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Diamondbacks line-up
- David Peralta LF
- Kris Negron 2B
- Ketel Marte SS
- Jake Lamb 3B
- Steven Souza RF
- Chris Herrmann 1B
- J.R. Murphy C
- Rey Fuentes CF
- Zack Godley P
Think it’s the first time we haven’t had a designated hitter in the line-up, so should mean the first time we’ll see a pitcher hitting - presuming Godley can get through three innings. So cross off another milestone on the road to Opening Day: pitchers in the batter’s box! Godley has been excellent this spring, not allowing a run over 8.2 innings. The number of D-backs who have thrown 10+ innings in the pre-season without allowing a run is a short one: since 2005, it’s J.J. Hoover (10 IP, 2017) and Josh Collmenter. The latter is particularly impressive, since he did it in consecutive seasons, throwing 13 innings in 2015 after 12.2 in 2014. For tomorrow, I’ll dig into exactly how long a scoreless streak that was.
Good news on the Groinke front, with Zack giving a glowing report on the status of his groin after his bullpen session.
Zack Greinke said he felt really good after his bullpen session, which lasted about 40 pitches. Said if he felt this good the rest of his career, that'd be terrific.
— Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan) March 18, 2018
Fingers crossed this is indeed the case, and it’s not Greinke being sarcastic... This afternoon’s game is on Fox Sports Arizona, so I’m hoping we’ll get more than the single in-game comment we managed yesterday! I hope we have all slept off those St. Patrick’s hangovers...