SPRING TRAINING COLORADO ROCKIES GAME NOTES twitter.com/Rockies facebook.com/Rockies twitter.com/RockiesPR twitter.com/LosRockies Salt River Fields at Talking Stick • 7555 N. Pima Road • Scottsdale, Ariz. • 85258 COLORADO ROCKIES (12-10) vs. CHICAGO CUBS (8-11) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Monday, March 20, 2017 • Salt River Fields • Scottsdale, Ariz. • 1:10 p.m. Game #23 • Home Record: 5-5 • Road Record: 7-5 Tue., March 21 OFF DAY LHP Tyler Anderson (0-0, 3.72) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-0, 2.00) Wed., March 22 vs. CLE • 1:10 p.m. LHP Kyle Freeland vs. RHP Danny Salazar COLORADO ROCKIES THE CHAMPS ARE HERE: Today, the Rockies face the SPRING TRAINING 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs for the second COL: LHP Harrison Musgrave, RHP Jordan Lyles, RHP LAST 10 SEASONS time this Spring … the Rockies lost to the Cubs 4-3 March Carlos Estévez, RHP Jason Motte 11 at Sloan Stadium after the Cubs scored three runs in the Year Record CLE: LHP James Russell, RHP Zach McAllister, LHP 2016 15-13-4 bottom of the eighth inning … the Rockies will send LHP Tyler Boone Logan 2015 16-16-2 Anderson to the mound for his fifth Cactus League start … he 2014 15-14-4 will be opposed by RHP Kyle Hendricks who will be making his Thu., March 23 at CLE • 1:05 p.m. 2013 16-15 fourth start of Spring Training. RHP Antonio Senzatela vs. RHP Corey Kluber 2012 17-15-1 COL: RHP Greg Holland, RHP Adam Ottavino, RHP 2011 20-11-1 YESTERDAY: The Rockies beat the Oakland A’s 9-2 at Salt Scott Oberg, LHP Mike Dunn 2010 17-13-3 River Fields … RHP Jon Gray tossed five innings and allowed CLE: RHP Cody Allen, RHP Bryan Shaw, RHP Carlos 2009 17-17-1 one run on two hits with one walk and seven strikeouts … the 2008 14-12 Frias, LHP Kyle Crockett 2007 13-12 seven strikeouts are the most by a Rockies pitcher so far in Spring Training … Charlie Blackmon went 2-for-4 with a triple and a home run, his second of the Spring … Alexi Amarista went 3-for-3 with two RBI … Gerardo Parra and Pat Valaika INNINGS BY POSITION each went 2-for-3. Includes March 9 exhibition game against Puerto Rico Catcher: Wolters (54.1), Garneau (53.0), Murphy ON THE AIR AND THE TUBE: ROOT SPORTS Rocky Mountain will broadcast (41.0), Bemboom (23.0), Vázquez (14.2), Nuñez today’s game, the first of six televised games on ROOT SPORTS this spring … ROOT (11.0), Rabago (4.0) will also broadcast games this Wednesday, Friday and Saturday … Rockies broadcasters First Base: Patterson (68.0), Desmond (52.0), Jack Corrigan and Jerry Schemmel will also broadcast today’s game on KOA 850 AM Reynolds (34.0), McMahon (19.0), Cardullo (11.0), & 94.1 FM. Prime (9.0), Mundell (6.0), Valaika (2.0), Parra (1.0) OLD FRIENDS: Rockies Manager Bud Black and Cubs Manager Joe Maddon both Second Base: LeMahieu (67.0), Ynoa (37.0), Castro (33.2), Adames (28.0), Amarista (16.0), Valaika (3.1), served on the Anaheim Angels’ coaching staff under Mike Scioscia from 2000-05 … Gibson (6.0), Phillips (3.0), Burcham (2.0), Osborne Black served as the Angels pitching coach from 2000-06 and Maddon was the club’s (5.0), George (1.0) bench coach from 2000-05. Third Base: Valaika (58.0), Arenado (35.0), Adames ON THE BACK FIELDS: Right-handed pitcher German Marquez will pitch in a (26.0), Ynoa (24.0), Reynolds (17.0), McMahon Minor League game this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. on Field 3 vs. the San Francisco Giants’ (14.0), Castro, D. (9.0), Gibson (7.0), Amarista (5.0), Triple-A club. Welker (4.0), Hoelscher (3.0) Shortstop: Story (75.0), D. Castro (29.0), Adames PRUNING: Today, the Rockies reassigned right-handed pitcher C.C. Lee and (29.0), Amarista (25.0), Ynoa (22.0), Valaika (12.0), outfielders Noel Cuevas and Mike Tauchman to Minor League Camp … the Rockies Rodgers (6.0), Phillips (3.0), C. Herrera (1.0) have 45 players in Major League Spring Training camp, including 11 non-roster players. Left Field: Tauchman (41.0), Parra (38.0), Denorfia (24.2), Tapia (20.1), Herrera (19.0), Cardullo(11.0), HEAL UP: Rockies right-handed pitcher Rayan González left the March 15 game with Cuevas (11.0), Ynoa (10.0), Amarista (9.0), Dahl an injury to his right elbow and is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery … first (6.0), Reynolds (5.0), Carrizales (3.0), Jones (2.0), baseman Ian Desmond fractured his left hand March 12 when he was hit by a pitch in Anderson (1.0), Patterson (1.0) the fourth inning by Reds pitcher Rookie Davis … Desmond underwent surgery on Wednesday to repair the second metacarpal bone … catcher Tom Murphy will be out Center Field: Tapia (67.0), Blackmon (60.0), Cuevas an estimated four to six weeks with a hairline fracture in his right forearm, suffered (31.0), Tauchman (14.0), Parra (11.0), Amarista (9.0), Dahl (5.0), Rogers (3.0), R. Herrera (1.0), Wall (1.0) March 11 when his arm struck Anthony Rizzo’s bat on a throw to second base … outfielder David Dahl remains out with a stress reaction of his sixth rib. Right Field: Cardullo (47.2), Denorfia (36.1), González (29.0), Patterson (17.0), Tauchman (15.0), WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER: Rockies pitcher Chad Bettis announced March 10 Cuevas (14.0), Tapia (7.0), Parra (6.0), Brown (4.0), that he will continue cancer treatments after learning that his testicular cancer had R. Herrera (4.0), Thomas (4.0), Daza (3.0), Hilliard unexpectedly spread to his lymph nodes … the 27-year-old underwent surgery on (2.0), Jones (2.0), Amarista (1.0), Bugner (1.0) Nov. 29, 2016 after tests revealed a diagnosis of testicular cancer … said Bettis: “I am committed to beating this cancer. My family and I are grateful for the support of the Major League Baseball Players Association, the Rockies organization and the fans.” STARTS BY POSITION Includes March 9 exhibition game against Puerto Rico WORK ETHIC: Rockies INF/OF Stephen Cardullo now has 13 RBI, tied for the most in the Cactus League … Cardullo hit his second grand slam of Spring Training March 12 C: Wolters (9), Garneau (7), Murphy (7) vs. Cincinnati, becoming the second player in franchise history to hit two grand slams in 1B: Desmond (10), Reynolds (7), Patterson (6) one Spring Training (Tim Olson, 2005). 2B: LeMahieu (13), Amarista (3), Ynoa (3), Adames (2), Castro (2) PICKING UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF: Through 12 Cactus League games, 3B: Arenado (7), Valaika (7), Adames (3), Reynolds (3), Ynoa (2), Charlie Blackmon leads the Rockies with 16 hits … through 12 games he is batting .471 Amarista (1) (16-for-34) with four doubles, one triple, two home runs, seven RBI, three walks and five strikeouts … DJ LeMahieu is tied for second on the club with Jordan Patterson with SS: Story (14), Amarista (5), Adames (2), Castro (1), Valaika (1) 14 hits … LeMahieu is batting .389 (14-for-36) with two doubles, one triple, one home Left Field: Parra (9), Denorfia (5), Amarista (2), Tapia (2), run, six RBI, two walks and four strikeouts … he also hit a home run in the Rockies’ Tauchman (2), Cardullo (1), Cuevas (1), Reynolds (1) exhibition game vs. Team Puerto Rico. Center Field: Blackmon (12), Tapia (4), Amarista (2), Cuevas (2), CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Catcher Tony Wolters is now batting .478 (11-for-23) Parra (2), Dahl (1) with one triple and one home run through 11 Spring Training games … Dustin Garneau Right Field: Denorfia (9), González, C. (6), Cardullo (5), Parra (1), is batting .350 (7-for-20) with three doubles, three home runs and 11 RBI. Tapia (1), Tauchman (1) DH: Reynolds (3), Tauchman (2), Adames (1), Blackmon (1), SHOCK THE WORLD: Three players in Major League camp are participating in the González, C. (1), Cardullo (1), Murphy (1), Parra (2), Patterson 2017 World Baseball Classic … Nolan Arenado and Jake McGee are each playing with (1), Tapia (1), Valaika (1) the United States while Carlos Gonzalez was on Team Venezuela’s roster … Venezuela was eliminated Saturday after falling 13-2 to Puerto Rico, and González will rejoin the Rockies this week … González went 8-for-26 (.308) with two doubles in the tournament MISCELLANEOUS 2017 ATTENDANCE … Arenado is 3-for-22 (.136) with one double and one home run … Jake McGee has not Record: 12-10 Day: 10-10 HOME ROAD allowed a run in two appearances … USA will take on Japan in the semifinal tomorrow Home: 5-5 Night: 2-0 Total: 84,509 Total: 80,359 evening. Away: 7-5 vs. NL: 8-4 Avg: 7,683 Avg: 6,697 vs. WBC: 1-0* vs. AL: 4-6 Large: 11,148 Large: 15,501 *Exhibition, does not count in overall record TODAY’S SCHEDULED ROCKIES PITCHERS Tyler Anderson, LHP - #44: Colorado’s first-round pick Jairo Díaz, RHP - #47: Acquired via trade from Los Angeles- in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft … made his Major League AL in exchange for INF Jost Rutledge, Dec. 10, 2014 … missed debut on June 12, 2016 vs. San Diego … his 3.54 ERA (114.1 IP, the entire 2016 season due to Tommy John surgery … appeared 45 ER) in 2016 was the second-lowest by a rookie in franchise in 21 games for Colorado in his first season with the club in 2015, history (min.