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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 (15-15-2) vs. CLEVELAND INDIANS (19-13-2) 2018 D-BACKS SPRING SCHEDULE Tuesday, March 27, 2018 ♦ Chase Field ♦ Phoenix, Ariz. ♦ 12:40 p.m. WINNING LOSING DATE OPP RESULT REC. PITCHER PITCHER ATT. Game No. 33 ♦ Home Game No. 18 ♦ Home Record: 7-8-2 ♦ Road Record: 8-7-0 2/21 ASU W, 6-2 N/A Carpenter C. Davis 5,506 RHP Taijuan Walker (1-1, 5.40) vs. RHP Trevor Bauer (2-1, 4.44) 2/22 - OFF DAY - - FSAZ/ESPN 620 AM/KHOV 105.1 FM - 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 ♦Nick Ahmed has reached base safely in 8 of his 2/26 @ CIN (ss) W, 5-2 2-2 Ray Stephenson 2,129 eighth at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick…Tuc- last 15 plate appearances (4 walks & 4 hits). COL (ss) W, 7-4 3-2 Shipley Freeland 5,292 2/27 @ SF L, 12-14 3-3 Heston Vasquez 6,708 son was spring headquarters from 1998-2010. Daniel Descalso has a 5-game hitting streak ♦ 2/28 COL L, 3-9 3-4 Almonte Hirano 5,799 ♦The D-backs have won 4 Cactus League titles (.438; 7-for-16). 3/1 MIL L, 1-6 3-5 Suter Chafin 6,763 (also: 1999, 2002, '07, '16). ♦Jake Lamb is batting .444 (8-for-18) with 5 dou- 3/2 @ COL L, 6-15 3-6 Senzatela Blazek 8,876 bles, 1 home run and 8 RBI in his last 8 games. 3/3 @ LAD L, 6-14 3-7 Ray A. Wood 13,186 LAST NIGHT'S RECAP ♦Ketel Marte, who has reached base in 9 of his 3/4 CHI W, 2-0 4-7 Walker Lester 13,782* ♦ The D-backs limited the Indians to just 1 hit in a last 14 plate appearances, is hitting .542 (13-for- 3/5 @ SD W, 10-3 5-7 Koch Lamet 4,857 7-0 victory. 24) with 3 doubles and 3 RBI in last 8 games. 3/6 LAA W, 5-4 6-7 Feliz Pinder 7,885 3/7 - OFF DAY - ♦ 1B Paul Goldschmidt went 3-for-4 with a dou- ♦David Peralta has reached base safely in 10 of ble, a home run (3) and 2 RBI that keyed a 5-run his last 12 games (.406, 13-for-32). 3/8 @ MIL W, 11-6 7-7 Bracho Wilkerson 5,231 3/9 @ KC W, 7-2 8-7 Bradley Stout 6,206 fourth inning…3B Jake Lamb was 2-for-3 with 1 ♦A.J. Pollock has gone 7-for-22 (.318) over his last 3/10 KC W, 10-3 9-7 Suárez Lenik 13,511* double, a home run (3) and 2 RBI. 7 games. 3/11 @ CWS L, 5-6 9-8 Lopez Corbin 7,289 ♦ RHP Zack Greinke threw 6.0 shutout innings (1 3/12 COL L, 2-4 9-9 Bettis Chafin 11,077* H, 4 K)…RHP Archie Bradley, RHP Brad Box- ROSTER ROUNDUP & OFFSEASON ACQUISITIONS 3/13 - OFF DAY - berger and RHP Yoshihisa Hirano each tossed ♦Arizona has 28 players (25 active) left in Ma- 3/14 CIN W, 7-3 10-9 Greinke Stephenson 12,214* 1.0 scoreless frame. jor League camp: 14 pitchers (5 left-handed), 3 3/15 @ CHC W, 3-2 11-9 Boxberger Perakslis 15,829 catchers, 7 infi elders and 4 outfi elders. 3/16 LAD W, 4-1 12-9 Koch Font 13,796* D-BACKS EXTEND KETEL MARTE ♦Acquired RHP Brad Boxberger and OF Steven 3/17 SD T, 3-3 12-9-1 - - 13,669* 3/18 @ CIN L, 3-6 12-10-1 Garrett Godley 7,031 The D-backs have agreed to a 5-year contract Souza Jr.; signed C Alex Avila, OF Jarrod Dyson ♦ 3/19 CWS L, 2-15 12-11-1 Fulmer Suarez 10,299 with INF Ketel Marte through 2022, with club and RHP Yoshihisa Hirano; selected RHP Albert 3/20 @ LAA L, 5-6 12-12-1 Alvarez Taylor 7,947 options for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Suárez in the Rule 5 Draft. 3/21 SF L, 0-14 12-13-1 Rodriguez Koch 12,888* ♦Marte batted .260/.345 OBP/.395 SLG with 11 3/22 CWS L, 1-3 12-14-1 Gonzalez Walker 8,576 doubles, 5 home runs and 18 RBI in 73 games in THE BULLPEN CART IS BACK! 3/23 @ CLE L, 1-6 12-15-1 Clevinger Corbin 10,022 his fi rst season with the D-backs in 2017. ♦ The D-backs will bring back a piece of baseball 3/24 @ LAA (ss) W, 15-9 13-15-1 Medlen Skaggs 8,515 ♦He hit .412 (7-for-17)/.412 OBP/.824 SLG with lore -- the bullpen cart that has long been a part KC (ss) T, 4-4 13-15-2 - - 12,514* 2 triples, 1 homer and 2 RBI in 4 Postseason of the game’s history…the OnTrac Bullpen Cart 3/25 @ COL W, 8-3 14-15-2 Clarke Almonte 13,553 games…he recorded a pair of triples in the Wild will be available to transport relievers from both 3/26 CLE W, 7-0 15-15-2 Greinke Carrasco 16,392 3/27 CLE - Chase Field 12:40 p.m. FSAZ/ESPN 620 AM/KHOV 105.1 FM Card Game vs. Rockies, making him the eighth bullpens at Chase Field when they enter a game. player in Major League history (fi rst since 1992) * Denotes sell out All Times Local and the fi rst to do so from both sides of the plate. HONORING KT MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE (EXCLUDING CHASE FIELD) ♦ The D-backs will honor the memory of former Record: 15-15-2 Day: 13-12-2 HOME ROAD OPENING DAY FESTIVITIES GM Kevin Towers this season and beyond: Home: 7-8-2 Night: 2-3 Total: 166,063 Total: 125,061 ♦The D-backs announced the following festivities KEVIN TOWERS PRO SCOUTING AWARD: Will be given Away: 8-7 vs. AL: 5-6-1 Avg: 10,379 Avg: 8,337 for Opening Day: annually to a D-backs Professional Scout who exem- Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 10-9-1 Largest: 13,796 (3/16) Largest: 15,829 (3/15) NATIONAL ANTHEM: Roger Clyne plifi es the characteristics displayed by Towers. CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCHES: Representatives from "KEVIN'S TOWER": The D-backs will rename the suite UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES each of the club's 6 Postseason teams: Erubial Du- that Towers sat in during his tenure as "Kevin's Tower" MARCH 27 VS. INDIANS - 12:40 P.M. razo (1999), Luis Gonzalez (2001), Mark Grace (2002), in a dedication ceremony on April 20. RHP Taijuan Walker (1-1, 5.40) vs. RHP Trevor Bauer (2-1, 4.44) Brandon Webb (2007), J.J. Putz (2011) and Archie KT PATCH: Arizona will wear a "KT" patch on their ARI: LHP Andrew Chafi n, LHP T.J. McFarland, RHP Michael Blazek Bradley (2017). left chest on Aug. 2, when they celebrate the 2011 CLE: LHP Andrew Miller, RHP Cody Allen, LHP Tyler Olson NL West Championship Team vs. Padres, who Towers A SNEAK PEAK AT THURSDAY'S GAME NOTES was also a GM for from 1995-2005. MARCH 28 - OFF DAY ♦The D-backs are 7-3 in their last 10 Opening Day games and are 11-9 all-time. D-BACKS TO CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY MARCH 29 VS. ROCKIES - 7:10 P.M. ♦Arizona has won 8 of its last 10 games vs. Colo- ♦The D-backs will celebrate their 20th anniversary LHP Patrick Corbin (NR) vs. RHP Jon Gray (NR) rado, including an 11-8 victory in the 2017 Wild all season with a series of events allowing fans to Card Game. look back at the club's fi rst 20 years while focus- MARCH 30 VS. ROCKIES - 6:40 P.M. ♦The D-backs are opening their season at Chase ing on the next generation…elements include: LHP Robbie Ray (NR) vs. LHP Tyler Anderson (NR) Field for the seventh straight season and for the Vote for the D-backs All-Time Team at dbacks.com/20. ninth time in the last 10 years. The logo (top L corner) features the team’s historic MARCH 31 VS. ROCKIES - 5:10 P.M. ♦Patrick Corbin, who was scheduled to start the and current colors (Purple and Sedona Red) and TBA vs. RHP German Marquez (NR) 2014 Opening Day in Sydney, Australia, before 6 stars, each representing a D-backs playoff team suff ering a torn ulnar collateral ligament, will be (1999, 2001, '02, '07, '11 & '17); making his fi rst career Opening Day start. A commemorative patch, featuring the logo, will adorn the team’s jerseys throughout the season and FROM THE TRAINING ROOM caps during the fi rst homestand; ♦Randall Delgado (strained left oblique), who The “D-backs 20th Anniversary Experience,” a 2,000 square-foot exhibit at Chase Field, located on the threw a 25-pitch bullpen on Saturday at Salt Riv- Main Concourse in right fi eld behind the Coors Light er Fields, is scheduled to throw a bullpen today.