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  Diamondbacks Show Some Bite, Rout Rockies in 2018 Opener

  March 30 at 8 a.m.

  After giving up a solo home run in the first inning to DJ LeMahieu, Patrick Corbin pitched a gem of a game only, giving up two runs as the Arizona Diamondbacks routed NL West rival Colorado Rockies 8-2 on Opening Day at Chase Field. It wasn't just the pitching that stood out in the team's victory as Jake Lamb had a good night at the plate and drove in four runs. Newcomer Jarrod Dyson also had a pair of hits, including a triple, and scored two runs in his D-backs debut.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  Fan on a Mission: 15 Teams, 10 Stadiums, 1 Cactus League Weekend

  March 14 at 7:30 a.m.

  Phoenix New Times Editor Stuart Warner was determined spring training at its best. But could he reach every ballpark and every team in three days?

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  Eating My Way Through the Cactus League

  March 14 at 7:30 a.m.

  Every February and March, Arizona brings a huge cross-section of America together for baseball, hot dogs, and other stadium food during spring training in the Cactus League.  For the opening weekend of play this season, I hustled my way to all 10 stadiums in metro Phoenix, stopping to eat something at each one — almost — while watching the games. You can start counting calories now.  — Stuart Warner
  

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  Baseball is Back in the Valley

  February 26 at 10:35 a.m.

  Cactus League spring training is back in the Valley. On Saturday, February 24, 2018, Phoenix New Times hustled around, catching three different games during the first weekend of baseball action. Fans crowded in to enjoy America's pastime, and we were there to capture the action.
  

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  Diamondbacks Outlast Rockies in a Wild Wild Card Game to Advance to NLDS

  Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 7:49 a.m.

  It wasn't pretty, but the Arizona Diamondbacks held off the Colorado Rockies 11-8 Wednesday night in front of a sold-out crowd at Chase Field to advance to the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. On paper, the winner-take-all Wild Card game seemed likely to be a pitchers' duel, with D-backs ace Zack Greinke facing Rockies starter Jon Gray. But Gray only pitched into the second inning before being pulled after giving up four runs, including a three-run homer from Paul Goldschmidt. Greinke had a strong start, but gave up four runs in the fourth inning before being pulled. Starter Robbie Ray was used to relief, pitching more than two innings.
  
  D-backs reliever Archie Bradley tripled in the seventh and drove in two runs, making the score 8-5, and it looked like the Snakes were putting some real distance between themselves and the Rockies. That was until Bradley gave up back-to-back homers to Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story, making the score 8-7. Arizona added three runs in the eighth thanks to a triple by A.J Pollock. Triples were a theme of the night for the D-backs rattled off four three-baggers, including two from Ketel Marte.
  
  Closer Fernando Rodney entered the game in the ninth and gave up a run before leading the team to victory and sending the Diamondbacks to Los Angeles to face the division champion Dodgers. Photos by Jim Louvau.
  

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  The (Not So) Best of the Rest of Phoenix Stuff of 2017

  Monday, October 2, 2017 at 8 a.m.

  Best of Phoenix 2017 covers almost everything about life in the Valley. Almost.