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 (10-8) vs. LOS ANGELES ANGELS (10-8) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Thursday, March 16, 2017 • Salt River Fields • Scottsdale, Ariz. • 1:10 p.m. Game #19 • Home Record: 4-4 • Road Record: 6-4 Fri., March 17 at SF • 6:05 p.m. RHP Tyler Chatwood (1-0, 3.00) vs. RHP Garrett Richards (0-1, 6.23) LHP Harrison Musgrave vs. RHP Matt Cain COL: RHP Zach Jemiola, RHP Jordan Lyles, RHP Carlos Estévez, LHP Jerry Vasto SF: RHP Tyler Beede COLORADO ROCKIES STILL TRAINING: Today, the Rockies stay at home to face SPRING TRAINING the Los Angeles Angels in the teams’ first meeting of the Spring LAST 10 SEASONS … RHP Tyler Chatwood will be making his fourth start of Spring … Chatwood has allowed exactly one run in each of his Year Record Sat., March 18 at LAA • 1:05 p.m. 2016 15-13-4 three outings … he will be opposed by RHP Garrett Richards, RHP Antonio Senzatela vs. TBA 2015 16-16-2 who is making his third Cactus League start. COL: RHP Greg Holland, RHP Jason Motte, RHP Jairo 2014 15-14-4 Diaz 2013 16-15 WALK-OFF: The Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 LAA: TBA 2012 17-15-1 yesterday after Cristhian Adames hit a two-run home run with 2011 20-11-1 no outs in the bottom of the ninth … it was the second straight 2010 17-13-3 game the Rockies won after entering the ninth inning trailing … 2009 17-17-1 it was Adames’ third home run of the Spring … right-handed 2008 14-12 2007 13-12 pitcher Greg Holland earned the win after pitching a scoreless ninth inning in his first Cactus League outing … Kyle Freeland pitched four scoreless innings in the start. INNINGS BY POSITION ON THE AIR: Rockies broadcasters Jack Corrigan and Jerry Schemmel will broadcast Includes March 9 exhibition game against Puerto Rico today’s home game at Salt River Fields on Denver Sports 760 AM … ROOT SPORTS Rocky Mountain will televise their first of six Spring Training games when the Rockies Catcher: Murphy (42.0), Garneau (40.0), Wolters (36.0), Bemboom (19.0), Nuñez (11.0), Vázquez take on the Cubs at Salt River Fields on Monday, March 20. (6.0), Rabago (4.0) HEAL UP: Rockies first baseman Ian Desmond fractured his left hand Sunday when First Base: Desmond (52.0), Patterson (51.0), he was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning by Reds pitcher Rookie Davis … Desmond McMahon (19.0), Reynolds (19.0), Cardullo (7.0), underwent surgery to repair the second metacarpal bone yesterday in Scottsdale … Mundell (6.0), Prime (3.0), Parra (1.0) catcher Tom Murphy will be out an estimated four to six weeks with a hairline fracture Second Base: LeMahieu (50.0), Castro (33.2), in his right forearm, suffered Saturday when his arm hit Anthony Rizzo’s bat on a throw Ynoa (31.0), Adames (24.0), Amarista (10.0), to second base … outfielder David Dahl remains out with a stress reaction of his sixth Valaika (3.1), Phillips (3.0), Osborne (2.0), rib. George (1.0) Third Base: Valaika (48.0), Arenado (35.0), WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER: Rockies pitcher Chad Bettis announced March 10 Adames (18.0), Ynoa (15.0), McMahon (14.0), that he will continue cancer treatments after learning that his testicular cancer had Reynolds (10.0), Gibson (7.0), Castro, D. (7.0), unexpectedly spread to his lymph nodes … the 27-year-old underwent surgery on Welker (4.0) Nov. 29, 2016 after tests revealed a diagnosis of testicular cancer … said Bettis: “I am Shortstop: Story (63.0), Castro (31.0), Adames committed to beating this cancer. My family and I are grateful for the support of the (24.0), Ynoa (22.0), Amarista (19.0), Rodgers Major League Baseball Players Association, the Rockies organization and the fans.” (3.0), C. Herrera (1.0) Left Field: Parra (38.0), Tauchman (35.0), Herrera WORK ETHIC: Rockies INF/OF Stephen Cardullo hit his second grand slam of Spring (19.0), Denorfia (18.0), Cuevas (10.0), Ynoa Training Sunday vs. Cincinnati, becoming the second player in franchise history to hit (7.0), Dahl (6.0), Tapia (6.0), Reynolds (5.0), two grand slams in one Spring Training (Tim Olson, 2005) … Cardullo’s 11 RBI this Amaarista (4.0), Cardullo (4.0), Carrizales (3.0), Spring are tied for second in the Cactus League. Anderson (1.0), Patterson (1.0) Center Field: Tapia (64.0), Blackmon (63.0), A GOOD 1-2 PUNCH: Through 10 Cactus League games, DJ LeMahieu and Charlie Cuevas (21.0), Tauchman (11.0), Amarista (9.0), Blackmon are first and second on the club with 13 and 12 hits, respectively … LeMahieu Dahl (5.0), Rogers (3.0), R. Herrera (1.0), Wall is batting .464 (13-for-28) with two doubles, one triple, one home run and six RBI … (1.0) Blackmon is hitting .462 (12-for-26) with four doubles, one home run and four RBI. Right Field: Cardullo (37.0), Denorfia (31.0), González (29.0), Cuevas (13.0), Patterson (11.0), CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Catcher Tony Wolters is now batting .500 (9-for-18) Tauchman (11.0), Tapia (7.0), Jones (3.0), Brown with one triple and one home run through eight Spring Training games … Dustin (4.0), R. Herrera (4.0), Thomas (4.0), Amarista Garneau is batting .375 (6-for-16) with three doubles and two home runs. (1.0), Bugner (1.0), Hilliard (2.0), Parra (1.0) PEBBLES: Rockies Minor League camp officially opened March 5 for workouts, with the first game scheduled for today vs. the Diamondbacks. STARTS BY POSITION Includes March 9 exhibition game against Puerto Rico SHOCK THE WORLD: Three players in Major League camp are participating in the 2017 World Baseball Classic … Nolan Arenado and Jake McGee are each playing with C: Murphy (7), Wolters (7), Garneau (5) the United States while Carlos Gonzalez is on Team Venezuela’s roster … the two 1B: Desmond (10), Reynolds (5), Patterson (4) teams faced each other last night with Team USA winning 4-2 … Arenado went 0-4 in the game but started the game-ending double play by fielding a groundball in shallow right 2B: LeMahieu (11), Adames (2), Amarista (2), Castro (2), Ynoa (2) field while playing a shift … Gonzalez went 1-for-3 with a run scored … Jake McGee did 3B: Arenado (7), Valaika (5), Adames (3), Reynolds (2), Amarista not pitch but has not allowed a run in two appearances in the tournament … Venezuela (1), Ynoa (1) continues round two play tonight at 7 p.m. MST against the Dominican Republic … Team USA plays Team Puerto Rico tomorrow night at 7 p.m. MST. SS: Story (12), Amarista (4), Adames (1), Castro (1), Valaika (1) Left Field: Parra (9), Denorfia (4), Tauchman (2), Amarista (1), SKIP TO A NEW BEAT: The Rockies named Bud Black the seventh manager in club Cuevas (1), Reynolds (1), Tapia (1) history on Nov. 7, 2016 … Black comes to the Rockies after spending the 2016 season as a special assistant to the general manager with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Center Field: Blackmon (10), Tapia (4), Amarista (2), Cuevas (2), … prior to that, he was the manager of the San Diego Padres from 2006-2015 and the Dahl (1) pitching coach for the Angels from 2000-2005. Right Field: Denorfia (7), González, C. (6), Cardullo (4), Tapia (1), Tauchman (1) SHORT HELMETS: Five new coaches join Pitching Coach Steve Foster and Bullpen DH: Reynolds (3), Tauchman (2), Adames (1), Blackmon (1), Coach Darren Holmes, who are each entering their third year on the club, and Third González, C. (1), Cardullo (1), Murphy (1), Parra (2), Patterson Base Coach Stu Cole, who is entering his fifth season … Mike Redmond, the former (1), Tapia (1), Valaika (1) manager of the Miami Marlins (2013-15), will serve as the Rockies bench coach … Duane Espy will serve as the Rockies new hitting coach, 10 years after his last stint as the club’s hitting coach (2003-06) … former Rockies and D-backs player Jeff Salazar will serve as MISCELLANEOUS 2017 ATTENDANCE the club’s assistant hitting coach … Tony Diaz joins the Rockies staff as the club’s first Record: 10-8 Day: 9-8 HOME ROAD base coach after 17 seasons as a Minor League coach or supervisor in the Rockies system Home: 4-4 Night: 1-0 Total: 64,805 Total: 58,568 … Ron Gideon enters his 21st season in the Rockies system, his first on the Rockies Away: 6-4 vs. NL: 7-4 Avg: 7,201 Avg: 5,857 Major League staff as the club’s eighth coach. vs. WBC: 1-0* vs. AL: 3-4 Large: 11,1481 Large: 15,501 *Exhibition, does not count in overall record TODAY’S SCHEDULED ROCKIES PITCHERS Tyler Chatwood, RHP - #32: Acquired via trade with Los C.C. Lee, RHP - #21: Signed by Colorado as a Minor League Angeles-AL in exchange for C Chris Iannetta, Nov. 30, 2011 … free agent, Dec. 13, 2016 … pitched for the Saitama Seibu Lions posted career highs in wins, starts, innings and strikeouts in 2016 of the Japanese Pacific League in 2016, allowing 14 runs (12 after missing all of the 2015 season recovering from Tommy John earned) in 16.2 innings pitched … spent seven seasons (2009-15) surgery … was 8-1 with a 1.69 ERA (80.0 IP, 15 ER), the lowest in the Indians organization, making his Major League debut July road ERA in MLB and the lowest in franchise history … recorded 14, 2013 vs.