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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 (9-13-1) vs. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (10-12-2) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Sunday, March 18, 2018 • Salt River Fields • Scottsdale, Ariz. • 1:10 p.m. Game #24 • Home Record: 4-7 • Road Record: 5-6-1 Monday, March 19 at TEX • 6:05 p.m. LHP Sam Howard (1-0, 1.86) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (0-1, 4.15) RHP Jon Gray vs. RHP Tony Barnette COL: RHP Wade Davis, LHP Zac Rosscup, LHP Jake JUST GONNA SEND IT: The Rockies will host the San McGee, LHP Harrison Musgrave COLORADO ROCKIES Francisco Giants at Salt River Fields today in a 1:10 p.m. game SPRING TRAINING LHP Alex Claudio, RHP Kevin Jepsen, RHP Steve featuring left-hander Sam Howard vs. Giants left-hander Madison TEX: LAST 10 SEASONS Delabar Bumgarner. Year Record 2017 16-15-2 Tuesday, March 20 vs. MIL • 1:10 p.m. 2016 15-13-4 UNTIL NEXT YEAR, MARYVALE: The Rockies fell 4-3 LHP Tyler Anderson vs. RHP Junior Guerra 2015 16-16-2 to the Brewers on the road in Maryvale yesterday … Antonio COL: RHP Jairo Díaz, LHP Chris Rusin 2014 15-14-4 Senzatela took the loss after allowing four unearned runs on six 2013 16-15 2012 17-15-1 hits with one walk and three strikeouts in 3.2 innings of work MIL: TBA 2011 20-11-1 … Chris Rusin and Scott Oberg each pitched scoreless, hitless 2010 17-13-3 innings with one strikeout apiece … Ryan McMahon went 2-for-4 2009 17-17-1 with a double, his seventh of Spring Training. 2008 14-12 ON THE RANGE: The Rockies will hit the road for their third night game of Spring Training, at 6:05 p.m. against the Texas Rangers in Surprise … right- hander Jon Gray will face Rangers righty Tony Barnette. INNINGS BY POSITION BULLETIN BOARD: The Colorado Rockies announced Thursday that they reassigned Catcher: Wolters (56.0), Iannetta (53.0), Murphy right-handed pitcher Shane Broyles, left-handed pitcher Jerry Vasto and infielders Brian (33.0), Bemboom (27.0), Vázquez (21.0), Nuñez Mundell and Shawn O’Malley to Minor League camp … the Rockies have 45 players (7.0), Rabago (5.0) remaining in Major League camp, including eight non-roster players. First Base: McMahon (84.0), Mundell (43.0), Patterson (40.0), Desmond (35.0) CARRY A BIG STICK: Through 23 games this Spring, the Rockies rank third in MLB with a .291 batting average (238-for-819) … their 30 stolen bases lead all MLB … Ryan Second Base: LeMahieu (59.0), Rodgers (52.0), Hampson (40.0), O’Malley (27.1), Castro (14.2), McMahon’s 19 hits lead all of MLB, and his seven doubles are tied for the lead … Trevor Phillips (7.0), Burcham (2.0) Story is batting .455 (15-for-33) with seven doubles, two triples, one home run, four walks and 12 strikeouts … DJ LeMahieu is batting .455 (15-for-33) with three doubles Third Base: Arenado (70.0), Castro (41.1), Gibson and one home run … David Dahl leads the team with five home runs. (36.2), McMahon (29.0), Fuentes (6.0), Phillips (5.0), Valaika (5.0), Hampson (3.0), Welker (3.0), O’Malley (2.0), Wernes (1.0) BACK FIELDS: Kyle Freeland and Adam Ottavino will pitch on the backfields today at 1:00 p.m. … Chad Bettis pitched on the backfields yesterday and allowed no runs on Shortstop: Story (57.0), Rodgers (49.0), Hampson four hits with one walk and five strikeouts over six innings of work. (43.1), Castro (42.2), O’Malley (4.0), Valaika (4.0), George (2.0) TRAINING ROOM: Infielder Pat Valaika (left oblique strain) went 2-for-4 with a walk Left Field: Tapia (47.0), Dahl (37.0), Tauchman Thursday on the back fields … right-hander Carlos Estévez also has a left oblique strain (37.0), Cuevas (21.0), Hilliard (15.0), Parra and threw a bullpen last week … right-hander Jeff Hoffman has been down with right (14.0), Desmond (10.0), Daza (7.0), Abreu (3.0), Cardullo (3.0), Patterson (3.0), Carrizales (2.0), shoulder soreness. Jones (2.0), Weeks (1.0) TV ON THE RADIO: KOA NewsRadio 850 AM/94.1 FM will be on the air today to Center Field: Blackmon (53.0), Tapia (51.0), Daza broadcast the game at Milwaukee … AT&T SportsNet will return on March 23. (32.0), Cuevas (30.0), Dahl (23.0), Tauchman (11.0), Hilliard (4.0), Linkous (2.0) PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: Today the Rockies Triple-A and Double-A squads will Right Field: Tauchman (49.0), Dahl (43.0), Hilliard play at home vs. Los Angeles-AL … Low-A and High-A squads will travel to Tempe to (35.0), Patterson (31.0), Daza (14.0), González play Los Angeles-AL on the road. (10.0), Cuevas (8.0), Tapia (6.0), Weeks (5.0), White (3.0), Abreu (2.0) IS IT OPENING DAY YET?: The Rockies will open the regular season March 29 with the first game of a three-game series at Arizona with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m. MT … STARTS BY POSITION the Rockies will play their home opener on Friday, April 6 against the Atlanta Braves to Includes all Cactus League games begin a three-game series … tickets to the home opener are available by purchasing a C: Iannetta (11), Wolters (7), Murphy (5) mini-plan or season ticket package … for ticket information, call (303) 762-5437 or visit 1B: McMahon (11), Desmond (8), Patterson (4) www.rockies.com/tickets. 2B: LeMahieu (12), O’Malley (4), Rodgers (4), Hampson BULLETIN BOARD: Current roster and schedule information is available from the (2), Castro (1) Communications office adjacent to the clubhouse entrance … online Spring Training 3B: Arenado (15), McMahon (4), Castro (2), Gibson, (1), information as well as daily video content is available at rockiespressbox.com. Valaika (1) SS: Story (12), Castro (5), Rodgers (3), Hampson (2), MEDIA SCHEDULE: Rockies Manager Bud Black is available to the media at Valaika (1) approximately 9:30 a.m. each day in his office (subject to change) … this time is Left Field: Tapia (7), Dahl (6), Tauchman (5), Parra (3), variable depending on meetings and other obligations, so expect a member of the Desmond (2) Communications department to alert media in the media work rooms … Black will also Center Field: Blackmon (11), Tapia (7), Dahl (4), Cuevas (1) be available for a brief (less than five-minute) recap outside the Rockies dugout after each game, home and road … Colorado’s clubhouse is open to media from 7:30-8:30 Right Field: Dahl (8), Tauchman (8), Patterson (2), Cuevas a.m. (clubhouse media times subject to change without prior notice) … during Spring (1), Hilliard (1), Tapia (1), González (2) Training games, the Rockies clubhouse opens for interviews when the Colorado starting DH: Murphy (4), Patterson (4), Cuevas (2), Desmond (2), pitcher is announced as available to the media. 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 MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE same height to the end of each dugout … along with the new netting and scoreboard, Record: 9-13-1 Day: 8-12-1 HOME ROAD the Rockies will also be renovating the stadium speakers, the Wells Fargo Club Level Home: 4-7 Night: 1-1 Total: 91,720 Total: 87,996 and the home clubhouse. Away: 5-6-1 vs. NL: 5-9-1 Avg: 8,338 Avg: 7,333 vs. AL: 4-4 Large: 12,640 Large: 11,498 TODAY’S SCHEDULED ROCKIES PITCHERS Sam Howard, LHP - #61: Attending his second Major League Bryan Shaw, RHP - #29: Signed by the Rockies to a three- Spring Training in 2018 … was added to the Rockies’ 40-man year contract, Dec. 15, 2017 … made 79 relief appearances with roster on Nov. 20, 2017 … was named a MiLB.com Organization Cleveland in 2017, tied for the most in the Major Leagues … All-Star in 2017 … began the season with Double-A Hartford among American League relievers, finished first in games, seventh prior to making his Triple-A debut on June 16 … combined to go in relief innings and fourth in holds while setting career-highs in 5-8 with a 3.32 ERA (127.1 IP, 47 ER) in 24 appearances, 23 starts innings pitched and saves … has made at least 70 appearances in … was named a Mid-Season All-Star in the California League in five consecutive seasons … since 2013, his 378 appearances are 2016 … selected by Colorado in the third round of the 2014 the most in the Majors … in 19 career postseason appearances, First-Year Player Draft out of Georgia Southern University. has gone 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA (22.0 IP, 6 ER). W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2018 Cactus League 1-0 1.86 9.2 6 2 2 3 10 W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2017 Hartford 1-4 2.33 46.1 31 13 12 10 40 2018 Cactus League 1-0 4.50 4.0 6 2 2 2 3 Albuquerque 4-4 3.89 81.0 82 35 35 33 64 2017 CLEVELAND 4-6 3.52 76.2 71 36 30 22 73 Made a career-high 66 relief Yency Almonte, RHP - #62: Acquired via trade from the Scott Oberg, RHP - #45: appearances for the Rockies, going 0-1 with a 4.94 ERA (58.1 Chicago White Sox in exchange for RHP Tommy Kanhle, Nov.