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 (10-9) at CHICAGO CUBS (12-6-3) 2018 D-BACKS SPRING SCHEDULE Thursday, March 15, 2018 ♦ Sloan Park ♦ Mesa, Ariz. ♦ 1:05 p.m. WINNING LOSING DATE OPP RESULT REC. PITCHER PITCHER ATT. Game No. 20 ♦ Road Game No. 10 ♦ Home Record: 5-5-0 ♦ Road Record: 5-4-0 2/21 ASU W, 6-2 N/A Carpenter C. Davis 5,506 LHP Robbie Ray (1-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 7.50) 2/22 - OFF DAY - - Dbacks.com - 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 SNAKEBITES - AT THE PLATE 2/25 MIL L, 1-5 1-2 Chacin Greinke 8,370 ♦Arizona is in its 21st Cactus League season and ♦1B Paul Goldschmidt has hit safely in 7 of his 2/26 @ CIN (ss) W, 5-2 2-2 Ray Stephenson 2,129 COL (ss) W, 7-4 3-2 Shipley Freeland 5,292 eighth at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick…Tuc- last 9 games (.400; 8-for-20). 2/27 @ SF L, 12-14 3-3 Heston Vasquez 6,708 son was spring headquarters from 1998-2010. ♦OF Rey Fuentes has a 7-game hitting streak, go- 2/28 COL L, 3-9 3-4 Almonte Hirano 5,799 ♦The D-backs have won 4 Cactus League titles ing 8-for-15 (.533) with, 1 triple, 2 home runs, 6 3/1 MIL L, 1-6 3-5 Suter Chafin 6,763 (also: 1999, 2002, '07, '16). RBI and 7 runs scored. 3/2 @ COL L, 6-15 3-6 Senzatela Blazek 8,876 ♦C Chris Herrmann has reached base safely in 6 3/3 @ LAD L, 6-14 3-7 Ray A. Wood 13,186 YESTERDAY'S RECAP of his last 10 plate appearances (4 hits & 2 walks). 3/4 CHI W, 2-0 4-7 Walker Lester 13,782* ♦The D-backs won vs. Reds, 7-3. ♦INF Ketel Marte has reached base safely in 11 of 3/5 @ SD W, 10-3 5-7 Koch Lamet 4,857 ♦LF David Peralta went 2-for-3 with 2 doubles, his last 16 plate appearances (7-for-12, 4 BB). 3/6 LAA W, 5-4 6-7 Feliz Pinder 7,885 3/7 - OFF DAY - 2 RBI and 2 runs scored…SS Ketel Marte was ♦OF David Peralta, who has a 7-game hitting 3/8 @ MIL W, 11-6 7-7 Bracho Wilkerson 5,231 2-for-3…3B Jake Lamb reached base safely in all streak, is batting .500 (14-for-28) with 3 doubles, 3/9 @ KC W, 7-2 8-7 Bradley Stout 6,206 3 plate appearances (1B, BB, HBP) with a RBI. 1 homer, 7 RBI and 1 walk in 10 games. 3/10 KC W, 10-3 9-7 Suárez Lenik 13,511* ♦RHP Zack Greinke left the game with tightness 3/11 @ CWS L, 5-6 9-8 Lopez Corbin 7,289 in his right groin after 1.0 scoreless inning…LHP THE BULLPEN CART IS BACK! 3/12 COL L, 2-4 9-9 Bettis Chafin 11,077* T.J. McFarland and RHP Albert Suárez tossed ♦ The D-backs announced they will bring back 3/13 - OFF DAY - 2.0 shutout innings each…RHP Jake Buchanan a piece of baseball lore -- the bullpen cart that 3/14 CIN W, 7-3 10-9 Greinke Stephenson 12,214* obtained his second save with 2.0 innings of has long been a part of the game’s history…the 3/15 @ CHC 1:05 p.m. dbacks.com work. OnTrac Bullpen Cart will be available to transport 3/16 LAD 1:10 p.m. FSAZ 3/17 SD 1:10 p.m. 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station relief pitchers from both bullpens at Chase Field 3/18 @ CIN 1:05 p.m. FSAZ+/98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station ON THE BACK FIELDS prior to entering a game. 3/19 CWS 1:10 p.m. ♦ The following players participated in a Triple-A 3/20 @ LAA 1:05 p.m. FSAZ game vs. Cubs at Salt River Fields yesterday: SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE 3/21 SF 6:40 p.m. dbacks.com RHP Braden Shipley: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 2 K, 51 pitches ♦D-backs single-game tickets are on sale at 3/22 CWS 6:40 p.m. dbacks.com RHP Jimmie Sherfy: 1.0 IP, 1 K, 11 pitches dbacks.com/tickets, at the Chase Field Ticket 3/23 @ CLE 6:05 p.m. RHP Archie Bradley: 2.0 IP, 3 K, 42 pitches Offi ce or by phone at (602) 514-8400. 3/24 KC (ss) 1:10 p.m. ESPN 620 AM C Chris Herrmann: 2-for-2, 2B ♦The D-backs' promotional calendar highlights @ LAA (ss) 1:05 p.m. include the 20th Anniversary Game (March 31), 3/25 @ COL 1:10 p.m. 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station WINNING WAYS 3/26 CLE - Chase Field 6:40 p.m. KHOV 105.1 FM Archie Bradley Audio Bobblehead (April 21), 3/27 CLE - Chase Field 12:40 p.m. FSAZ/ESPN 620 AM/KHOV 105.1 FM ♦ Arizona has won 7 of its last 9 games, outscoring Sugar Skull T-shirt (May 5), Star Wars Paul Solo its opponents, 59-31. (Goldschmidt) Bobblehead (June 2), Father’s * Denotes sell out All Times Local Day Hawaiian Shirt (June 17), Fourth of July Fire- MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE HONORING KT works Spectacular and Alumni Game (Aug. 4). Record: 10-9 Day: 9-9 HOME ROAD ♦ Yesterday, the D-backs announced they will hon- Home: 5-5 Night: 1-0 Total: 94,321 Total: 62,164 or the memory of former General Manager Kevin D-BACKS TO CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY Away: 5-4 vs. AL: 3-2 Avg: 9,432 Avg: 6,907 Towers in the following ways: ♦The D-backs will celebrate their 20th anniversary Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 7-7 Largest: 13,782 (3/4) Largest: 13,186 (3/3) KEVIN TOWERS PRO SCOUTING AWARD: Will be all season with a series of events allowing fans to given annually to a D-backs Professional Scout who look back at the club's fi rst 20 years while focus- UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES exemplifi es the characteristics displayed by Towers. ing on the next generation…elements include: MARCH 15 @ CUBS- 1:05 P.M. "KEVIN'S TOWER": The D-backs will rename the Vote for the D-backs All-Time Team at dbacks.com/20. LHP Robbie Ray (1-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-1, 7.50) suite that Towers sat in during his tenure as "Kevin's The logo (top L corner) features the team’s historic ARI: RHP Brad Boxberger, LHP Andrew Chafi n, RHP Nefalí Feliz, RHP Silvino Tower" in a dedication ceremony on April 20. and current colors (Purple and Sedona Red) and Bracho, LHP Antonio Bastardo, RHP Fernando Salas KT PATCH: Arizona will wear a "KT" patch on their 6 stars, each representing a D-backs playoff team CHC: LHP Kyle Ryan left chest on Aug. 2, when they celebrate the 2011 (1999, 2001, '02, '07, '11 & '17); NL West Championship Team vs. Padres, who Towers A commemorative patch, featuring the logo, will MARCH 16 VS. DODGERS- 1:10 P.M. was also a GM for from 1995-2005. adorn the team’s jerseys throughout the season and RHP Matt Koch (1-0, 2.16) vs. RHP Walker Buehler (1-0, 0.00) caps during the fi rst homestand; ARI: RHP Albert Suarez, RHP Kris Medlen, RHP Michael Blazek, RHP Fernando HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICK! The “D-backs 20th Anniversary Experience,” a 2,000 Salas, RHP Silvino Bracho ♦ D-backs infi elder Nick Ahmed is celebrating square-foot exhibit at Chase Field, located on the LAD: RHP Wilmer Font his 28th birthday today…he shares his birthday Main Concourse in right fi eld behind the Coors Light Strike Zone, will feature historic artifacts, memora- with the likes of Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, Sugar MARCH 17 VS. PADRES- 1:10 P.M. bilia and photography celebrating the team’s history Ray's Mark McGrath and Poison's Bret Michaels. TBA vs. TBA and a wall featuring baseballs signed by nearly all D- backs players and coaches. ARI: TBA CHURRO DOG TO BE FEATURED AT MLB FOODFEST SD: TBA Yesterday, Major League Baseball announced ♦ ROSTER ROUNDUP & OFFSEASON ACQUISITIONS their inaugural MLB Foodfest from April 21-22 in Arizona has 51 players left in Major League MARCH 18 @ REDS- 1:05 P.M. New York, featuring special selections from each ♦ camp: 25 pitchers (6 left-handed), 6 catchers, 10 TBA vs. LHP Amir Garrett (1-0, 2.00) Major League ballpark, including Chase Field's infi elders and 10 outfi elders. ARI: TBA Churro Dog. ♦The D-backs returned 30 players from its 40-man CIN: RHP Raisel Iglesias, RHP Jared Hughes, RHP Vance Worley ♦ Tickets and information is available at mlb.com/ roster last spring (24 in 2017, 22 in 2016, 23 in foodfest. 2015 and 26 in 2014). ♦Acquired RHP Brad Boxberger and OF Steven Souza Jr.; signed C Alex Avila, OF Jarrod Dyson and RHP Yoshihisa Hirano; selected RHP Albert Suárez in the Rule 5 Draft.