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 (3-4-1) vs. MILWAUKEE BREWERS (6-2) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Saturday, March 3, 2018 • Salt River Fields • Scottsdale, Ariz. • 1:10 p.m. Game #9 • Home Record: 1-2 • Road Record: 2-2-1 Sunday, March 4 at LAA • 1:10 p.m. LHP Kyle Freeland vs. RHP Zach Davies RHP Jon Gray vs. RHP Matt Shoemaker COL: RHP Jeff Hoffman, RHP Zach Jemiola THE GOOD LAND: The Colorado Rockies host the LAA: RHP Osmer Morales, RHP Keynan Middleton, COLORADO ROCKIES Milwaukee Brewers this afternoon at Salt River Fields, the first of LHP Jose Alvarez, LHP Ian Krol, RHP Felix Pena SPRING TRAINING four Cactus League games between the two teams … left-handed LAST 10 SEASONS pitcher Kyle Freeland will make his second start of the Spring, Year Record and will be opposed by right-hander Zach Davies. 2017 16-15-2 Monday, March 5 vs. CHC • 1:10 p.m. 2016 15-13-4 STICKS: The Rockies beat the D-backs 15-6 yesterday at Salt LHP Tyler Anderson vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks 2015 16-16-2 River Fields … Colorado recorded 20 hits in the game, with 17 2014 15-14-4 players recording at least one hit … catcher Chris Iannetta hit COL: RHP Jesus Tinoco, LHP Mike Dunn, RHP Bryan 2013 16-15 two home runs and recorded five RBI … David Dahl snapped an Shaw, RHP Yency Almonte 2012 17-15-1 0-for-15 start to the Spring with two hits, including a home run CHC: TBA 2011 20-11-1 … right-hander Chad Bettis made his second start and allowed 2010 17-13-3 four runs across 2.1 innings, with all four runs scoring on a Jake 2009 17-17-1 2008 14-12 Lamb grand slam. TEMPE: Colorado travels to Tempe Diablo Stadium tomorrow to play the Los Angeles Angels, the second of four meetings between the teams this Spring … right-hander Jon Gray will make his second start of the Spring and his second against the Angels … he will be opposed by right-hander Matt Shoemaker. INNINGS BY POSITION TRAINING ROOM: Infielder Shawn O’Malley fractured the metacarpal in his left hand Catcher: Wolters (20.0), Iannetta (17.0), in yesterday’s game while making a diving play at second base … outfielder Gerardo Bemboom (9.0), Murphy (8.0), Nuñez (7.0), Parra underwent surgery to remove the broken hook of the hamate bone in his right Vázquez (7.0), Rabago (3.0) hand … infielder Pat Valaika has a left oblique strain. First Base: McMahon (25.0), Mundell (22.0), BACKFIELDS: All Rockies Minor Leaguers report this weekend … games will begin on March 15, with Triple-A and Double-A players traveling to Oakland … the Triple-A Patterson (13.0), Desmond (11.0) and Double-A squads will host Oakland on the Salt River Fields backfields on March 16. Second Base: O’Malley (27.1), LeMahieu (16.0), WELCOME: For the sixth consecutive year, the Colorado Rockies will host patients Rodgers (13.0), Castro (9.2), Hampson (5.0) of Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders … this year’s trip is supported by the Jason Motte Foundation … they will be at this afternoon’s game Third Base: Arenado (23.0),Castro (15.0), and will visit with Rockies players tomorrow morning. Fuentes (6.0), McMahon (6.0), Phillips (5.0), Valaika (5.0), Gibson (3.0), Hampson (3.0), BULLETIN BOARD: Current roster and schedule information is available from the Welker (3.0), O’Malley (2.0) Communications office adjacent to the clubhouse entrance … online Spring Training information as well as daily video content is available at rockiespressbox.com. Shortstop: Rodgers (21.0), Hampson (19.0), Story MEDIA SCHEDULE: Rockies Manager Bud Black is available to the media at (17.0), Castro (4.0), O’Malley (4.0), Valaika (4.0), approximately 9:30 a.m. each day in his office (subject to change) … this time is George (2.0) variable depending on meetings and other obligations, so expect a member of the Communications department to alert media in the media work rooms … Black will also Left Field: Dahl (20.0), Tapia (14.0), Hilliard (12.0), be available for a brief (less than five-minute) recap outside the Rockies dugout after Tauchman (11.0), Cuevas (4.0), Abreu (3.0), each game, home and road … Colorado’s clubhouse is open to media from 7:30-8:30 Patterson (3.0), Daza (2.0), Jones (2.0) a.m. (clubhouse media times subject to change without prior notice) … during Spring Training games, the Rockies clubhouse opens for interviews when the Colorado starting pitcher is announced as available to the media. Center Field: Daza (22.0), Tapia (14.0), Blackmon (12.0), Dahl (10.0), Tauchman (8.0), Cuevas (4.0), ON THE AIR: Jack Corrigan and Jerry Schemmel return to the air this afternoon to Linkous (1.0) call the game vs. Milwaukee on KOA NewsRadio 850 AM/94.1 FM … AT&T SportsNet will have their first television broadcast on March 6 at Seattle. Right Field: Tauchman (18.0), Patterson (15.0), Hilliard (14.0), Daza (7.0), Tapia (6.0), Cuevas WHO’S ON CAMPUS: The Rockies have a total of 57 players in Major League (5.0), Dahl (4.0), Weeks (2.0) Spring Training, including 17 non-roster invitees … 27 of those players appeared for the Rockies during the 2017 season, 24 played for Minor League affiliates in the Rockies organization, five played at the Major League level for other organizations (Zac Rosscup STARTS BY POSITION pitched for both Chicago-NL and Colorado in 2017), one played in the Minor Leagues Includes all Cactus League games for another organization (INF Shawn O’Malley) and one did not play due to injury (RHP Rayan González). C: Iannetta (4), Wolters (3), Murphy (1) ROLLING WITH THE BIG DOGS: Of the 57 players in Major League Spring 1B: McMahon (4), Desmond (3), Patterson (1) Training, nine are appearing in their first Major League camp: RHP Shane Broyles, OF 2B: LeMahieu (4), O’Malley (4) Yonathan Daza, INF Garrett Hampson, OF Sam Hilliard, RHP Austin House, RHP Peter Lambert, INF Brian Mundell, INF Brendan Rodgers, RHP Jesus Tinoco. 3B: Arenado (6), McMahon (1), Valaika (1) NEW PURPLE: The Rockies signed four free agents to Major League contracts over SS: Story (4), Castro (1), Hampson (1), Rodgers the offseason … catcher Chris Iannetta was signed to a two-year contract on Dec. 8 … (1), Valaika (1) right-handed pitcher Bryan Shaw was signed to a three-year contract and left-handed pitcher Jake McGee was re-signed to a three-year contract on Dec. 15 … right-handed Left Field: Dahl (3), Tapia (3), Tauchman (2) pitcher Wade Davis was signed to a three-year contract on Dec. 29. Center Field: Blackmon (3), Tapia (3), Dahl (2) SCOREBOARD: The Rockies will open the regular season March 29 with the first Right Field: Tauchman (3), Cuevas (1), Dahl (1), game of a three-game series at Arizona with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m. MT … the Hilliard (1), Patterson (1), Tapia (1) Rockies will play their home opener on Friday, April 6 against the Atlanta Braves to begin a three-game series … tickets to the home opener are available by purchasing a DH: Murphy (2), Patterson (2), McMahon (1), mini-plan or season ticket package … for ticket information, call (303) 762-5437 or visit Mundell (1), Tauchman (1), Valaika (1) www.rockies.com/tickets. NETTING: The Rockies have begun installation of protective netting behind home MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE plate, replacing the current netting with an upgraded material and extending it at the Record: 3-4-1 Day: 3-4-1 HOME ROAD same height to the end of each dugout … along with the new netting and scoreboard, the Rockies will also be renovating the stadium speakers, the Wells Fargo Club Level Home: 1-2 Night: 0-0 Total: 20,797 Total: 28,071 and the home clubhouse. Away: 2-2-1 vs. NL: 3-2-1 Avg: 6,932 Avg: 5,614 vs. AL: 0-2 Large: 8,876 Large: 10,167 HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Today is left-handed pitcher Harrison Musgrave’s 26th birthday. TODAY’S SCHEDULED ROCKIES PITCHERS Kyle Freeland, LHP - #21: Made his Major League debut in Wade Davis, RHP - #71: Signed by the Rockies to a three- 2017 and was on the roster the entire season, tying for first among year contract, Dec. 29, 2017 … has made three consecutive All- Major League rookies with 11 wins … also ranked third in innings Star teams, twice with the American League in 2015 and 2016 pitched (156.0), fifth in ERA (4.10, min. 15 starts) and seventh and once with the National League in 2017 … went 4-2 with 32 in strikeouts (107) … his 4.10 ERA was the fourth-lowest by a saves and a 2.30 ERA (58.2 IP, 15 ER) with Chicago-NL in 2017 rookie in franchise history … pitched 8.1 no-hit innings on July 9 vs. Chicago-AL, the longest no-hit bid in Denver in franchise … converted a Cubs franchise record 32-straight saves from history and the second-longest in any ballpark in franchise history the beginning of the season through Sept. 19 … since becoming … Colorado’s first-round pick (eighth overall) in the 2014 First- a full-time reliever in 2014, has gone 23-6 with 79 saves in 87 Year Player Draft out of the University of Evansville … born in opportunities with a 1.45 ERA (241.1 IP, 39 ER) … since 2014, Denver and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School.