ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS 2017 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 (15-14-2) vs. CLEVELAND INDIANS (16-16-3) 2017 D-BACKS SPRING SCHEDULE Friday, March 31, 2017 ♦ Chase Field ♦ Phoenix, Ariz. ♦ 6:40 p.m. WINNING LOSING Game No. 32 Home Game No. 17 Home Record: 9-6-1 Road Record: 6-8-1 DATE OPP RESULT REC. PITCHER PITCHER ATT. ♦ ♦ ♦ 2/22 GCU W, 9-1 - Banda Hansen 5,176 LHP Robbie Ray (3-1, 4.79) vs. RHP Travis Banwart (0-0, 6.00) 2/25 COL L, 4-8 0-1 Carasiti Bradley 9,795 - ARIZONA SPORTS 98.7 FM/FSAZ+/KHOV 105.1 FM - 2/26 @ COL L, 1-6 0-2 Rusin Shipley 8,062 2/27 CIN W, 6-1 1-2 Corbin Feldman 5,114 DIAMOND-FACTS FOX SPORTS ARIZONA SCHEDULE 2/28 @ TEX W, 8-4 2-2 Bracho Jurado 2,556 ♦Arizona is in its 20th Cactus League season and ♦FOX Sports Arizona will have the following spe- 3/1 @ CWS L, 2-3 2-3 Holmberg Fleck 2,896 seventh at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick…Tuc- cial programming leading to Opening Day: 3/2 SD (ss) L, 6-9 2-4 Lockett Díaz 5,754 CHC (ss) W, 3-1 3-4 Miller Buchanan *13,309 son was spring headquarters from 1998-2010. FRIDAY, MARCH 31: D-backs vs. Indians on FOX Sports 3/3 LAD W, 15-3 4-4 Greinke McCarthy *11,079 Plus, including 30-minute D-backs Live pregame ♦The D-backs are 338-302-24 all-time in Spring 3/4 @ SD L, 5-6 4-5 Stammen Godley 6,653 show at 6:00…debut of Mark Grace, Brandon Webb Training. 3/5 CWS W, 4-1 5-5 Wilhelmsen Bummer *12,794 and Jody Jackson pregame show. 3/6 @ KC W, 4-1 6-5 Ray Karns 4,824 LAST NIGHT'S RECAP SATURDAY, APRIL 1: 8 consecutive hours of D-backs 3/7 OAK L, 13-21 6-6 Dull Bradley 8,208 programming, with replays of the Opening Day wins ♦The D-backs won their second straight game, 3/8 MEXICO W, 10-4 - Greinke Rodriguez 6,391 from 2000 vs. Phillies (9:00 am), 2001 vs. Dodgers 3/9 @ CWS L, 2-4 6-7 Giolito Corbin 4,082 6-3, vs. Indians @ Chase Field. (11:30 am) and 2002 vs. Padres (3:00 pm). Taijuan Walker tossed 5.0 scoreless innings with 3/10 MIL W, 6-3 7-7 Walker Anderson *11,434 ♦ SUNDAY, APRIL 2: D-backs programming begins at 4 hits, no walks and 4 strikeouts…Archie Brad- 3/11 SF W, 5-1 8-7 Ray Blach *13,557 8:00 am…8:00 Diamondbacks 20 Amazing Endings; 3/12 @ SF L, 4-12 8-8 Moore Bradley 10,412 ley earned the save with 2.0 scoreless frames. 8:30 Season Preview Show; 9:30 Randy Johnson 3/13 - OFF DAY - ♦Jake Lamb and Yasmany Tomás each had 2 RBI. Road to Cooperstown; 10:00 Cup of Coff ee with 3/14 TEX W, 12-0 9-8 Corbin Gonzalez *11,008 Shelby Miller; 11:00 Season Preview Show; 12:00 D- 3/15 @ CHC W, 7-3 10-8 Matusz Edwards Jr. 15,404 ROSTER MOVES backs Live pregame show; 1:00 D-backs vs. Giants. 3/16 @ MIL L, 5-8 10-9 Chamberlain Jones 6,276 ♦Following last night's game, the D-backs made 3/17 @ OAK (ss) W, 3-2 11-9 Bradley Alcantara 8,210 the following 3 roster moves: D-BACKS ADD VR AREA AT CHASE FIELD SEA (ss) L, 5-9 11-10 Moore Nakaushiro *13,621 OPTIONED TO DOUBLE-A JACKSON: C Óscar Hernandez ♦The D-backs added the Cox Connects VR Bullpen 3/18 NETHERLANDS W, 12-5 - Greinke Cordemans 7,551 3/19 @ CLE T, 4-4 11-10-1 - - 8,215 REASSIGNED TO MILB CAMP: LHP T.J. McFarland at Chase Field that will take fans on a virtual real- 3/20 @ OAK W, 10-6 12-10-1 Wilhelmsen Detwiler 7,412 CONTRACT SELECTED: RHP J.J. Hoover ity journey through the eyes of a MLB player. 3/21 KC W, 4-2 13-10-1 Ray Vargas 10,131 ♦The D-backs and Cox Communications will de- ♦The D-backs have 28 players left in camp. 3/22 - OFF DAY - velop exclusive VR content for fans to enjoy 3/23 CHC T, 5-5 13-10-2 - - *#14,002 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! unique baseball perspectives, such as the view 3/24 @ LAD L, 6-13 13-11-2 Geltz Jepsen 12,519 ♦Jeff Mathis turns 34 today. catching or hitting off a pitcher, fi elding ground 3/25 @ LAA L, 4-7 13-12-2 Skaggs Walker 9,590 balls, catching fl y balls or unique behind-the- 3/26 CLE L, 5-6 13-13-2 Bauer Ray *13,468 PHOENIX…WE HAVE A ROTATION scenes access. 3/27 LAA L ,2-4 13-14-2 Chavez Miller 9,667 ♦Torey Lovullo announced Arizona's rotation 3/28 @ SEA W, 15-6 14-14-2 Greinke Fien 6,546 after last night's game: RHP Zack Greinke (Sun. TOREY TAKES THE REINS 3/29 - OFF DAY - ♦Torey Lovullo is in his fi rst season as D-backs' 3/30 CLE W, 6-3 15-14-2 Walker Narveson 11,397 vs. SF), LHP Patrick Corbin (Tue. vs. SF), RHP 3/31 CLE - Chase Field 6:40 p.m. AS 98.7 FM/FSAZ+/KHOV 105.1 FM Taijuan Walker (Wed. vs. SF), LHP Robbie Ray manager…was named the eighth manager on (Thur. vs. SF) and RHP Shelby Miller (Fri. vs. CLE). Nov. 4, 2016. #SRF Record (3/17) *Sellout All Times Local ♦Lovullo was the Red Sox bench coach for 4 sea- MISCELLANEOUS 2017 ATTENDANCE (SRF ONLY) A SNEAK PEAK AT SUNDAY'S GAME NOTES sons (2013-16)…he also was interim manager Record: 15-14-2 Day: 11-14-2 HOME ROAD ♦ The D-backs are 6-3 in their last 9 Opening Day for 48 games (28-20) at the end of 2015 while Home: 9-6-1 Night: 4-0 Total: 162,941 Total: 113,657 games. John Farrell was on medical leave. Away: 6-8-1 vs. AL: 9-7-1 Avg: 10,863 (15 G) Avg: 7,577 (15 G) Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 6-7-1 Largest: 14,007 (3/23) Largest: 15,404 (3/15) ♦Arizona is opening its season at Chase Field for ♦Was the Blue Jays fi rst base coach from 2011-12. the sixth straight season and for the eighth time UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES in the last 9 years. COACHING STAFF CHANGES + UPDATES ♦Sunday marks Zack Greinke's fourth match-up ♦Arizona's coaching staff changes for 2017: MARCH 31 VS. INDIANS - 6:40 P.M. FSAZ+/AS 98.7 FM/KHOV 105.1 FM vs. Madison Bumgarner, with Greinke going 3-0 RON GARDENHIRE/BENCH COACH: In 2016, was with LHP Robbie Ray (3-1, 4.79) vs. RHP Travis Banwart (0-0, 6.00) with a 2.05 ERA (5 ER in 22.0 IP), 2 walks and 18 Minnesota as a special assistant to the GM…was ARI: TBA Twins manager from 2002-14 (1,068-1,039; .507). strikeouts in the previous 3 games. CLE: TBA JERRY NARRON/INTERIM BENCH COACH: Will serve as bench coach while Ron Gardenhire misses the APRIL 1 - WORKOUT AT CHASE FIELD DPENING DAY AT CHASE FIELD IS SOLD OUT start of the season while undergoing treatment for Further Information: TBA ♦ The D-backs have announced that Sunday's prostate cancer…Narron, 61, managed in the Majors Opening Day at Chase Field is offi cially sold out. with the Rangers (2001-02) and Reds (2005-07)… APRIL 2 VS. GIANTS - 1:10 P.M. ESPN 2/FSAZ/AS 98.7 FM/KHOV 105.1 FM ♦ Gates to Chase Field open at 10:45 a.m. and named manager of Triple-A Reno on Dec. 30, 2016. RHP Zack Greinke (NR) vs. LHP Madison Bumgarner (NR) Opening Day ceremonies begin at 12:30 p.m. TONY PEREZCHICA/THIRD BASE COACH: In his 15th ♦ The ceremonial fi rst pitch will be thrown out by overall season in the organization…has served in APRIL 4 VS. GIANTS - 6:40 P.M. FSAZ/AS 98.7 FM/KHOV 105.1 FM former Phoenix Suns star, Final Four hero and various roles from 2003-16, including Minor League LHP Patrick Corbin (NR) vs. TBA 2-time NCAA Champion Grant Hill, and the Na- Field and Infi eld Coordinator from 2014-16. tional Anthem will be performed by the most MIKE FETTERS/BULLPEN COACH: Spent he last 4 with APRIL 5 VS. GIANTS - 6:40 P.M. FSAZ+/AS 98.7 FM/KHOV 105.1 FM recent winner of American Idol, Trent Harmon. the club as the quality control coach (2013-16)… played 16 Major League seasons from 1989-2004. RHP Taijuan Walker (NR) vs. TBA TIM LAKER/ASST. HITTING COACH: in 2016, was the hit- D-BACKS SURPASS $50 MILLION IN GIVING ting coach at Double-A Akron (Indians)…worked 5 APRIL 6 VS. GIANTS - 6:40 P.M. FSAZ/AS 98.7 FM/KHOV 105.1 FM ♦The Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation sur- seasons in the White Sox system as a hitting coach/ LHP Robbie Ray (NR) vs.