarters from 1998-2010. left-handed), 6 catchers, 12 infi elders and 10 2/28 COL 1:10 p.m. dbacks.com ♦The D-backs have won 4 Cactus League titles outfi elders. 3/1 MIL 1:10 p.m. FSAZ/ dbacks.com (also: 1999, 2002, '07, '16). ♦The D-backs returned 30 players from its 40-man 3/2 @ COL 1:10 p.m. roster at the start of last Spring Training…Ari- 3/3 @ LAD 1:05 p.m. Arizona Sports 98.7 FM YESTERDAY'S RECAP zona returned 24 in 2017, 22 in 2016, 23 in 2015 3/4 CHI 1:10 p.m. FSAZ+/ ESPN 620 AM ♦The D-backs lost to the Brewers, 5-1. and 26 in 2014. 3/5 @ SD 6:40 p.m. ♦RHP Zack Greinke (L; 0-1) allowed 1 run on 3 hits 3/6 LAA 1:10 p.m. FSAZ/dbacks.com over 1.2 innings…RHP Albert Suarez tossed 2.0 D-BACKS AND DEVILS PARTNER OFF THE FIELD 3/7 - OFF DAY - 3/8 @ MIL 1:05 p.m. FSAZ scoreless innings. ♦Major League Baseball and Arizona State Uni- 3/9 @ KC 1:05 p.m. ♦SS Ketel Marte was 2-for-3 and 1B Christian versity’s School of Sustainability have partnered 3/10 KC 1:10 p.m. FSAZ (Tape Delay - 6 p.m.)/ESPN 620 AM Walker went 1-for-2 with a solo home run (1) that for the 2018 Cactus League schedule. 3/11 @ CWS 1:05 p.m. Arizona Sports 98.7 FM and a walk. ♦Salt River Fields will be the focus site of the “Re- 3/12 COL 1:10 p.m. cycle Rally” initiative that will test and imple- 3/13 - OFF DAY - FAMILIAR FACE ment zero waste strategies with the overarch- 3/14 CIN 1:10 p.m. FSAZ/dbacks.com ♦Former Reds manager Jerry Narron (bench ing goals of reducing landfi ll impact, increasing 3/15 @ CHC 1:05 p.m. dbacks.com coach) will be leading the split-squad D-backs operational effi ciencies and improving the fan 3/16 LAD 1:10 p.m. FSAZ today against his former club. experience across all Cactus League ballparks. 3/17 SD 1:10 p.m. Arizona Sports 98.7 FM 3/18 @ CIN 1:05 p.m. FSAZ+/Arizona Sports 98.7 FM ♦Narron was named Cincinnati's skipper on June D-BACKS ACQUIRE SOUZA AND WIDENER… 3/19 CWS 1:10 p.m. 21, 2005, and fi nished sixth in the NL Manager of 3/20 @ LAA 1:05 p.m. FSAZ the Year in 2006. ♦On Tuesday, the D-backs acquired OF Steven 3/21 SF 6:40 p.m. dbacks.com Souza Jr. from the Rays and RHP Taylor Wid- 3/22 CWS 6:40 p.m. dbacks.com T-MINUS 1 WEEK FOR TICKETS ener from the Yankees. 3/23 @ CLE 6:05 p.m. ♦D-backs single-game tickets will go on sale next The D-backs traded INF Brandon Drury to the Yan- 3/24 KC (ss) 1:10 p.m. ESPN 620 AM Monday at dbacks.com/tickets, at the Chase kees and LHP Anthony Banda and 2 players to be @ LAA (ss) 1:05 p.m. Field Box Offi ce or by phone at (602) 514-8400. named to the Rays…the Rays also acquired INF Nick 3/25 @ COL 1:10 p.m. Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Solak from the Yankees. 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 SERIES RECAP ♦Souza was named the Rays’ Most Valuable Player ♦The D-backs and Reds split their 6-game season by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the BBWAA in 2017 All Times Local series in 2017 (1-2 at home and 2-1 on the road). after he set career highs in most off ensive cat- MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE ♦Arizona and Cincinnati will play 2 more times egories, including runs (78), hits (125), doubles Record: 1-2 Day: 1-2 HOME ROAD this spring (March 14/SRF and March 18/Good- (21), homers (30), RBI (78), walks (84), slugging Home: 0-2 Night: 0-0 Total: 17,998 Total: 7,682 year). pct. (.459), OPS (.810) and stolen bases (16). Away: 1-0 vs. AL: 0-1 Avg: 8,999 Avg: 7,682 ♦Widener, who received a non-roster invitation Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 1-1 Largest: 9,628 (2/24) Largest: 7,682 to Spring Training, made 27 starts for Single-A POSTSEASON PROWESS UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES ♦The D-backs have made the postseason 6 times Tampa in 2017, going 7-8 with a 3.39 ERA, 129 in 20 years (30.0 pct.), the second-best pct. in strikeouts and a .206 opponent average. FEB. 26 @ CIN - 1:05 P.M. (SS) baseball history, trailing only the Yankees (46.9; LHP Robbie Ray vs. RHP Robert Stephenson 53-for-113) [source: Elias Sports Bureau]. …AND SIGN DYSON TO A 2-YEAR CONTRACT ARI: RHP Ryan Atkinson, RHP Michael Blazek, RHP Silvino Bracho, LHP An- ♦The D-backs agreed to terms with OF Jarrod Dy- drew Chafi n D-BACKS TO CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY son on Monday on a 2-year contract and placed CIN: RHP Keury Mella, RHP Kevin Shackelford, RHP Raisel Iglesias, RHP Jimmy ♦The D-backs will celebrate their 20th anniversary RHP Shelby Miller on the 60-day disabled list Herget, RHP Tanner Rainey all season long with a series of events and online (Tommy John surgery rehab). opportunities that will allow fans to look back at ♦Dyson ranks second in the Majors since 2012 FEB. 26 VS COL - 1:10 P.M. (SS) RHP Braden Shipley vs. LHP Kyle Freeland the franchise’s fi rst 20 years while focusing on with an 84.0 stolen base pct., behind only Drew the next generation of fans and players. Stubbs (85.3), and fi fth with 184 stolen bases, ARI: LHP Jorge De La Rosa, RHP Michael Blazek, RHP Taylor Clarke, LHP Yuhei Nakaushiro, RHP Fernando Salas ♦An online vote to determine the D-backs All- trailing Dee Gordon (254), Billy Hamilton (243), LHP Harrison Musgrave, LHP Chris Rusin, LHP Zac Rosscup, RHP Shane Time Team is available at dbacks.com/20. Jose Altuve (224) and Rajai Davis (217). COL: Broyles ♦Elements of the celebration include: OFFSEASON ACQUISITIONS The logo (top L corner) features the team’s historic FEB. 27 @ SF - 1:05 P.M. and current colors (Purple and Sedona Red) and 6 ♦Acquired, RHP Brad Boxberger and OF Steven RHP Taijuan Walker vs. RHP Jeff Samardzija stars, each representing a D-backs playoff team Souza Jr.; signed C Alex Avila, OF Jarrod Dyson ARI: RHP Archie Bradley, RHP Brad Boxberger, LHP Jared Miller, RHP Jake Bar- (1999, 2001, '02, '07, '11 & '17); and RHP Yoshihisa Hirano; selected RHP Albert rett A commemorative patch, featuring the logo, will Suarez in the Rule 5 Draft. adorn the team’s jerseys throughout the season and SF: RHP Hunter Strickland, RHP Sam Dyson, RHP Roberto Gomez, RHP Jose caps during the fi rst homestand; Valdez, RHP Reyes Moronta The “D-backs 20th Anniversary Experience,” a 2,000 square-foot exhibit at Chase Field, located on the FEB. 28 VS. COL - 1:10 P.M. Main Concourse in right fi eld behind the Coors Light TBA vs. TBA Strike Zone, will feature historic artifacts, memora- ARI: TBA bilia and photography celebrating the team’s his- COL: TBA tory and a wall featuring baseballs signed by nearly all D-backs players and coaches. TODAY’S SCHEDULED PITCHERS STARTING PITCHER No. 61 - RHP Silvino Bracho 2017 SEASON RECAP @SILVINOBRACHO SEASON NO. 20 RECAP No.38 - LHP Robbie Ray ♦ Posted a 5.66 ERA and a .225 opponent average in 21 The D-backs went 93-69 (52-29 at home and 41-40 @ROBBIERAY ♦ games over 8 stints with the D-backs in 2017. on the road), and won the NL Wild Card Game vs. ♦ Established a career high in wins and ERA, going ♦Averaged 10.9 strikeouts per 9.0 IP in 21 games with Rockies, 11-8. 15-5 with a 2.89 ERA (52 ER in 162.0 IP) in 28 starts Arizona last season… ranked among NL relievers in ♦ Arizona went 45-31 vs.