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COLORADO ROCKIES (10-8) vs. (10-8) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Thursday, March 16, 2017 • Salt River Fields • Scottsdale, Ariz. • 1:10 p.m. Game #19 • Home Record: 4-4 • Road Record: 6-4 Fri., March 17 at SF • 6:05 p.m. RHP (1-0, 3.00) vs. RHP Garrett Richards (0-1, 6.23) LHP vs. RHP COL: RHP Zach Jemiola, RHP , RHP Carlos Estévez, LHP SF: RHP STILL TRAINING: Today, the Rockies stay at home to face SPRING TRAINING the Los Angeles Angels in the teams’ first meeting of the Spring LAST 10 SEASONS … RHP Tyler Chatwood will be making his fourth start of Spring … Chatwood has allowed exactly one run in each of his Year Record Sat., March 18 at LAA • 1:05 p.m. 2016 15-13-4 three outings … he will be opposed by RHP Garrett Richards, RHP vs. TBA 2015 16-16-2 who is making his third Cactus League start. COL: RHP , RHP , RHP Jairo 2014 15-14-4 Diaz 2013 16-15 WALK-OFF: The Rockies beat the 5-4 LAA: TBA 2012 17-15-1 yesterday after hit a two-run with 2011 20-11-1 no outs in the bottom of the ninth … it was the second straight 2010 17-13-3 game the Rockies won after entering the ninth inning trailing … 2009 17-17-1 it was Adames’ third home run of the Spring … right-handed 2008 14-12 2007 13-12 Greg Holland earned the win after pitching a scoreless ninth inning in his first Cactus League outing … pitched four scoreless innings in the start. INNINGS BY POSITION ON THE AIR: Rockies broadcasters Jack Corrigan and will broadcast Includes March 9 exhibition game against Puerto Rico today’s home game at Salt River Fields on Sports 760 AM … ROOT SPORTS Rocky Mountain will televise their first of six Spring Training games when the Rockies Catcher: Murphy (42.0), Garneau (40.0), Wolters (36.0), Bemboom (19.0), Nuñez (11.0), Vázquez take on the Cubs at Salt River Fields on Monday, March 20. (6.0), Rabago (4.0) HEAL UP: Rockies fractured his left hand Sunday when First Base: Desmond (52.0), Patterson (51.0), he was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning by Reds pitcher Rookie Davis … Desmond McMahon (19.0), Reynolds (19.0), Cardullo (7.0), underwent surgery to repair the second metacarpal bone yesterday in Scottsdale … Mundell (6.0), Prime (3.0), Parra (1.0) catcher will be out an estimated four to six weeks with a hairline fracture Second Base: LeMahieu (50.0), Castro (33.2), in his right forearm, suffered Saturday when his arm hit Anthony Rizzo’s bat on a throw Ynoa (31.0), Adames (24.0), Amarista (10.0), to second base … remains out with a stress reaction of his sixth Valaika (3.1), Phillips (3.0), Osborne (2.0), rib. George (1.0) Third Base: Valaika (48.0), Arenado (35.0), WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER: Rockies pitcher announced March 10 Adames (18.0), Ynoa (15.0), McMahon (14.0), that he will continue cancer treatments after learning that his testicular cancer had Reynolds (10.0), Gibson (7.0), Castro, D. (7.0), unexpectedly spread to his lymph nodes … the 27-year-old underwent surgery on Welker (4.0) Nov. 29, 2016 after tests revealed a diagnosis of testicular cancer … said Bettis: “I am : Story (63.0), Castro (31.0), Adames committed to beating this cancer. My family and I are grateful for the support of the (24.0), Ynoa (22.0), Amarista (19.0), Rodgers Major League Players Association, the Rockies organization and the fans.” (3.0), C. Herrera (1.0) Left Field: Parra (38.0), Tauchman (35.0), Herrera WORK ETHIC: Rockies INF/OF hit his second of Spring (19.0), Denorfia (18.0), Cuevas (10.0), Ynoa Training Sunday vs. Cincinnati, becoming the second player in franchise history to hit (7.0), Dahl (6.0), Tapia (6.0), Reynolds (5.0), two grand slams in one Spring Training (Tim Olson, 2005) … Cardullo’s 11 RBI this Amaarista (4.0), Cardullo (4.0), Carrizales (3.0), Spring are tied for second in the Cactus League. Anderson (1.0), Patterson (1.0) Center Field: Tapia (64.0), Blackmon (63.0), A GOOD 1-2 PUNCH: Through 10 Cactus League games, DJ LeMahieu and Charlie Cuevas (21.0), Tauchman (11.0), Amarista (9.0), Blackmon are first and second on the club with 13 and 12 hits, respectively … LeMahieu Dahl (5.0), Rogers (3.0), R. Herrera (1.0), Wall is batting .464 (13-for-28) with two doubles, one triple, one home run and six RBI … (1.0) Blackmon is hitting .462 (12-for-26) with four doubles, one home run and four RBI. Right Field: Cardullo (37.0), Denorfia (31.0), González (29.0), Cuevas (13.0), Patterson (11.0), CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Catcher is now batting .500 (9-for-18) Tauchman (11.0), Tapia (7.0), Jones (3.0), Brown with one triple and one home run through eight Spring Training games … Dustin (4.0), R. Herrera (4.0), Thomas (4.0), Amarista Garneau is batting .375 (6-for-16) with three doubles and two home runs. (1.0), Bugner (1.0), Hilliard (2.0), Parra (1.0)

PEBBLES: Rockies Minor League camp officially opened March 5 for workouts, with the first game scheduled for today vs. the Diamondbacks. STARTS BY POSITION Includes March 9 exhibition game against Puerto Rico SHOCK THE WORLD: Three players in Major League camp are participating in the 2017 … and Jake McGee are each playing with C: Murphy (7), Wolters (7), Garneau (5) the United States while Carlos Gonzalez is on Team Venezuela’s roster … the two 1B: Desmond (10), Reynolds (5), Patterson (4) teams faced each other last night with Team USA winning 4-2 … Arenado went 0-4 in the game but started the game-ending by fielding a groundball in shallow right 2B: LeMahieu (11), Adames (2), Amarista (2), Castro (2), Ynoa (2) field while playing a shift … Gonzalez went 1-for-3 with a run scored … Jake McGee did 3B: Arenado (7), Valaika (5), Adames (3), Reynolds (2), Amarista not pitch but has not allowed a run in two appearances in the tournament … Venezuela (1), Ynoa (1) continues round two play tonight at 7 p.m. MST against the Dominican Republic … Team USA plays Team Puerto Rico tomorrow night at 7 p.m. MST. SS: Story (12), Amarista (4), Adames (1), Castro (1), Valaika (1) Left Field: Parra (9), Denorfia (4), Tauchman (2), Amarista (1), SKIP TO A NEW BEAT: The Rockies named the seventh manager in club Cuevas (1), Reynolds (1), Tapia (1) history on Nov. 7, 2016 … Black comes to the Rockies after spending the 2016 season as a special assistant to the with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Center Field: Blackmon (10), Tapia (4), Amarista (2), Cuevas (2), … prior to that, he was the manager of the from 2006-2015 and the Dahl (1) pitching for the Angels from 2000-2005. Right Field: Denorfia (7), González, C. (6), Cardullo (4), Tapia (1), Tauchman (1) SHORT HELMETS: Five new coaches join Pitching Coach and Bullpen DH: Reynolds (3), Tauchman (2), Adames (1), Blackmon (1), Coach , who are each entering their third year on the club, and Third González, C. (1), Cardullo (1), Murphy (1), Parra (2), Patterson Base Coach , who is entering his fifth season … , the former (1), Tapia (1), Valaika (1) manager of the (2013-15), will serve as the Rockies bench coach … Duane Espy will serve as the Rockies new hitting coach, 10 years after his last stint as the club’s hitting coach (2003-06) … former Rockies and D-backs player will serve as MISCELLANEOUS 2017 ATTENDANCE the club’s assistant hitting coach … joins the Rockies staff as the club’s first Record: 10-8 Day: 9-8 HOME ROAD base coach after 17 seasons as a Minor League coach or supervisor in the Rockies system Home: 4-4 Night: 1-0 Total: 64,805 Total: 58,568 … enters his 21st season in the Rockies system, his first on the Rockies Away: 6-4 vs. NL: 7-4 Avg: 7,201 Avg: 5,857 Major League staff as the club’s eighth coach. vs. WBC: 1-0* vs. AL: 3-4 Large: 11,1481 Large: 15,501 *Exhibition, does not count in overall record TODAY’S SCHEDULED ROCKIES Tyler Chatwood, RHP - #32: Acquired via trade with Los C.C. Lee, RHP - #21: Signed by Colorado as a Minor League Angeles-AL in exchange for C , Nov. 30, 2011 … free agent, Dec. 13, 2016 … pitched for the Saitama Seibu Lions posted career highs in wins, starts, innings and in 2016 of the Japanese Pacific League in 2016, allowing 14 runs (12 after missing all of the 2015 season recovering from Tommy John earned) in 16.2 innings pitched … spent seven seasons (2009-15) surgery … was 8-1 with a 1.69 ERA (80.0 IP, 15 ER), the lowest in the Indians organization, making his Major League debut July road ERA in MLB and the lowest in franchise history … recorded 14, 2013 vs. Kansas City … last Major League appearance came a club-record 27.2-innings road scoreless streak April 6-May 21 in 2015 when he made two appearances with the Indians. … had two stints on the disabled list due to mid-back strains, W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO June 19-July 5 and Aug. 15-Sept. 2. 2017 Cactus League 0-0 0.00 3.1 1 0 0 2 5 2016 Japan 0-0 6.48 16.2 25 14 12 5 13 W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2017 Cactus League 1-0 3.00 9.0 8 3 3 2 7 2016 COLORADO 12-9 3.87 158.0 147 75 68 70 117 , LHP - #38: Signed by Colorado as a Major League Hartford 0-1 0.00 4.1 4 2 0 1 3 free agent, Dec. 19, 2016 … eight-year Major League veteran has Modesto 0-0 0.00 5.0 1 0 0 2 3 a career 3.54 ERA playing for three teams: (2009), (2010) and Miami Marlins (2011-16) … is , RHP - #45: Selected in the 15th round of the the Marlins all-time leader in relief appearances (405), wins as a 2012 First-Year Player Draft … appeared in 24 games across reliever (26) and holds (104) … appeared in 51 games with Miami three stints with the Rockies in 2016, his second Major League in 2016, his fewest appearances since 2010. season … was placed on the 15-day disabled list Aug. 22 with W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO axillary artery thrombosis and transferred to the 60-day disabled 2017 Cactus League 1-0 0.00 5.0 0 0 0 1 7 list Aug. 26 … underwent surgery after tests revealed blood clots 2016 MIAMI 6-1 3.40 42.1 43 16 16 11 38 in his right arm … made 64 appearances for the Rockies in 2015, Jupiter 0-0 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 0 5 the second-most on the club. W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2017 Cactus League 0-0 3.38 5.1 6 2 2 2 6 2016 Albuquerque 1-0 2.43 29.2 16 8 8 11 36 COLORADO 1-1 5.19 26.0 26 15 15 11 20

Adam Ottavino, RHP - #0: Was claimed off waivers by the Rockies from the St. Louis Cardinals, April 3, 2012 … returned from Tommy John surgery in 2016 after missing a majority of the 2015 season … went 1-3 with a career-high seven saves in 34 relief appearances … his 2.67 ERA (27.0 IP, 8 ER) was the lowest on the club … set a Rockies franchise record for consecutive scoreless appearances with 37 from Sept. 7, 2015 to Aug. 24, 2016 … allowed a run in five of 34 appearances overall … originally selected by the Cardinals in the first round (30th overall) of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft. W-L ERA IP H R ER BB SO 2017 Cactus League 0-0 3.86 4.2 5 3 2 2 7 2016 Modesto 0-0 6.75 2.2 6 2 2 2 6 Albuquerque 0-1 4.76 5.2 2 3 3 3 6 COLORADO 1-3 2.67 27.0 18 9 8 7 35 2017 SPRING TRAINING DAY-BY-DAY Time / Game Date Opponent Result / Score Record Rockies POR Opp. POR Attendance 1 2/25 at Arizona W, 8-4 1-0 Carasiti (1-0) Bradley (0-1) None 9,795 2 2/26 ARIZONA (ss) W, 6-1 2-0 Rusin (1-0) Shipley (0-1) None 8,062 at Chicago-AL L, 3-7 2-1 Carle (0-1) Robertson (1-0) None 2,740 3 2/27 at Los Angeles-NL W, 7-1 3-1 Gray (1-0) Maeda (0-1) None 4,294 4 2/28 LOS ANGELES-NL L, 3-14 3-2 Freeland (0-1) Urias (1-0) None 4,255 5 3/1 SAN DIEGO W, 3-1 4-2 Qualls (1-0) Vargas (0-1) Jiminian (1) 4,329 6 3/2 at Kansas City L, 1-3 4-3 Senzatela (0-1) Wood (1-0) Edwards (1) 3,897 7 3/3 at Cleveland W, 16-7 5-3 Hoffman (1-0) Carrasco (0-1) None 3,657 8 3/4 SEATTLE L, 3-4 5-4 Carasiti (1-1) Curtis (1-0) Bergman (1) 11,148* 9 3/5 at Milwaukee L, 4-9 5-5 Motte (0-1) Marinez (2-1) None 4,334 10 3/6 LOS ANGELES-NL W, 10-9 6-5 Chatwood (1-0) Cash (0-1) Jiminian (2) 7,427 11 3/7 at Texas W, 3-2 7-5 Dunn (1-0) Jeffress (0-1) Jemiola (1) 4,019 12 3/9 PUERTO RICO (WBC) W, 10-2 7-5^ WP: Gray LP: Piniero None 5,506 13 3/10 at Cincinnati W, 5-4 8-5 Freeland (1-1) Bonilla (0-1) Jemiola (2) 4,720 14 3/11 at Chicago-NL L, 4-5 8-6 Castro (0-1) Butler (3-0) None 15,501* 15 3/12 CINCINNATI L, 8-9 8-7 Motte (0-2) Castillo (1-0) Heath (1) 7,619 16 3/13 KANSAS CITY L, 2-4 8-8 Ramirez (0-1) Wood (2-0) Strahm (1) 8.613 17 3/14 at Oakland W, 4-3 9-8 Estévez (1-0) Coulombe (0-2) Carasiti (1) 5,611 18 3/15 MILWAUKEE W, 5-4 10-8 Holland (1-0) Barnes (0-1) None 7,842 19 3/16 LOS ANGELES-AL 1:10 p.m. Denver Sports 760 AM 20 3/17 at San Francisco 6:05 p.m. News Radio KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM 21 3/18 at Los Angeles-AL 1:05 p.m. News Radio KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM 22 3/19 OAKLAND 1:10 p.m. News Radio KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM 23 3/20 CHICAGO-NL 1:10 p.m. ROOT SPORTS RM/Denver Sports 760 AM 24 3/22 CLEVELAND 1:10 p.m. ROOT SPORTS RM/Denver Sports 760 AM 25 3/23 at Cleveland 1:05 p.m. 26 3/24 SAN FRANCISCO 1:10 p.m. ROOT SPORTS RM/Denver Sports 760 AM 27 3/25 CHICAGO 1:10 p.m. ROOT SPORTS RM/News Radio KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM 28 3/26 at San Diego 12:10 p.m. News Radio KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM 29 3/27 at Texas 1:05 p.m. 30 3/28 TEXAS 12:10 p.m. Denver Sports 760 AM 31 3/30 at San Diego 12:10 p.m. 32 3/31 at Seattle 6:40 p.m. ROOT SPORTS RM 33 4/1 SEATTLE 12:10 p.m. ROOT SPORTS RM

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