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ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (5-8-1) at SEATTLE MARINERS (4-5-5) RHP Taylor Widener (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 ♦ Caleb Smith 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 strikeouts in 2.1 innings. 3/1 MIL L, 1-7 0-2 Burnes M. Kelly *2,100 ♦ Chris Devenski, 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 baseball, 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 Luke Weaver, 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 ♦Carson Kelly, 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. ♦Ketel Marte 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 ♦ Joakim Soria (Monclova), 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 Major League Baseball. 3.02 strikeout-to-walk ratio (130 SO/43 BB), ARI: RHP Jon Duplantier, LHP Joe Mantiply, 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 Madison Bumgarner (1-0, 0.80) vs. LHP Jesús Luzardo (1-0, 0.00) Madness) presented by Chevrolet, an on- ON THE SHELF ARI: RHP Taylor Clarke, RHP Anthony Swarzak line and on-air virtual and social event, will ♦ Kole Calhoun suff ered a right knee me- OAK: RHP Burch Smith, RHP J.B. Wendelken, RHP Sergio Romo, RHP Argenis An- take place on March 20-21 and feature live dial meniscus tear and had a partial medial gulo, RHP Domingo Acevedo 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 Tyler Clippard 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 PITCHERS STARTING PITCHER No. 54 - RHP Humberto Castellanos TRANSACTIONS ♦ Optioned to Triple-A Reno on March 12. No. 57 - RHP Taylor Widener 3/14 Optioned to Triple-A Reno: RHP Matt Peacock; 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 Andrew Young; 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. fastball 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 Spring Training.