(5-8-1) at (4-5-5) RHP (0-0, 10.80) vs. RHP Ljay Newsome (1-0, 3.60) Mon., March 15, 2021 · Peoria Stadium · 1:10 p.m. Game No. 15 · Road Game No. 8 · Home: 2-5 · Road: 3-3-1 - No Radio or TV -

DIAMOND-FACTS YESTERDAY'S RECAP SPRING SCHEDULE ♦ Arizona is in its 24th Cactus League season ♦ The D-backs lost, 6-3, vs. Giants. DATE OPP RESULT REC. WIN LOSS ATT. and 11th at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick ♦ allowed 1 run on 1 hit with 4 2/28 @ COL L, 2-5 0-1 Diehl Frankoff *2,100 (Tucson from 1998-2010). walks and 5 in 2.1 innings. 3/1 MIL L, 1-7 0-2 Burnes M. Kelly *2,100 ♦ , who was the fi rst Arizona 3/2 SD L, 2-7 0-3 Weathers C. Smith *2,100 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2021 reliever to throw on consecutive days, 3/3 @ CLE W, 9-4 1-3 Weaver Plesac 1,869 ♦ Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is celebrat- tossed 1.0 scoreless inning. 3/4 LAA W, 9-2 2-3 Bumgarner Canning *2,130 ing its 10th Anniversary in 2021. ♦ Josh VanMeter homered for the second 3/5 @ CIN W, 5-2 3-3 Moll Lorenzen 2,211 ♦ Since the inaugural game on Sat., Feb. 26, day in a row, hitting a 3-run roundtripper in 3/6 TEX L, 6-7 3-4 de Geus R. Smith *2,215 2011, the stadium has hosted 3+ million the seventh inning. 3/7 CHI W, 5-4 4-4 Soria Alzolay *2,299 fans for , 1+ million guests for spe- 3/8 @ SF T, 2-2 4-4-1 - - 1,059 cial events and won 40+ "Best of" awards. INTRASQUAD ACTION 3/9 COL L, 4-11 4-5-1 C. González Weaver *2,232 ♦ The facility had 157 sellouts from 2011-20 ♦ This morning, the D-backs held a 4-inning 3/10 @ LAD L, 2-3 4-6-1 Cleavinger Ginkel 2,311 and the D-backs and Rockies have drawn instrasquad game…RHP , 3/11 OFF DAY more than 300,000 fans 8 times, the only and LHP Humberto Mejía were scheduled 3/12 @ LAA L, 3-4 4-7-1 Barria Soria 2,040 MLB complex to ever accomplish the feat. to see action. 3/13 @ SD W, 6-3 5-7-1 Bukauskas Johnson 1,862 3/14 SF L, 3-6 5-8-1 Menez C. Smith *2,253 SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 25 AT THE DISH 3/15 @ SEA 1:10 p.m. 3/16 OAK 1:10 p.m. 620 AM ♦ This morning, the D-backs announced that ♦, in his last 6 games, is hitting 3/17 @ TEX 6:05 p.m. .294 (5-for-17)/.922 OPS with 2 doubles, 1 single-game tickets for the fi rst 3 homes- 3/18 LAD 1:10 p.m. dbacks.com tands at Chase Field will go on sale at 9 a.m. homer, 1 RBI and 1 walk. 3/19 @ MIL 1:05 p.m. FSAZ on March 25. ♦ has hit safely in 6 of 7 games 3/20 KC 1:10 p.m. 98.7 FM ♦ The team is expecting to make 25 percent at a .500 clip (9-for-18)/1.439 OPS with 4 3/21 CWS 1:10 p.m. 98.7 FM of the seats in the ballpark available each doubles, 1 homer, 4 RBI and 2 walks. 3/22 @ OAK 1:05 p.m. game with social distancing and increased ♦Josh VanMeter has hit a 3-run homer in 3/23 SEA 6:10 p.m. 98.7 FM safety, health and comfort measures in back-to-back games (March 13-14). 3/24 CLE 6:10 p.m. FSAZ+, dbacks.com place. 3/25 @ KC 1:05 p.m. FSAZ • Each of the fi rst 3 homestands will feature THE ROJAS REPORT 3/26 CIN 1:10 p.m. 620 AM a promotional item giveaway to the fi rst ♦Josh Rojas has hit safely in 8 of his last 10 3/27 OFF DAY 5,000 fans: Clear Tote Bags on April 9-11 games, batting .400 (12-for-30)/1.237 OPS 3/28 @ CWS 1:05 p.m. (Gila River Hotels & Casinos); D-backs Graf- with 2 doubles, 3 homers, 6 RBI and 4 walks. 3/29 @ CHI 12:05 p.m. FSAZ fi ti Cap on April 30 – May 2 (Pepsi); Ketel ♦He ranks among all qualifi ed Major Leagu- 3/30 CLE (Chase Field) 12:40 p.m. FSAZ, 620 AM, 105.1 FM Marte Switch-Hitter bobblehead on May ers this spring in hits (T-1st, 12), total bases 14-16 (Gila River Hotels & Casinos). (2nd, 23), slugging pct. (2nd, .719), average All Times Local | * SRF Sellout (3rd, .375), OPS (3rd, 1.163) and OBP (5th). SORIA, AGUILAR & CASTELLANOS SPANISH- MISCELLANEOUS ATTENDANCE LANGUAGE NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY ON THE BUMP Home: 2-5 Away: 3-3-1 HOME ROAD ♦ (), Miguel Aguilar ♦Chris Devenski has 4 scoreless outings Day: 3-7-1 Night: 1-1 Total: 15,329 Total: 13,452 (Ciudad Obregón) and Humberto Castel- (3.0 IP) with 2 hits, 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. vs. AL: 2-2 vs. NL: 3-6-1 Avg: 2,189 (7 G) Avg: 1,922 (7 G) lanos (Tepatitlán), in conjunction with ♦J.B. Bukauskas has 4 perfect outings (4.0 Largest: 2,299 (3/7) Largest: 2,311 (3/10) MLB’s Mexico offi ce, will be available via a IP) with 9 strikeouts (12 batters faced). Spanish-language news conference to dis- UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES cuss their careers, their excitement for the 1…2…3 STRIKES & YOU'RE…NOT WALKING MARCH 15 @ SEA - 1:10 P.M. 2021 season and representing their coun- ♦The D-backs rank third in the Majors with a RHP Taylor Widener (0-0, 10.80) vs. RHP Ljay Newsome (1-0, 3.60) try in . 3.02 -to-walk ratio (130 SO/43 BB), ARI: RHP , LHP , RHP Carlos Navas, RHP Humberto Cas- • Zoom https://bit.ly/3bH2Yp8 behind the Dodgers (3.42) and Twins (3.08). tellanos. RHP Keury Mella • Meeting ID: 995 0314 3245 ♦Arizona's 3.28 walks per 9.0 innings are sec- SEA: RHP Yohan Ramirez, RHP JT Chargois, LHP Anthony Misiewicz, RHP Gerson • Passcode: 277383 ond to the Dodgers (2.86). Bautista ♦The D-backs' 130 strikeouts are third after D-BACKS MADNESS ON MARCH 20-21 the Reds (149) and Yankees (135). MARCH 16 vs. OAK - 1:10 P.M. ♦ The inaugural D-backs Madness (#Dbacks- LHP (1-0, 0.80) vs. LHP Jesús Luzardo (1-0, 0.00) Madness) presented by Chevrolet, an on- ON THE SHELF ARI: RHP , RHP Anthony Swarzak line and on-air virtual and social event, will ♦ suff ered a right knee me- OAK: RHP , RHP J.B. Wendelken, RHP , RHP Argenis An- take place on March 20-21 and feature live dial meniscus tear and had a partial medial gulo, RHP and recorded events on the team’s social meniscectomy performed by Dr. Waslewski media channels including dbacks.com, on March 4. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Reddit, broadcasts on FOX Sports Arizona ACQUISITIONS AND ROSTER and 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station. ♦ Signed INF Asdrúbal Cabrera, RHP and RHP Joakim Soria. ♦ Arizona has 51 players in camp: 27 pitch- ers (7 left-handed), 5 catchers, 12 infi elders and 7 outfi elders.

Banner Sports Medicine Performance Center  Salt River Fields at Talking Stick  7555 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, Ariz., 85258 SCHEDULED STARTING No. 54 - RHP TRANSACTIONS ♦ Optioned to Triple-A Reno on March 12. No. 57 - RHP Taylor Widener 3/14 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP ; Reassigned to ♦ In 2020, went 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA (8 ER in 10.2 Minor League camp: RHP Josh Green, LHP Sam Moll. ♦ Pitched in a B-Game @ Rockies on March 9. IP) and 12 strikeouts in 8 games over 4 stints 3/12 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP Jeremy Beasley, RHP Hum- ♦ In 2020, appeared in 12 games in his fi rst season with the Astros. berto Castellanos, RHP Luis Frías, RHP Humberto Mejía, INF/OF ; Reassigned to Minor League camp: with Arizona, going 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA (10 ER • Had made 5 appearances above Single-A Ad- in 20.0 IP), .192 opponent average and 22 strike- LHP Tyler Gilbert, C Jamie Ritchie vanced prior to the season 3/7 Reassigned to Minor League camp: RHP Bradley Roney, C outs. ♦ In 2019, combined to go 4-2 with 7 saves and a Dominic Miroglio, INF Drew Ellis, INF Christian Lopes. • Opponents hit .191 (9-for-47) off his 4-seam 2.89 ERA in 34 games with Single-A Quad Cities 3/4 Added RHP Anthony Swarzak as a non-roster invitee. and .167 (2-for-12) on his slider. (14 G), Single-A Adv. Fayetteville (15) and Triple- Released OF Drew Weeks. • Made his Major League debut on July 25 @ Pa- 3/1 Outrighted RHP Keury Mella to Triple-A Reno and assigned A Round Rock (5). him to Major League . dres with 1.2 scoreless innings…recorded his fi • Averaged 10.0 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (83 2/28 Traded LHP Travis Bergen to the Blue Jays for cash consider- rst strikeout (Trent Grisham). SO in 74.2 IP). ations. 2/26 Agreed to terms with RHP Tyler Clippard on a 1-year contract • Struck out 6 batters on Aug. 9 @ Padres (3.0 ♦ Pitched for Jalisco in the Mexican Pacifi c Winter IP) and Aug. 18 vs. A's (3.0 IP)…the 6 strikeouts with a mutual option for 2022…reinstated RHP Luis Frías League in 2018/19 and 2019/20. from the injured list…designated LHP Travis Bergen and RHP were 1 shy of the club record by a reliever in 3.0 DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Keury Mella for assignment. innings or fewer (7 by Silvino Bracho on April 15, 3/7 vs. CHC SV 0.00 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2/25 Added RHP Ben Heller as a non-roster invitee. 2018 @ Dodgers and Byung-Hyun Kim on May 2/22 Added C Dominic Miroglio as a non-roster invitee. 18, 2001 @ Cubs). No. 64 - RHP Keury Mella 2/22 Agreed to terms with INF Asdrúbal Cabrera on a 1-year • On 10-day injured list from Aug. 31-Sept. 20 ♦ Pronounced: KAY-ooh-ree MAY-uh. contract…placed RHP Luis Frías on the injured list. with a strained right rib cage. ♦ In 2020, made 11 appearances in his fi rst sea- son with the D-backs and went 2-0 with a 1.80 DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA (2 ER in 10.0 IP) and 10 strikeouts. 3/3 @ CLE - 10.80 1-0 1.2 3 2 2 1 0 3 • Selected from the Alternate Training Site on Aug. 31. ADDITIONAL PITCHERS • Earned his fi rst Major League win on Sept. 15 @ No. 34 - RHP Jon Duplantier Angels (0 ER in 1.0 IP). ♦ Pitched in a B-Game @ Rockies on March 9. • 8 of his last 9 outings were scoreless (1.08 ERA; ♦ In 2020, spent the season at the D-backs' Alter- 1 ER in 8.1 IP). nate Training Site. ♦ Spent most of the 2019 season with Triple- ♦ Participated in a MLB roundtable on June 15, A Louisville in the Reds' organization, going 2020, with Josh Bell, Dominic Smith and Ster- 8-14 with a 5.05 ERA (80 ER in 142.2 IP) and 102 ling Sharp to discuss issues related to race, so- strikeouts in 27 starts. cial justice and baseball. • His 142.2 innings ranked second in the Interna- ♦ In 2019, earned a in Major League debut tional League and seventh in Triple-A overall. on April 1 @ Padres, the second D-back to earn • Recalled by the Reds on Sept. 3 and made 2 a save in his fi rst game (also: Byung-Hyun Kim appearances (3 ER in 3.2 IP). on May 29, 1999 @ Mets)…Taylor Clarke would DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO later do so on April 20 @ Cubs. 3/12 @ LAA - 0.00 1-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 • Recorded his fi rst hit in the 15th inning on No. 76 - RHP Carlos Navas Sept. 24 vs. Cardinals, the fourth pitcher in D- ♦ Signed by D-backs as a Minor League free agent backs history to record a hit in extra innings and on Dec. 18, 2020. the fi rst since Keith Hessler on Aug. 18, 2015 @ ♦ Spent the entire 2020 season at the Giants' Al- Pirates (also: 15th). ternate Training Site. DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ♦ Combined to go 2-7 with a 3.40 ERA in 35 games 3/4 vs. LAA - 0.00 1-0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 (7 starts) with Double-A Richmond and Triple-A No. 35 - LHP Joe Mantiply Sacramento in 2019. ♦ Is a part-time rancher at Ginger Hill Angus in • Was a non-roster invitee to Spring Training Washington, Va.…his wife, Ella, is the daughter with San Francisco. of a farmer. ♦ Played 5 Winter League seasons in Venezuela • His in-laws have bred Angus cattle since 1962 with Margarita (2015/16-2020/21), including and bred over 130 bulls last year for sale to cat- going 2-1 with 5 saves, a 0.75 ERA (1 ER in 12.0 tle breeders across the country. IP) in 12 games in 2020/21. ♦ In 2020, spent the majority of the season at the No. 79 - LHP Sam Moll D-backs' Alternate Training Site. ♦ Was reassigned to Minor League Camp on • Played in 4 games with Arizona and posted a March 14. 15.43 ERA (4 ER in 2.1 IP). ♦ Did not pitch in 2020 due to no Minor League ♦ In 2019, earned the win in his only appearance season. with the Yankees on Aug. 12 vs. Orioles (W, 3 ER ♦ In 2019, was 2-2 with 2 saves, a 2.39 ERA (13 ER in 3.0 IP). in 49.0 IP) and 54 strikeouts in 41 games with • Was 1-0 with 1 save, and a 4.31 ERA in 25 ap- Double-A Richmond and Triple-A Sacramento. pearances between Double-A Chattanooga ♦ Made his Major League debut on Sept. 1, 2017 (Reds), Triple-A Louisville (Reds) and Triple-A vs. Mariners and retired his lone batter faced Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Yankees). (Yonder Alonso). DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ♦ Played 3 seasons with the University of Mem- 3/1 vs. MIL - 0.00 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 phis (2011-13). 3/6 vs. TEX - 0.00 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO 3/10 @ LAD - 0.00 1-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3/2 vs. SD - 0.00 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 0-0 0.00 3-0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 3 3/5 @ CIN W 0.00 1-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3/8 @ SF - 0.00 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1-0 0.00 3-0 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 3