PROBABLE PITCHERS ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (40-33) at PITTSBURGH PIRATES (36-37) @ PITTSBURGH PIRATES Thursday, June 20, 2018 ♦ PNC Park ♦ Pittsburgh, Pa. ♦ 4:05 p.m. AZT June 22 - 4:05 p.m. FSAZ/620 AM/KHOV 105.1 FOX Sports Arizona ♦ ESPN 620 AM ♦ Univision Deportes 105.1 FM LHP Patrick Corbin (6-3, 3.48) vs. RHP Ivan Nova (4-5, 4.42) Game No. 74 ♦ Road Game No. 35 ♦ Home Record: 23-16 ♦ Road Record: 17-17 June 23 - 1:05 p.m. FSAZ/98.7 FM/KHOV 105.1 RHP Zack Godley (7-5, 4.77) vs. RHP Chad Kuhl (5-4, 3.76) RHP Zack Greinke (6-5, 3.90) vs. RHP Joe Musgrove (2-2, 3.68) June 24 - 10:05 a.m. FSAZ/98.7 FM/KHOV 105.1 Arizona Diamondbacks Communications 401 E. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Ariz. 85004 602.462.6519 RHP Clay Buchholz (1-1, 2.94) vs. HERE'S THE STORY TOUCHING ALL THE BASES RHP Trevor Williams (6-4, 4.00) ♦The D-backs have won 8 of their last 12 games and are 12-6 in @ MIAMI MARLINS their last 18 and 14-7 in their last 21. VOTE D-BACKS: Major League Baseball 2018 All-Star balloting is June 25 - 4:10 p.m. FSAZ/620 AM/KHOV 105.1 live and fans can vote to send D-backs players to the Mid-Sum- June 26 - 4:10 p.m. FSAZ/620 AM/KHOV 105.1 ♦Arizona is 4-1 in its last 5 road games. mer Classic in Washington D.C at dbacks.com/vote. June 27 - 4:10 p.m. FS1/620 AM/KHOV 105.1 ♦The D-backs took 2 of 3 games from the Pirates from June 11-13 June 28 - 10:05 a.m. FSAZ/620 AM/KHOV 105.1 @ Chase Field. ♦Zack Godley is 2-0 with a 2.92 ERA (4 ER in 12.1 IP) over his last THE FEDERALIST AND THE PIRATES 2 starts. ♦ Jon Jay is a career .331 hitter (105-for-317) vs. Pirates, the CURRENT TRIP ♦ Paul Goldschmidt is batting .474 (27-for-57)/.552/1.035 with 6 fourth-best average against Pittsburgh among active players Record ............................................................1-1 doubles, 1 triple, 8 home runs and 19 RBI in his last 14 games. (min. 250 PA): Team AVG/OBP/SLG ............ .214/.313/.414 ♦Jon Jay is hitting .417 (25-for-60) in his last 19 games vs. Pirates. BEST AVG VS. PIRATES AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS [min. 250 PA]: .360 - Al- Runs per game .............................................5.5 bert Pujols; .358 - Kris Bryant; .342 - J.J. Hardy; .331 - Jon Jay. Home Runs .......................................................4 Yoshihisa Hirano's 20-game scoreless streak is the longest ♦ RISP ........................................... .308 (4-for-13) streak by a D-backs rookie all-time and third longest overall in Team ERA .....................................................4.76 team history (SEE NOTE BELOW). AHMED AMONG SELECT SHORTSTOP COMPANY Nick Ahmed, who hit his career-high 10th home run on Mon- Starters W-L-QS | ERA .................1-1-0 | 6.00 ♦ Bullpen W-L-SV | ERA ..................0-0-1 | 1.80 TUESDAY'S RECAP day, is 1 of 2 NL shortstops with 10+ homers (also: 16 by Trevor Story/COL). ♦ The D-backs lost @ Angels 5-4. BY THE NUMBERS Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-3 with a 2-run home run (16) and ♦ Ahmed is the third D-backs shortstop with 10+ home runs in ♦ NL West ....................................... 1st | +2.0 GA 2 walks….David Peralta was 1-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI. a season, joining Stephen Drew (2007-10) and Jay Bell (1998) [stats at shortstop only]. Current Streak .........................................Lost 1 ♦ Matt Koch (5-4) suff ered the loss after allowing 5 runs in 5.2 Last 5 games.................................................2-3 innings. Last 10 games ..............................................6-4 ♦ Fernando Salas (0.1 IP), Andrew Chafi n (1.0) and T.J. McFar- YOSHI SETS ROOKIE SCORELESS STREAK MARK Roof Open .....................................................9-8 land (1.0) combined to toss 2.1 scoreless innings. ♦ Yoshihisa Hirano's 20-game scoreless streak (17.1 IP) is the lon- Roof Closed.................................................13-7 gest streak by a D-backs rookie and the longest active scoreless Roof Open/Closed ......................................1-1 ROSTER MOVES streak in the Majors, 3 more than Kyle Barraclough/MIA (17). Uniform - White/Red .................................5-7 Uniform - White/Teal .................................9-4 ♦ Yesterday, the D-backs recalled RHP Jake Barrett from Triple-A ♦ Hirano's streak is the third longest overall in team history: NAME NO. DATES Uniform - Red ...............................................6-5 Reno…to make room for Barrett, Arizona optioned RHP Matt Uniform - Black ............................................2-2 Koch to Reno following Tuesday's game in Anaheim. J.J. Putz .................................24 ............June 23-Aug. 31, 2012 Brandon Lyon .....................24 ..............April 9-June 12, 2008 Uniform - Los D-backs ..............................1-0 Yoshihisa Hirano ..........20 ..........May 6, 2018-current Uniform - Throwback ................................2-3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JODY! ♦ His streak is also tied for the sixth longest by a Japanese-born Uniform - Gray/Red ....................................8-4 ♦ The D-backs would like to wish a Happy Birthday to FOX Sports pitcher [source: Elias Sports Bureau]: Uniform - Gray/Teal ....................................6-5 Arizona reporter, Jody Jackson! Uniform - Other ...........................................1-3 NAME, CLUB NO. DATES Lead after 6.0 innings ..............................32-4 Koji Uehara, BOS ...............................27 ..........................July 9-Sept. 13, 2013 GONZO BEHIND THE MIC AND BACK IN THE 'BURGH Lead after 7.0 innings .............................33-5 Shigetoshi Hasegawa, SEA ............25 .........................June 3-Aug. 17, 2003 Lead after 8.0 innings ..............................37-2 Former All-Star Luis Gonzalez is fi lling in as radio analyst this ♦ Shingo Takatsu, CWS .......................24 ......................April 23-June 29, 2004 Tied after 6.0 innings .................................2-3 weekend…Gonzalez batted .313 with 19 home runs and 85 RBI Koji Uehara, BOS ...............................22 ............Sept. 1, 2012-April 18, 2013 Tied after 7.0 innings .................................4-3 in 131 career games vs. Pirates, including going 5-for-11 (.545) Yoshihisa Hirano, ARI...............20 ..................May 6, 2018-current Tied after 8.0 innings .................................2-3 with 3 walks vs. Bob Walk of the Pirates' broadcast team. Koji Uehara, BOS ...............................20 ..........................May 3-June 16, 2014 Trail after 6.0 innings ...............................6-25 ♦ Gonzalez excelled @ Three Rivers Stadium, ranking among the Trail after 7.0 innings ...............................3-25 ballpark's all-time leaders in in average and slugging pct. (min. CHOO, CHOO! Trail after 8.0 innings ...............................1-28 175 PA): ♦ David Peralta is hitting .333 (23-for-69)/.370/.739 with 5 dou- Extra-inning games....................................3-3 bles, 1 triple, 7 home runs and 17 RBI in 17 games in June…his 7 Day ..............................................................10-14 NAME AVG NAME SLG Night ..........................................................30-19 Mike Piazza .........................380 Mike Piazza .......................705 home runs are a monthly career high (previous: 5 in April 2018 vs. RHS .......................................................23-23 Tony Gwynn .......................344 Jack Clark ..........................665 and Aug. 2015). vs. LHS ...........................................................17-9 Luis Gonzalez ............. .343 Luis Gonzalez ........... .651 ♦ Has 14 home runs this season (66 games), matching is 2017 to- Score fi rst ..................................................27-13 Roberto Clemente ...........334 Brian Giles .........................644 tal (140 games). Opponents score fi rst ..........................13-20 …oh, and Mike Ferrin is calling the action alongside Gonzalez. Score 4 runs or more ...............................32-7 THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 5 Score 3 runs or fewer ..............................8-26 JUNE…BOOM!!!! ♦ The D-backs are 27-0 when scoring 5+ runs and have won 29 Shutouts - Pitching (ARI-OPP) ................2-3 ♦ Arizona has scored 114 runs in 18 games in June (6.3 runs per consecutive games, dating back to 2017, when scoring at least Hit home run ...........................................32-11 game) compared to 77 in the entire month of May (27 G/2.85 5 runs. Hit 2 or more home runs........................20-3 runs per game). Do not homer ............................................8-22 10 or more hits ..........................................20-3 ♦ The D-backs rank among the Major League leaders in several D-FENSE! (CLAP…CLAP) D-FENSE! Opponents 10 or more hits ...................9-11 categories this month, including runs (1st), triples (1st, 9), walks ♦ The D-backs' 53 defensive runs saved (DRS) are the most in the Majors, ahead of the Brewers (51) and Cubs (39). Errorless games ......................................28-23 (3rd, 74), slugging pct. (3rd, .483), home runs (T-3rd, 30), aver- Last at-bat (ARI-OPP) .................................7-6 ♦ Arizona's 29 DRS in the outfi eld lead the Majors, 1 more than age (4th, .262), on-base pct. (4th, .349) and hits (T-5th, 160). Walkoff wins (ARI-OPP) .............................2-3 the Brewers (28) and 6 more than the Yankees (23). Comeback wins (ARI-OPP) .................17-17 RISPY BUSINESS Series opener .............................................17-7 ♦ The D-backs are hitting .318 (42-for-132) with runners in scoring FROM THE TRAINING