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COLORADO ROCKIES SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES twitter.com/RockiesPR facebook.com/Rockies twitter.com/Rockies twitter.com/LosRockies Colorado Rockies Communications Salt River Fields at Talking Stick ( 7555 N Pima Road ( Scottsdale, AZ 85258 ( www.rockies.com COLORADO ROCKIES (2-4-1) vs. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (3-5) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Friday, March 2, 2018 • Salt River Fields • Scottsdale, Ariz. • 1:10 p.m. Game #8 • Home Record: 0-2 • Road Record: 2-2-1 Saturday, March 3 vs. MIL • 1:10 p.m. RHP Chad Bettis vs. RHP Albert Suárez LHP Kyle Freeland vs. RHP Zach Davies COL: RHP Ryan Castellani, LHP Harrison Musgrave, FAMILIAR FACES: The Colorado Rockies and Arizona RHP Wade Davis, LHP Jake McGee COLORADO ROCKIES Diamondbacks will play once again this afternoon, the fourth MIL: RHP Chase Anderson, RHP Brandon Woodruff, SPRING TRAINING time the two teams have played this Spring … the Rockies RHP Aaron Wilkerson LAST 10 SEASONS dropped the first two games but beat the Diamondbacks 9-3 on Year Record Wednesday … right-handed pitcher Chad Bettis will make his 2017 16-15-2 second Cactus League start, and will be opposed by right-hander Sunday, March 4 at LAA • 1:10 p.m. 2016 15-13-4 Albert Suárez. 2015 16-16-2 RHP Jon Gray vs. TBA 2014 15-14-4 DRAW: The Rockies and Chicago Cubs tied 2-2 yesterday at COL: RHP Jeff Hoffman, RHP Zach Jemiola 2013 16-15 Sloan Park … outfielder Sam Hilliard hit a two-run home run in LAA: TBA 2012 17-15-1 the eighth inning to erase the Rockies 2-0 deficit … right-hander 2011 20-11-1 German Márquez pitched two scoreless innings in his first Spring 2010 17-13-3 Training start … second baseman DJ LeMahieu recorded two 2009 17-17-1 hits and is now 4-for-9 in four Cactus League games. 2008 14-12 BREW CREW: Colorado hosts the Milwaukee Brewers tomorrow afternoon at Salt River Fields, the first of four Cactus League games between the two teams … left-handed pitcher Kyle Freeland will make his second start of the Spring … he will be opposed by right-hander Zach Davies. INNINGS BY POSITION 24 REASONS: First baseman Ryan McMahon went 1-for-3 in yesterday’s game, and is now 8-for-17 (.471) with at least one hit in six of his seven games played this spring. Catcher: Wolters (20.0), Iannetta (12.0), Bemboom (9.0), Murphy (8.0), Nuñez (7.0), BACKFIELDS: All Rockies Minor Leaguers report to camp this Sunday … games will Vázquez (4.0), Rabago (2.0) begin on March 15, with Triple-A and Double-A players traveling to Oakland … the Triple-A and Double-A squads will host Oakland on the Salt River Fields backfields on First Base: McMahon (25.0), Mundell (17.0), March 16. Patterson (13.0), Desmond (7.0) BULLETIN BOARD: Gerardo Parra underwent surgery to remove the broken hook of the hamate bone in his right hand … current roster and schedule information is Second Base: O’Malley (25.0), LeMahieu (16.0), available from the Communications office adjacent to the clubhouse entrance … online Rodgers (12.0), Hampson (5.0), Castro (4.0) Spring Training information as well as daily video content is available at rockiespressbox. com. Third Base: Arenado (19.0),Castro (14.0), McMahon (6.0), Phillips (5.0), Valaika (5.0), MEDIA SCHEDULE: Rockies Manager Bud Black is available to the media at approximately 9:30 a.m. each day in his office (subject to change) … this time is Gibson (3.0), Hampson (3.0), Welker (3.0), variable depending on meetings and other obligations, so expect a member of the Fuentes (2.0), O’Malley (2.0) Communications department to alert media in the media work rooms … Black will also be available for a brief (less than five-minute) recap outside the Rockies dugout after Shortstop: Rodgers (17.0), Story (17.0), Hampson each game, home and road … Colorado’s clubhouse is open to media from 7:30-8:30 (14.0), Castro (4.0), O’Malley (4.0), Valaika (4.0), a.m. (clubhouse media times subject to change without prior notice) … during Spring George (2.0) Training games, the Rockies clubhouse opens for interviews when the Colorado starting pitcher is announced as available to the media. Left Field: Dahl (15.0), Hilliard (12.0), Tauchman SECURITY AT SALT RIVER FIELDS: New this season, Salt River Fields at Talking (11.0), Tapia (10.0), Cuevas (4.0), Abreu (3.0), Stick is implementing additional security enhancements that include headshots on all Patterson (3.0), Daza (2.0), Jones (2.0) credentials as well as credential barcode scanning at multiple points throughout the facility. Home and visiting media wishing to cover the manager’s postgame Center Field: Daza (18.0), Tapia (14.0), Dahl media availability on the field should leave the pressbox immediately after (10.0), Blackmon (8.0), Tauchman (8.0), Cuevas the final out of the eighth inning and report to the field gate by the Rockies (4.0) dugout in order to have their credential scanned before the final out of the game. Right Field: Tauchman (18.0), Hilliard (14.0), ON THE AIR: The Rockies’ broadcast schedule will continue on Saturday, when Jack Patterson (12.0), Daza (6.0), Tapia (6.0), Dahl Corrigan and Jerry Schemmel return to call the game vs. Milwaukee on KOA NewsRadio (4.0), Weeks (2.0) 850 AM/94.1 FM … AT&T SportsNet will have their first television broadcast on March 6 at Seattle. STARTS BY POSITION WHO’S ON CAMPUS: The Rockies have a total of 57 players in Major League Includes all Cactus League games Spring Training, including 17 non-roster invitees … 27 of those players appeared for the Rockies during the 2017 season, 24 played for Minor League affiliates in the Rockies C: Iannetta (3), Wolters (3), Murphy (1) organization, five played at the Major League level for other organizations (Zac Rosscup pitched for both Chicago-NL and Colorado in 2017), one played in the Minor Leagues 1B: McMahon (4), Desmond (2), Patterson (1) for another organization (INF Shawn O’Malley) and one did not play due to injury (RHP Rayan González). 2B: LeMahieu (4), O’Malley (3) 3B: Arenado (5), McMahon (1), Valaika (1) ROLLING WITH THE BIG DOGS: Of the 57 players in Major League Spring Training, nine are appearing in their first Major League camp: RHP Shane Broyles, OF SS: Story (4), Castro (1), Rodgers (1), Valaika (1) Yonathan Daza, INF Garrett Hampson, OF Sam Hilliard, RHP Austin House, RHP Peter Lambert, INF Brian Mundell, INF Brendan Rodgers, RHP Jesus Tinoco. Left Field: Dahl (3), Tapia (2), Tauchman (2) NEW PURPLE: The Rockies signed four free agents to Major League contracts over Center Field: Tapia (3), Blackmon (2), Dahl (2) the offseason … catcher Chris Iannetta was signed to a two-year contract on Dec. 8 … right-handed pitcher Bryan Shaw was signed to a three-year contract and left-handed Right Field: Tauchman (3), Dahl (1), Hilliard (1), pitcher Jake McGee was re-signed to a three-year contract on Dec. 15 … right-handed Patterson (1), Tapia (1) pitcher Wade Davis was signed to a three-year contract on Dec. 29. DH: Murphy (2), Patterson (2), McMahon (1), Mundell (1), Valaika (1) SCOREBOARD: The Rockies will open the regular season March 29 with the first game of a three-game series at Arizona with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m. MT … the Rockies will play their home opener on Friday, April 6 against the Atlanta Braves to begin a three-game series … tickets to the home opener are available by purchasing a mini-plan or season ticket package … for ticket information, call (303) 762-5437 or visit MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE www.rockies.com/tickets. Record: 2-4-1 Day: 2-4-1 HOME ROAD Home: 0-2 Night: 0-0 Total: 11,921 Total: 28,071 NETTING: The Rockies have begun installation of protective netting behind home plate, replacing the current netting with an upgraded material and extending it at the Away: 2-2-1 vs. NL: 2-2-1 Avg: 5,961 Avg: 5,614 same height to the end of each dugout … along with the new netting and scoreboard, vs. AL: 0-2 Large: 7,682 Large: 10,167 the Rockies will also be renovating the stadium speakers, the Wells Fargo Club Level and the home clubhouse. TODAY’S SCHEDULED ROCKIES PITCHERS Chad Bettis, RHP - #35: Made nine starts with the Rockies Peter Lambert, RHP - #78: Attending his first Major League in 2017 after recovering from a testicular cancer diagnosis and Spring Training in 2018 … named a California League Mid-Season subsequent surgery … recipient of the 2017 Tony Conigliaro All-Star in 2017 after leading Lancaster and finishing fourth in the Award … made his first rehab appearance with Hartford on July league in ERA (4.17), third in WHIP (1.24) and fifth in strikeouts 13 … returned to the Rockies rotation on Aug. 14 vs. Atlanta (131) … ranked as the fifth overall prospect in the Rockies and pitched seven shutout innings in a 3-0 Rockies win … set organization by Baseball America … selected by Colorado in the career-highs in wins, starts, innings and strikeouts in 2016 … … second round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft out of San selected by Colorado in the second round of the 2010 First-Year Dimas High School in San Dimas, Calif. Player Draft. W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2018 Cactus League 0-0 18.00 1.0 4 2 2 0 3 2018 Cactus League 0-0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 2017 Lancaster 9-8 4.17 142.1 147 75 66 30 131 2017 Hartford 0-0 1.93 4.2 3 2 1 1 6 Albuquerque 0-3 4.82 18.2 22 13 10 6 11 Jairo Díaz, RHP - #47: Made four appearances with the COLORADO 2-4 5.05 46.1 52 27 26 11 30 Rockies between two stints in 2017 … was 0-1 with a 5.00 ERA (18.0 IP, 10 ER) and three saves over 20 appearances with Antonio Senzatela, RHP - #49: Made his first career Triple-A Albuquerque … placed on the 10-day disabled list April Opening Day roster in 2017 and made his Major League debut 2 to continue his recovery from Tommy John surgery … missed on April 6 at Milwaukee … went 10-5 with a 4.68 ERA (134.2 the 2016 season due to Tommy John surgery … converted from IP, 70 ER) across 20 starts and 16 relief appearances … posted catcher to pitcher following the 2009 season.