ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (7-10-5) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (9-8-5) RHP Merrill Kelly (0-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Chris Flexen (0-1, 10.13) Tue., March 23, 2021 · Salt River Fields at Talking Stick · 6:10 p.m. Game No. 23 · Home Game No. 12 · Home: 3-5-3 · Road: 4-5-1 - 98.7 FM Arizona's Sports Station - DIAMOND-FACTS ANOTHER TIE? SPRING SCHEDULE ♦ Arizona is in its 24th Cactus League season ♦ The D-backs have posted a tie in 3 consecu- DATE OPP RESULT REC. WIN LOSS ATT. and 11th at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick tive games and 4 of their last 5. 2/28 @ COL L, 2-5 0-1 Diehl Frankoff *2,100 (Tucson from 1998-2010). ♦ Arizona's 5 ties are its most since at least 3/1 MIL L, 1-7 0-2 Burnes M. Kelly *2,100 2008 and, coincidentally, are also tied for 3/2 SD L, 2-7 0-3 Weathers C. Smith *2,100 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2021 the most in baseball this spring with the 3/3 @ CLE W, 9-4 1-3 Weaver Plesac 1,869 ♦ Salt River Fields at Talking Stick is celebrat- Dodgers, Mariners, Marlins and White Sox. 3/4 LAA W, 9-2 2-3 Bumgarner Canning *2,130 ing its 10th Anniversary in 2021. 3/5 @ CIN W, 5-2 3-3 Moll Lorenzen 2,211 ♦ Since the inaugural game on Sat., Feb. 26, AT THE DISH 3/6 TEX L, 6-7 3-4 de Geus R. Smith *2,215 2011, the stadium has hosted 3+ million ♦Asdrúbal Cabrera has a 6-game hitting 3/7 CHI W, 5-4 4-4 Soria Alzolay *2,299 fans for baseball, 1+ million guests for spe- streak, batting .526 (10-for-19)/1.526 OPS 3/8 @ SF T, 2-2 4-4-1 - - 1,059 cial events and won 40+ "Best of" awards. with 3 doubles, 2 home runs and 5 RBI. 3/9 COL L, 4-11 4-5-1 C. González Weaver *2,232 ♦ The facility had 157 sellouts from 2011-20 ♦ Tim Locastro is batting .412 (7-for-17) with 3/10 @ LAD L, 2-3 4-6-1 Cleavinger Ginkel 2,311 and the D-backs and Rockies have drawn 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 walk and 2 stolen bas- 3/11 OFF DAY more than 300,000 fans 8 times, the only es in 6 games since returning to action on 3/12 @ LAA L, 3-4 4-7-1 Barria Soria 2,040 MLB complex to ever accomplish the feat. March 13. 3/13 @ SD W, 6-3 5-7-1 Bukauskas Johnson 1,862 ♦Christian Walker, who is tied for fi rst in 3/14 SF L, 3-6 5-8-1 Menez C. Smith *2,253 3/15 @ SEA W, 6-2 6-8-1 Widener Newsome 1,875 SINGLE-GAME TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 25 all of Spring Training with 14 RBI, is hitting 3/16 OAK W, 12-3 7-8-1 Bumgarner Luzardo *2,232 ♦ D-backs single-game tickets for the fi rst 3 .323 (10-for-31)/1.146 OPS with 2 doubles, 3/17 @ TEX L, 0-3 7-9-1 Gibson Gallen 2,068 homestands at Chase Field will go on sale 4 homers, 14 RBI and 3 walks in his last 11 3/18 LAD T, 7-7 7-9-2 - - *2,283 at 9 a.m. this Thursday. games. 3/19 @ MIL L, 3-9 7-10-2 Suter Clippard 2,248 ♦ The team is expecting to make 25 percent ♦ Josh VanMeter has reached base safely in 3/20 KC T, 6-6 7-10-3 - - *2,389 of the seats available each game with social 8 of his last 10 games at a .381 clip (8-for- 3/21 CWS T, 4-4 7-10-4 - - *2,424 distancing and increased safety, health and 21)/1.196 OPS with 1 double, 2 home runs, 3/22 @ OAK T, 4-4 7-10-5 - - 1,998 comfort measures in place. 7 RBI and 4 walks. 3/23 SEA 6:10 p.m. 98.7 FM • Each of the fi rst 3 homestands will feature 3/24 CLE 6:10 p.m. FSAZ+, dbacks.com a promotional item giveaway to the fi rst THE ROJAS REPORT 3/25 @ KC 1:05 p.m. FSAZ 5,000 fans: Clear Tote Bags on April 9-11 ♦Josh Rojas has reached base safely in 15 of 3/26 CIN 1:10 p.m. 620 AM (Gila River Hotels & Casinos); D-backs Graf- his last 16 games - 13 straight from March 3/27 OFF DAY fi ti Cap on April 30 – May 2 (Pepsi); Ketel 1-18 - batting .353 (18-for-51)/.979 OPS 3/28 @ CWS 1:05 p.m. Marte Switch-Hitter bobblehead on May with 2 doubles, 3 homers, 8 RBI and 5 walks. 3/29 @ CHI 12:05 p.m. FSAZ 14-16 (Gila River Hotels & Casinos). ♦ He ranks among all qualifi ed Major Leagu- 3/30 CLE (Chase Field) 12:40 p.m. FSAZ, 620 AM, 105.1 FM ers this spring in hits (1st, 18), total bases WHAT'S NEW AT CHASE FIELD EVENT (8th, 29), AVG (11th, .340) and OPS (16th, All Times Local | * SRF Sellout ♦ On Thursday, the D-backs will hold their .949). MISCELLANEOUS ATTENDANCE annual "What's New at Chase Field" event, Home: 3-5-3 Away: 4-5-2 HOME ROAD showcasing new health & comfort mea- ON THE SHELF Day: 6-8-5 Night: 1-2 Total: 24,657 Total: 19,643 sures and what to expect at the stadium in suff ered a right knee me- ♦ Kole Calhoun vs. AL: 4-3-3 vs. NL: 3-7-2 Avg: 2,241 (11 G) Avg: 1,964 (10 G) 2021. dial meniscus tear and had a partial medial Largest: 2,424 (3/21) Largest: 2,311 (3/10) ♦ D-backs President & CEO Derrick Hall and- meniscectomy performed by Dr. Waslewski Special Assistant to President & CEO Luis on March 4. UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Gonzalez will give the media a tour of what • Progressed to outdoors activities, includ- MARCH 23 vs. MARINERS - 6:10 P.M. to expect at Chase Field in 2021, including: ing hitting in the cage and throwing. RHP Merrill Kelly (0-1, 9.00) vs. RHP Chris Flexen (0-1, 10.13) • New clear bag policy and mobile ticketing ♦ Tyler Clippard was diagnosed with a ARI: RHP Joakim Soria, RHP Chris Devenski, LHP Sam Moll, LHP Joe Mantiply, RHP process; sprained capsule in his right shoulder fol- Keury Mella, RHP Carlos Navas • Health & Comfort measures in place to lowing his last outing on March 19 and will SEA: RHP Chris Flexen, RHP Keynan Middleton, RHP Will Vest, RHP Casey Sadler, provide a safe environment for fans; not participate in baseball activities for 6 RHP Erik Swanson • New food items and mobile ordering pre- weeks. sented by Chase; ♦ Zac Gallen was scratched from his start MARCH 24 vs. INDIANS - 6:10 P.M. • New items available at Chase Field Team yesterday with right lateral forearm sore- LHP Caleb Smith (0-2, 6.17) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (1-1, 3.60) Shop. ness. ARI: RHP Joakim Soria, RHP Yoan López, RHP Anthony Swarzak ♦ Media wishing to attend the event (11:30 CLE: RHP Emmanuel Clase, LHP Oliver Pérez, RHP Trevor Stephan, RHP Adam a.m. arrival/12:00 p.m. start) should contact FRESH FACES AT SRF Plutko, RHP Kyle Nelson, RHP Nick Sandlin a member of the D-backs' communications ♦ The D-backs recently added the following department. 12 players to their Spring Training player pool: YESTERDAY'S RECAP • LHP: Tommy Henry and Blake Walston ♦ The D-backs and A's tied, 4-4. • RHP: Connor Grammes, Drey Jameson, ♦ Seth Frankoff allowed 3 runs (2 earned) Bryce Jarvis, Levi Kelly, Ryne Nelson and over 4.0 innings. Matt Tabor ♦ Tyler Gilbert, J.B. Bukauskas and Carlos • OF: Corbin Carroll, Ben DeLuzio, Dominic Navas each threw a scoreless frame. Fletcher and Alek Thomas ♦ Tim Locastro was 2-for-4 with 2 doubles. Banner Sports Medicine Performance Center Salt River Fields at Talking Stick 7555 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale, Ariz., 85258 SCHEDULED PITCHERS STARTING PITCHER No. 35 - LHP Joe Mantiply (cont.) No. 76 - RHP Carlos Navas DATE OPP DEC ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ♦ Reassigned to Minor League camp on March 20. No. 29 - RHP Merrill Kelly 3/1 vs. MIL - 0.00 1-0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 ♦ Signed by D-backs as a Minor League free agent ♦ Last season, limited to just 5 starts before under- 3/6 vs. TEX - 0.00 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 on Dec. 18, 2020. going season-ending thoracic outlet surgery… 3/10 @ LAD - 0.00 1-0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ♦ Spent the entire 2020 season at the Giants' Al- was 3-2 with a 2.59 ERA (9 ER in 31.1 IP). 3/15 @ SEA - 0.00 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ternate Training Site. • At the time of his injury, ranked among NL 3/18 vs. LAD - 0.00 1-0 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 ♦ Combined to go 2-7 with a 3.40 ERA in 35 games leaders in fewest walks per 9.0 IP (2nd, 1.44), 3/21 vs. CWS - 0.00 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (7 starts) with Double-A Richmond and Triple-A strikeout-to-walk ratio (6th, 5.80), wins (T-5th, 3), Totals 0-0 0.00 6-0 5.2 3 0 0 0 0 8 Sacramento in 2019.