ions Diamondbacks Farm TeamsGameday ThreadsDiamondbacks NewsDiamondbacks Game ReportsFang FoodDiamondbacks 1 Bill Lee Jersey , Cubs 7New,5commentsAnother tough day for DBacks offenseEDTShareTweetShareShareDiamondbacks 1, Cubs 7The game started off promising enough.Matt Koch got through a scoreless first inning thanks to a nifty stop by Kelby Tomlinson to turn an inning ending double play.In the bottom half,facing Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks, Steven Souza Jr. drew a leadoff walk, stole 2nd, and scored on an Ildemaro Vargas bloop hit into center to give the Dbacks a 1-0 lead.Koch went on to post scoreless innings in the 2nd and 3rd,walking one but thanks to another double play, faced just the minimum batters.John Ryan Murphy got his first hit of spring, a double to right field, and even stole 3rd base, but was stranded there when Tomlinson struck out and Juniel Querecuto grounded out to 2nd. The DBacks also had a runner in scoring position in the 3rd, thanks to a hustle double by Vargas, but againstranded the runner when Ketel Marte lined out hard to 2b and Christian Walker flew out to right.Things turned sour for Matt Koch in the 4th. He had begun the game throwing 93-94 MPH 4 seamers, but by the 4th inning had lost a couple ticks off that.According to Torey Lovullo he also got away from the pitch sequencing that was working for him earlier Xander Bogaerts Jersey , trying to lead with breaking pitches. That resulted in aleadoff walk to Ben Zobrist, a Kris Bryant single, and then a double smoked down the right field line by Anthony Rizzo . That produced 2 quick runs.3 groundouts later one more run had scored, and the Cubs had a 3-0 lead.They would pad that in the 5th, when David Bote took Koch deep for a solo shot.The DBacks meanwhile contiunued to put runners in scoring position, but failed to bring them home. They hadrunners on 1st and 3rd and one out in the 4th,but Tomlinson and Querecutoonce again stranded the runners.This would be a theme for the rest of the day.In all the DBacks managed8 hits, including 4 doubles and drew 4 walks. But they were just 1 for 17 with runners in scoring position and never did manage to push across any more runs. The good news here I guess is the lineup only contained three projected starting players (Souza, Marte, and Carson Kelly ).Kelly showed good plate discipline today, seeing 19 pitches in his 3 PA, including 2 walks and a 4-6-3 DP that was hit sharply. Rubby De La Rosahad a difficult time in the6th inning, walking 2 and giving up 2 hits. He managed just 6 strikes among his 18 pitches, (2 of them being the base hits).Miguel Aguilar came on in relief of Rubby, gave up a hit and then had to be removed from the game due to an injury to a side muscle. Bud Jeter relieved him http://www.redsoxproshops.com/authentic-dustin-pedroia-jersey , and gave up a hit of his own. In all 3 runs scored in the inning, all charged to Rubby.That closed out the scoring.Greg Holland threw a scoreless1-2-3 7th.But he did it mostly throwing sliders and off speed stuff, as his 4 seam fastball is still stuck around 89-90 MPH.Yoshi Hirano worked around a leadoff walk to pitch a scoreless 8th, striking out the last two batters he faced. And Andrew Chafin got out of a jam caused by an error by Yasmany Tomas dropping a ball at first base. (Some say it was a bad feed from the secondbaseman, but I didn’t see that). Of note, Marcus Wilson made an incredible catch on a smash off the bat of Mike Zagunis to save a run.Racing all the way to the track in Left Center Field,Wilson dove fully outstretched on the dead run to make the catch as he slammed onto the track.He dropped the ball on the transfer, but the ball was correctly ruled a catch. (This time I caught the replay). A few other notes:A record crowd today of 14,035 enjoyed a perfect 76 degrees with a pretty swift breeze blowing inJarrod Dyson and Adam Jones both played on the back fields yesterday and it sounds like both will be ready for opening day despite no commitment as to exactly when they would appear in official spring games. Things are not looking as bright for TJ McFarland who has still not thrown off a mound, Torey Lovullo used the words“long shot” with regards to getting TJ into back to back games before the season starts, which is something he needs to do to be ready to start the year on the opening day roster.David Peralta played on the back fields today along with 3 or 4 other regular starters, and hit the ball with the most authority, according to reports.Tomorrow is split squad day. Brute Fest get together happening tomorrow for game vs White Sox at SRF.Pre game meetup at Buffalo Wild Wings, Pavillions Mall.It’s a split squad game, so if you are on the west side Blake Swihart Jersey , you can catch the DBacks vs the Rangers in Surprise as well. Minor Leaguers and Coaching news too!"In case you missed it, the Twins made a handful of MiLB depth signings. We already covered Wilin Rosario and Pat Dean here, but there are several others also profiled by Rochester Red Wings PR-man Nate Rowan.Sid Hartman pours out some digital ink after discussing the Twins coaching staff with Rocco Baldelli. There is a lot of great insight into the thought process of compiling a staff, but this line stood out to me more than any other, discussing the addition of Tony Diaz as third base coach: “Truthfully, I thought it was a real important thing to add another Spanish-speaking coach to our coaching roster” If that isn’t something we haven’t been talking about for years, I don’t know what is.The Minnesota Wild have unveiled their Joe Mauer tribute uniforms. They look pretty slick, and the best part — there isn’t any Kasota Gold!The Twin’s Dominican academy has existed since 2017 to serve players who have signed with the team, and will begin moving up the pipeline of professional baseball. The first class just graduated with a high-school equivalency degree. Congratulations to these seven gentlemen for reaching a milestone that many of us take for granted.Trevor May, the Twins’ possible 2019 closer, was a guest on the MLB Marathon podcast. They talked about Trevor May stuff, so it should be interesting.