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ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (8-14-5) at CHICAGO CUBS (14-9-4) LHP Caleb Smith (1-2, 6.75) vs. RHP Zach Davies (3-0, 0.68) Mon., March 29, 2021 · Sloan Park · 12:05 p.m. Game No. 28 · Road Game No. 14 · Home: 4-7-3 · Road: 4-7-2 - FSAZ - DIAMOND-FACTS ROTATION ANNOUNCEMENT SPRING SCHEDULE ♦ Arizona is in its 24th Cactus League season ♦ Yesterday, Torey Lovullo announced Ari- DATE OPP RESULT REC. WIN LOSS ATT. and 11th at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick zona's starting rotation to begin the season 2/28 @ COL L, 2-5 0-1 Diehl Frankoff *2,100 (Tucson from 1998-2010). on April 1 @ Padres: 3/1 MIL L, 1-7 0-2 Burnes M. Kelly *2,100 • LHP Madison Bumgarner (seventh ca- 3/2 SD L, 2-7 0-3 Weathers C. Smith *2,100 SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE reer Opening Day start), RHP Merrill Kelly, 3/3 @ CLE W, 9-4 1-3 Weaver Plesac 1,869 ♦ D-backs single-game tickets for the fi rst 3 LHP Caleb Smith, RHP Taylor Widener 3/4 LAA W, 9-2 2-3 Bumgarner Canning *2,130 homestands at Chase Field are on sale. and RHP Luke Weaver. 3/5 @ CIN W, 5-2 3-3 Moll Lorenzen 2,211 ♦ The team is expecting to make 25 percent 3/6 TEX L, 6-7 3-4 de Geus R. Smith *2,215 of the seats available each game with social AT THE DISH 3/7 CHI W, 5-4 4-4 Soria Alzolay *2,299 distancing and increased safety, health and ♦Asdrúbal Cabrera has reached base safely 3/8 @ SF T, 2-2 4-4-1 - - 1,059 comfort measures in place. in 10 straight games, batting .448 (13-for- 3/9 COL L, 4-11 4-5-1 C. González Weaver *2,232 • Each of the fi rst 3 homestands will feature 29)/1.348 OPS with 4 doubles, 3 home runs 3/10 @ LAD L, 2-3 4-6-1 Cleavinger Ginkel 2,311 a promotional item giveaway to the fi rst and 8 RBI. 3/11 OFF DAY 5,000 fans: Clear Tote Bags on April 9-11 ♦Pavin Smith is batting .412 (6-for-16) with 3/12 @ LAA L, 3-4 4-7-1 Barria Soria 2,040 (Gila River Hotels & Casinos); D-backs Graf- 2 doubles, 1 home run, 2 RBI and 1 walk in 3/13 @ SD W, 6-3 5-7-1 Bukauskas Johnson 1,862 fi ti Cap on April 30 – May 2 (Pepsi); Ketel his last 6 games. 3/14 SF L, 3-6 5-8-1 Menez C. Smith *2,253 3/15 @ SEA W, 6-2 6-8-1 Widener Newsome 1,875 Marte Switch-Hitter bobblehead on May ♦Christian Walker is tied for seventh in all of 3/16 OAK W, 12-3 7-8-1 Bumgarner Luzardo *2,232 14-16 (Gila River Hotels & Casinos). Spring Training with 14 RBI. 3/17 @ TEX L, 0-3 7-9-1 Gibson Gallen 2,068 3/18 LAD T, 7-7 7-9-2 - - *2,283 D-BACKS MOURN THE PASSING OF MIKE BELL THE ROJAS REPORT 3/19 @ MIL L, 3-9 7-10-2 Suter Clippard 2,248 ♦ On Friday, the D-backs issued the following ♦Josh Rojas has reached base safely in 19 3/20 KC T, 6-6 7-10-3 - - *2,389 statement on the passing of Mike Bell, an of his last 21 games - including 13 straight 3/21 CWS T, 4-4 7-10-4 - - *2,424 original expansion draft pick of the fran- from March 1-18 - batting .364 (24-for- 3/22 @ OAK T, 4-4 7-10-5 - - 1,998 chise in 1997 who served as a minor league 66)/1.038 OPS with 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 3/23 SEA L, 0-3 7-11-5 Flexen M. Kelly *2,306 manager, fi eld coordinator, farm director homers, 14 RBI and 6 walks. 3/24 CLE W, 6-5 8-11-5 Smith Civale *2,197 and Vice President of Player Development. ♦He ranks among all qualifi ed Major Leagu- 3/25 @ KC L, 1-10 8-12-5 Weaver Duffy 2,078 Bell spent 13 seasons as a coach or execu- ers this spring in hits (1st, 24), total bases 3/26 CIN L, 3-7 8-13-5 Miley Bumgarner *2,427 tive with the D-backs, including 9 in charge (T-2nd, 41) and AVG (8th, .353). 3/27 OFF DAY of Player Development. 3/28 @ CWS L, 4-7 8-14-5 Heuer Crichton 2,381 • During those 9 years, 47 homegrown ON THE MOUND 3/29 @ CHC 12:05 p.m. FSAZ players made their Major League debut ♦Chris Devenski has made 7 scoreless ap- 3/30 CLE (Chase Field) 12:40 p.m. FSAZ, 620 AM, 105.1 FM with Arizona, 36 minor league clubs made pearances (7.0 IP) with a 1.00 WHIP and playoff appearances and 11 claimed league .167 opponent AVG. All Times Local | * SRF Sellout championships, including 3 affi liates dur- Joe Mantiply has allowed 1 earned run in 8 ♦ MISCELLANEOUS ATTENDANCE ing his fi nal season of 2019. outings (7.1 IP). Home: 4-7-3 Away: 4-7-2 HOME ROAD “Mike was truly beloved by everyone ♦ Day: 6-11-5 Night: 2-3 Total: 31,587 Total: 26,100 who knew him – from coaches and play- ON THE SHELF vs. AL: 5-6-3 vs. NL: 3-8-2 Avg: 2,256 (14 G) Avg: 2,008 (13 G) ers to colleagues and staff in Arizona and ♦ Zac Gallen was scratched from his start on Largest: 2,427 (3/26) Largest: 2,381 (3/28) throughout our minor league system. His March 22 with right lateral forearm sore- loss leaves a huge hole in our hearts but ness and diagnosed with a hairline fracture UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES his impact cannot be overstated and his of his right forearm at the radial head. MARCH 29 @ CUBS - 12:05 P.M. legacy will not be forgotten. Mike brought ♦ Kole Calhoun suff ered a right knee me- authenticity and positive energy to every dial meniscus tear and had a partial medial LHP Caleb Smith (1-2, 6.75) vs. RHP Zach Davies (3-0, 0.68) interaction he had, both on and off the meniscectomy performed by Dr. Waslewski ARI: RHP Stefan Crichton, RHP Anthony Swarzak, LHP Joe Mantiply, RHP Kevin fi eld, and he was a true leader in the game on March 4. Ginkel, RHP Miguel Aguilar, RHP Carlos Navas CHI: RHP Craig Kimbrel, LHP Andrew Chafi n, RHP Brandon Workman, LHP Rex of baseball that has embraced his family for ♦ Tyler Clippard was diagnosed with a three generations. Our deepest condolenc- sprained capsule in his right shoulder fol- Brothers, RHP Pedro Strop es are with Kelly, his children, Luke, Mikayla lowing his last outing on March 19 and will MARCH 30 vs. INDIANS - 12:40 P.M. - CHASE FIELD and Madeline, and the entire Bell family.” not participate in baseball activities for 6 weeks. RHP Taylor Widener (1-0, 4.00) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (1-2, 6.14) YESTERDAY'S RECAP ARI: LHP Alex Young CLE: RHP Bryan Shaw, RHP Trevor Stephan, RHP Emmauel Clase, RHP James Kar- ♦ The D-backs lost, 7-4, @ White Sox. inchak, RHP Adam Plutko, RHP Nick Sandlin ♦ Merrill Kelly allowed 1 run on 4 hits with 1 walk and 6 strikeouts in 5.0 innings. ♦ Joakim Soria (1.0 IP), Chris Devenski (1.0) and J.B. Bukauskas (1.0) each made a scoreless appearance. ♦ Stephen Vogt was 2-for-3 with 2 runs scored. ♦ Josh Rojas went 2-for-3 with a triple and 2 RBI. Banner Sports Medicine Performance Center Salt River Fields at Talking Stick 7555 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, Ariz., 85258 SCHEDULED PITCHERS STARTING PITCHER No. 37 - RHP Kevin Ginkel (cont.) No. 64 - RHP Keury Mella (cont.) • Increased his 4-seam average fastball velocity ♦ Spent most of the 2019 season with Triple- No. 35 - LHP Caleb Smith from 93.5 mph in 2019 to 95.5 in 2020. A Louisville in the Reds' organization, going ♦ Is a 2010 graduate of Huntsville (Texas) High • Opponents hit .192 (5-for-26) off his slider. 8-14 with a 5.05 ERA (80 ER in 142.2 IP) and 102 School…famed director Richard Linklater is a DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO strikeouts in 27 starts. 1977 graduate of Hunstville High, and says he 3/2 vs. SD - 0.00 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 • His 142.2 innings ranked second in the Interna- based much of his cult classic fi lm "Dazed and 3/7 vs. CHI - 0.00 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 tional League and seventh in Triple-A overall. Confused" on his experience there. 3/10 @ LAD L 0.00 1-0 1.0 2 1 0 0 1 2 • Recalled by the Reds on Sept. 3 and made 2 ♦ Last season, combined to go 0-0 with a 2.57 ERA 3/13 @ SD - 2.25 1-0 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 appearances (3 ER in 3.2 IP). (4 ER in 14.0 IP) in 5 games (4 starts) with the 3/18 vs. LAD - 1.80 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO Marlins (1 GS) and D-backs (4 G/3 GS).