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SEATTLE -- D-backs right-hander Zac Gallen was forced to leave Friday night’s 6-1 loss to the Mariners at T-Mobile Park after suffering from tightness in his right hamstring. Gallen allowed single runs in the first and second innings, before settling in and keeping the Mariners in check. After he walked

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SEATTLE -- When the D-backs signed free-agent lefty Eduardo Rodriguez in December, it reduced the number of opportunities to make the team out of Spring Training that some of the organization’s younger starting pitchers were going to get. After Rodriguez went down with a lat strain, and Arizona added left-handed

SEATTLE -- Ketel Marte delivered a two-out RBI double in the eighth inning to lead the D-backs past the Mariners, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon as Arizona salvaged one game in the three-game set at T-Mobile Park. D-backs starter Brandon Pfaadt was outstanding through six innings, allowing a pair of runs

PHOENIX -- For the first time in the 27 years that Chase Field has been open, the Circle K Strikeout Meter in right field was blank when the game ended. Part of the ballpark when it opened in 1998, it charts the number of strikeouts by Arizona pitchers.

PHOENIX -- El primer lanzamiento de partido entre los D-backs y los Dodgers en el Chase Field el martes por la noche fue retrasado por… un enjambre de abejas.

PHOENIX -- There was quite a buzz just before the D-backs-Dodgers game was supposed to start at Chase Field on Tuesday night, delaying first pitch. It wasn’t coming from the crowd, but rather a swarm of bees that congregated on the top of the protective netting behind home plate.

This story was excerpted from Steve Gilbert's D-backs Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. PHOENIX -- The bad luck with injuries is not just limited to the D-backs' players in the big leagues. It has also spread to the Minor League system. Double-A Amarillo left-hander Yu-Min Lin, ranked as the No. 4 prospect in Arizona's system by MLB Pipeline, was sitting in the dugout during a game on Friday when he was struck in the face by a foul ball. According to farm director Shaun Larkin, Lin suffered...

PHOENIX -- When the runs come for the D-backs, they come in bunches. Opening Day when they scored 14 runs in the third inning and 16 overall. Or April 16 against the Cubs when they plated 12 or April 19 when they got the Giants for 17 runs. Their latest