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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 (8-12-1) at LOS ANGELES ANGELS (9-12) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Friday, March 16, 2018 • Salt River Fields • Scottsdale, Ariz. • 1:10 p.m. Game #22 • Home Record: 5-7 • Road Record: 3-5-1 RHP German Márquez (1-1, 10.57) vs. RHP Shohei Ohtani (0-0, 6.75) Saturday, March 17 at MIL • 1:05 p.m. RHP Antonio Senzatela vs. RHP Zach Davies TODAY: The Rockies will face the Los Angeles Angels once COL: LHP Chris Rusin, RHP Adam Ottavino, LHP COLORADO ROCKIES again today, the fourth time this Spring, as they travel to Tempe Harrison Musgrave, RHP Scott Oberg SPRING TRAINING for a 1:10 p.m. tilt featuring right-handed pitcher German MIL: LHP Josh Hader, RHP Corey Knebel, RHP Matt LAST 10 SEASONS Márquez vs. right-hander Shohei Ohtani. Albers, RHP J.J. Hoover Year Record 2017 16-15-2 ANGELS: The Rockies fell to the Angels 10-8 yesterday … 2016 15-13-4 Tyler Anderson pitched 3.2 innings, allowing five runs on six Sunday, March 18 vs. SF • 1:10 p.m. 2015 16-16-2 2014 15-14-4 hits with three walks, no strikeouts and three home runs … DJ LHP Sam Howard vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner 2013 16-15 LeMahieu recorded his first home run of the Spring, a grand slam COL: RHP Yency Almonte, LHP Mike Dunn, RHP 2012 17-15-1 … Trevor Story went 2-for-3 with one RBI. Bryan Shaw, RHP Scott Oberg 2011 20-11-1 SF: RHP Derek Law, LHP Josh Osich, RHP Jose 2010 17-13-3 BREW CREW: The Rockies will travel to Maryvale on Saturday Valdez, RHP Roberto Gomez 2009 17-17-1 to face the Milwaukee Brewers in a 1:10 p.m. contest featuring 2008 14-12 right-handed pitcher Antonio Senzatela vs. right-hander Zach Davies. CINCO: The Rockies announced Monday that they have agreed to terms on a one-year contract with outfielder Carlos González … he made his first Cactus League appearance INNINGS BY POSITION yesterday against the Angels, going 1-for-3 with one run scored. Catcher: Iannetta (48.0), Wolters (45.0), Murphy BULLETIN BOARD: The Colorado Rockies announced yesterday that they (33.0), Bemboom (27.0), Vázquez (20.0), Nuñez reassigned right-handed pitcher Shane Broyles, left-handed pitcher Jerry Vasto and (7.0), Rabago (5.0) infielders Brian Mundell and Shawn O’Malley to Minor League camp … the Rockies have First Base: McMahon (72.0), Mundell (43.0), 45 players remaining in Major League camp, including eight non-roster players. Patterson (40.0), Desmond (30.0) CARRY A BIG STICK: Through 21 games this Spring, the Rockies are batting .288 Second Base: LeMahieu (54.0), Rodgers (46.0), (214-for-744) the third-highest batting average in MLB … their 29 stolen bases are the Hampson (36.0), O’Malley (27.1), Castro (14.2), most in MLB … Ryan McMahon leads all of Spring Training with 17 hits, including six Phillips (7.0) doubles and one home run … Trevor Story is batting .448 (13-for-29) with six doubles, two triples, one home run, four walks and 10 strikeouts … DJ LeMahieu is batting .448 Third Base: Arenado (65.0), Castro (34.0), Gibson (33.0), McMahon (29.0), Fuentes (6.0), Phillips (13-for-29) with three doubles and one home run … David Dahl leads the team with (5.0), Valaika (5.0), Hampson (3.0), Welker (3.0), five home runs. O’Malley (2.0) BACK FIELDS: Reliever Wade Davis will pitch on the back fields this afternoon … Shortstop: Story (52.0), Rodgers (45.0), Hampson Bryan Shaw pitched on the back fields yesterday … faced seven batters, allowing four (39.0), Castro (39.0), O’Malley (4.0), Valaika (4.0), runs (three earned) on three hits over 0.2 innings pitched. George (2.0) TRAINING ROOM: Outfielder Gerardo Parra, who underwent surgery prior to Left Field: Tapia (40.0), Tauchman (37.0), Dahl (37.0), Cuevas (17.0), Hilliard (15.0), Desmond camp to remove the broken hook of the hamate bone in his right hand, made his Cactus (10.0), Parra (9.0), Daza (7.0), Abreu (3.0), League debut Sunday in a start in left field … he is 2-for-4 with two runs with four walks Cardullo (3.0), Patterson (3.0), Jones (2.0), over three games … infielder Pat Valaika (left oblique strain) went 2-for-4 with a walk Carrizales (2.0) yesterday on the back fields … right-hander Carlos Estévez also has a left oblique strain and threw a bullpen two days ago … right-hander Jeff Hoffman has been down with right Center Field: Tapia (51.0), Blackmon (48.0), Daza shoulder soreness. (28.0), Cuevas (27.0), Dahl (18.0), Tauchman (11.0), Linkous (2.0) TV ON THE RADIO: KOA NewsRadio 850 AM/94.1 FM will return to the air on Saturday at Milwaukee … AT&T SportsNet will return on March 23. Right Field: Tauchman (44.0), Dahl (43.0), Patterson (31.0), Hilliard (28.0), Daza (10.0), Cuevas (8.0), Tapia (6.0), González (5.0), Weeks PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: Today Triple-A and Double-A squads will host Oakland (5.0), White (3.0), Abreu (2.0), on the Salt River Fields back fields … Low-A and High-A squads will travel to Oakland. IS IT OPENING DAY YET?: The Rockies will open the regular season March 29 with STARTS BY POSITION the first game of a three-game series at Arizona with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m. MT … Includes all Cactus League games the Rockies will play their home opener on Friday, April 6 against the Atlanta Braves to C: Iannetta (10), Wolters (6), Murphy (5) 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 1B: McMahon (10), Desmond (7), Patterson (4) www.rockies.com/tickets. 2B: LeMahieu (11), O’Malley (4), Rodgers (3), Hampson (2), Castro (1) BULLETIN BOARD: Current roster and schedule information is available from the Communications office adjacent to the clubhouse entrance … online Spring Training 3B: Arenado (14), McMahon (4), Castro (2), Valaika (1) information as well as daily video content is available at rockiespressbox.com. SS: Story (11), Castro (4), Rodgers (3), Hampson (2), Valaika (1) 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 Left Field: Tapia (6), Dahl (6), Tauchman (5), Desmond (2), variable depending on meetings and other obligations, so expect a member of the Parra (2) 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 Center Field: Blackmon (10), Tapia (7), Dahl (3), Cuevas (1) each game, home and road … Colorado’s clubhouse is open to media from 7:30-8:30 Right Field: Dahl (8), Tauchman (7), Patterson (2), Cuevas a.m. (clubhouse media times subject to change without prior notice) … during Spring (1), Hilliard (1), Tapia (1), González (1) Training games, the Rockies clubhouse opens for interviews when the Colorado starting pitcher is announced as available to the media. DH: Murphy (4), Patterson (3), Cuevas (2), Desmond (2), Tauchman (2), Mundell (2), Hilliard (1), McMahon (1), Valaika (1), Wolters (1), Parra (1), Hampson (1), Story (1) 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 same height to the end of each dugout … along with the new netting and scoreboard, MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE the Rockies will also be renovating the stadium speakers, the Wells Fargo Club Level Record: 8-12-1 Day: 7-11-1 HOME ROAD and the home clubhouse. Home: 4-7 Night: 1-1 Total: 91,720 Total: 71,107 Away: 4-5-1 vs. NL: 5-8-1 Avg: 8,338 Avg: 7,111 vs. AL: 3-4 Large: 12,640 Large: 11,498 TODAY’S SCHEDULED ROCKIES PITCHERS German Márquez, RHP - #48: Made his first career Opening Jake McGee, LHP - #51: Re-signed with the Rockies in Day roster in 2017 and led all Major League rookies with 147 the offseason through 2020 … appeared in 62 games with the strikeouts and 14 quality starts … his 11 wins tied for first Rockies in 2017, his most appearances since 2014, posting a 3.61 among Major League rookies with teammate Kyle Freeland … ERA (57.1 IP, 23 ER) … recorded a 2.70 ERA (36.2 IP, 11 ER) recorded six consecutive quality starts from July 7-Aug. 8, the in 38 appearances prior to the All-Star break … since his first longest streak by a Rockies rookie in franchise history … pitched full season in 2011, ranks fifth among left-handed relievers with a career-high eight shutout innings on May 10 vs. Chicago-NL … 409 strikeouts and seventh with 408 appearances … originally made his Major League debut in 2016 and wentt 1-1 with a 5.23 acquired by the Rockies via trade from Tampa Bay, along with ERA (20.2 IP, 12 ER) in six games … acquired via trade from RHP German Marquez, in exchange for OF Corey Dickerson and Tampa Bay, along with LHP Jake McGee, in exchange for OF INF Kevin Padlo, Jan.