ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 2016 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 (0-0) AT COLORADO ROCKIES (0-0) PRESS.DBACKSMEDIA.COM Wednesday, March 2, 2016 ♦ Salt River Fields at Talking Stick ♦ Scottsdale, Ariz. ♦ 1:10 p.m. ♦Daily content includes media guides, game notes, statistical reports, lineups, press releases, etc.…please contact a D-backs’ Communica- Game No. 1 ♦ Road Game No. 1 ♦ Home Record: 0-0 ♦ Road Record: 0-0 RHP Rubby De La Rosa (NR) vs. RHP Scott Oberg (NR) tions staff member for the login/password. ESPN Radio 620 2016 D-BACKS SPRING SCHEDULE (0-0) DIAMOND-FACTS CORY HAHN CENTER FIELD SCHOLARSHIP WINNING LOSING DATE OPP RESULT REC. PITCHER PITCHER ATT. ♦Arizona begins its 19th Cactus League season and sixth ♦The Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation and Arizona 3/1 UofA W, 12-5 - Hall Johnson 5,007 at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick…Tucson was the State University have teamed up to create the Cory 3/2 @ COL 1:10 p.m. ESPN Radio 620 club’s spring headquarters from 1998-2010. Hahn Center Field Scholarship Endowment and will 3/3 COL 1:10 p.m. ♦D-backs are 301-280-19 all-time during Spring Train- honor Hahn this Friday, March 4, before the series 3/4 OAK (ss) 1:10 p.m. ing…in 2015, the D-backs went 19-14-2. opener against Eastern Michigan at 6:30 p.m. at Phoe- 3/5 @ LAD 1:05 p.m. Arizona Sports 98.7 FM ♦Arizona’s 19 wins last spring tied for the most in the NL, nix Municipal Stadium. 3/6 CHC 1:10 p.m. FSAZ/ESPN Radio 620 with New York, and tied for third overall (also Toron- ♦Prior to the game, the Arizona Diamondbacks Foun- 3/7 @ SEA 1:05 p.m. to)…only Oakland (22) and Kansas City (20) had more. dation will present Sun Devil Athletics with a check 3/8 LAA 12:10 p.m. FOX Sports West/dbacks.com for $200,000 to go toward the Cory Hahn Center Field @SD 1:10 p.m. YESTERDAY’S RECAP Scholarship Endowment for Sun Devil Baseball. 3/9 SD 1:10 p.m. FSAZ/dbacks.com ♦The D-backs kicked off their 2016 spring campaign with ♦ Pregame ceremonies will feature Willie Bloomquist, 3/10 @LAA 1:10 p.m. FOX Sports West a 12-5 win vs. University of Arizona in the second annual Tuff y Gosewisch, Derrick Hall, Tony La Russa, D-backs VP 3/11 @ KC 1:05 p.m. Collegiate Baseball Series. of Special Projects (and former ASU Director of Baseball 3/12 @ SF (ss) 1:05 p.m. ♦Arizona tallied 6 extra-base hits in the 7-inning game, Operations) Graham Rossini & D-backs VP of Corporate KC 1:10 p.m. FSAZ/Arizona Sports 98.7 FM including a home run and a double from Zack Boren- & Community Impact Debbie Castaldo. 3/13 @ CWS 1:05 p.m. Arizona Sports 98.7 FM stein…Oscar Hernandez hit a 2-run homer in his only ♦ Hahn, now an assistant in the D-backs’ Scout Ahead 3/14 SEA (ss) 1:10 p.m. plate appearance, and Chris Owings went 2-for-2 with a Development program, was paralyzed from the chest 3/15 - OFF DAY - RBI and 2 runs scored. down sliding into second base against New Mexico in 3/16 CIN 6:40 p.m. FSAZ/MLB Network/dbacks.com ♦Matt Koch got the start and threw 2.0 scoreless innings, the fi rst weekend of his freshman season at Arizona 3/17 @ CHC 4:05 p.m. ESPN allowing just 1 hit…Cody Hall (0.2 IP), Tim Stauff er (1.0), State in 2011. 3/18 LAD 1:10 p.m. FSAZ Kaleb Fleck (1.0) and Keith Hessler (1.0) combined to 3/19 TEX (ss) 1:10 p.m. Arizona Sports 98.7 FM hold the Wildcats scoreless over the fi nal 3.2 innings of COACHING STAFF CHANGES @ SEA (ss) 7:10 p.m. the game. ♦Arizona made 3 new additions to its coaching staff for 3/20 @ CIN 1:05 p.m. Arizona Sports 98.7 FM the 2016 season: 3/21 MIL (ss) 6:40 p.m. FSAZ BATTLE FOR SRF SUPREMACY GARVIN ALSTON - Is in his fi rst season as the D-backs’ 3/22 SF (ss) 7:10 p.m. FSAZ/dbacks.com ♦Today marks this fi rst of 5 meetings this spring vs. Rock- bullpen coach after serving as the A’s Minor League 3/23 SF 1:10 p.m. dbacks.com ies…the D-backs were 3-3 in 6 games against their pitching coordinator in 2015…spent 11 seasons in 3/24 @ SD 1:10 p.m. complex-mates last spring. various roles in Oakland’s organization (2005-15), 3/25 CLE 1:10 p.m. FSAZ 3/26 @ MIL 1:05 p.m. Arizona Sports 98.7 FM ♦Arizona went 13-6 against Colorado during the 2015 including 6 as their Minor League pitching rehab 3/27 @ TEX 1:05 p.m. season, tied for their third-most wins against an oppo- coordinator (2009-14). COL 1:10 p.m. FSAZ/Arizona Sports 98.7 FM nent in a single season in franchise history. MIKE BUTCHER - Is in his fi rst season as pitching 3/28 @ SF 7:05 p.m. coach with Arizona (31st overall in professional 3/29 COL 1:10 p.m. dbacks.com GONE IN 0.11 SECOND(S) baseball)…served as pitching coach with Tampa 3/30 @ OAK 12:05 p.m. dbacks.com ♦Denny Hamlin, the winner of the 2016 Daytona 500, will Bay (2006) and Los Angeles-AL (2007-15) prior to 3/31 @ COL 12:10 p.m. take part in this afternoon’s pregame ceremony. joining the D-backs. 4/1 KC - Chase Field 6:40 p.m. FSAZ/Arizona Sports 98.7 FM ♦Hamlin will be presented both a D-backs jersey by Tyler DAVE MAGADAN - Is in his fi rst season as hitting 4/2 KC - Chase Field 12:10 p.m. ESPN Phoenix 620 Clippard and a Rockies jersey by Carlos Gonzalez. coach with Arizona after spending the last 3 with Texas (2013-15)…has also served in the same ca- MISCELLANEOUS 2016 ATTENDANCE WELCOME TO SALT RIVER FIELDS pacity with San Diego (2003-06) and Boston (2007- Record: 0-0 Day: 0-0 HOME ROAD ♦The D-backs would like to welcome the following peo- 12)…was the Boston hitting coach in 2007 when Home: 0-0 Night: 0-0 Total: - Total: - ple to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick today: Dustin Pedroia won AL Rookie of the Year and in Away: 0-0 vs. AL: 0-0 Avg: - Avg: - MLB NETWORK - 2008 when Pedroia won AL MVP. Chris Rose and Kevin Millar will be Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 0-0 Largest: - Largest: - hosting “Intentional Talk” from the left-fi eld con- OFFSEASON ACQUISITIONS course for the remainder of the week. UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES DAVID ECKSTEIN - The former World Series MVP is in ♦Key transactions: Acquired RHP Shelby Miller (from At- D-backs camp this week as a guest of Tony La Russa. lanta) and Jean Segura (Milwaukee); Signed RHP Zack WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 @ COL - 1:10 P.M. Greinke and RHP Tyler Clippard. RHP Rubby De La Rosa (NR) vs. RHP Jon Gray (NR) HALE AT THE HELM ARI: RHP Rubby De La Rosa, RHP Archie Bradley, RHP Sam LeCure, LHP Adam Loewen, LHP Wesley Wright, RHP Matt Buschmann, RHP Jake Barrett. ♦Chip Hale enters his second season as the D-backs’ JOIN THE EVOLUTION ♦Arizona unveiled new uniforms last December at Chase COL: RHP Scott Oberg, RHP Jon Gray, LHP Tyler Matzek, LHP Tyler Anderson, RHP Jairo Diaz, manager and 12th in the organization (also: 2000-09)… RHP Matt Carasiti also served on Arizona’s Major League staff from 2007- Field, featuring 8 distinct uniform options, including the 09 as the third base and infi eld coach. reintroduction of one of the franchise’s popular original THURSDAY, MARCH 3 VS. COL - 1:10 P.M. ♦Led Arizona to a 15-win improvement in 2015 after go- colors, teal, as well as a bold gray color for the team’s LHP Robbie Ray (NR) vs. RHP Jordan Lyles (NR) road uniforms. ing 79-83 in his rookie campaign…79 wins were the ARI: LHP Robbie Ray, RHP Zack Godley, RHP Tyler Clippard, RHP Randall Delgado, RHP Kyle second most by a D-backs manager in their fi rst 162 ♦The team’s on-fi eld attire includes sublimated diamond Drabek, LHP Keith Hessler, RHP Enrique Burjos, RHP Kaleb Fleck games, trailing Bob Brenly (92 in 2001). pattern adorns the shoulder, back, sleeve and pant leg COL: RHP Jordan Lyles, RHP Eddie Butler, LHP Jason Gurka, RHP Justin Miller, RHP Nelson on various uniforms, a subtle reference to the club’s Gonzalez, RHP Brian Schlitter, RHP Carlos Estevez name, snakeskin and diamond shape of a baseball fi eld. ROSTER ROUNDUP FRIDAY, MARCH 4 VS. OAK - 1:10 P.M. ♦Arizona opens Cactus League play with 68 players in ♦The D-backs wore purple and teal colors for 9 years fol- lowed by the Sedona Red, Sonoran Sand and Black col- RHP Zack Greinke (NR) vs. LHP Felix Doubront (NR) Major League camp: 39 pitchers (10 left-handed), 7 ARI: RHP Zack Greinke, RHP Tyler Wagner, RHP Daniel Hudson, RHP Josh Collmenter, RHP catchers, 11 infi elders and 11 outfi elders.