PEORIA, Ariz. -- Welington Castillo homered and drove in five runs, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Seattle Mariners 10-8 Monday.
Castillo did all his damage in the game's first four innings, getting three hits. He's coming off a successful 2015 season that saw him find a home behind the plate as the Diamondbacks' No. 1 catcher over the second half. He had 17 home runs and 50 RBI in 80 games after the Mariners traded him to Arizona in early June.
"Just trying to go out there and enjoy what I do. I don't worry about my hitting at all," Castillo said. "There's a lot of guys that want my job and anybody's job. I just don't put my head down, that's not the kind of guy that I am. I like to go out and compete. Hungry, hungry to play every day no matter what happens."
For the Mariners, Kyle Seager homered and slugging first baseman Dae-Ho Lee, who starred in Korea and Japan before signing with Seattle this offseason, hit his first home run of the spring and started a double play on defense.
"The fastball I hit, it wasn't that fast," Lee said via a translator. "I was thinking a changeup."
Phil Gosselin, who played second base as the Diamondbacks tinker with their middle infield combinations early in spring, had three hits and scored twice. Shortstop Nick Ahmed had two hits and drove in three runs.
David Peralta beat the defensive shift twice with singles through the hole at third base and scored twice.
"I was just trying to let the ball get deep and hit it the other way," Peralta said with a slight laugh. "I wasn't thinking to hit the ball to third base. If I get jammed, that was what was going to happen, a groundball to third base."
Neither team's starting pitchers were effective. Seattle's James Paxton gave up four runs on seven hits in three innings. Arizona's Rubby De La Rosa was chased after facing one batter in the bottom of the third after allowing three runs on four hits and two walks.
"The results obviously are not what I'm looking for," said Paxton, who is trying to secure a starting rotation spot. "But I felt like I threw the ball really well. Early on, I wasn't getting ahead of guys as much as I would like but I did a better job with that the second and third inning. The homer (by Castillo) was probably not ... a homer in a lot of places."
ROSTER MOVES
The Diamondbacks made several roster moves before Monday's game, optioning RHP Dominic Leone to Triple-A Reno and C Oscar Hernandez to Single-A Visalia. RHPs Matt Buschmann, Jose Cisnero, Miller Diaz, Adam Miller and Matt Stites, LHP Will Locante and C Ronnie Freeman were re-assigned to minor league camp. "With 39 pitchers especially, you have to start to thin it out. There's just no innings for guys," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. For the 22-year-old Hernandez, who appeared in 18 major league games as a Rule 5 player last year, the plan is to get him plenty of at-bats in the minors.
STARTING TIME
Diamondbacks: De La Rosa has already been announced as the fourth man in the Diamondbacks' opening day rotation. "Last year was just a matter of him getting starts and pitching all year and being healthy enough to do it," Hale said.
Mariners: The second spring training start for lefty Paxton didn't go as well as the first. After getting the first two outs of the first inning, Paxton gave up four straght hits and two runs. Paxton pitched two scoreless innings on March 2. "His fastball can be dominant at times. The cutter and the curve ball weren't there today," manager Scott Servais said. "There were some decent changeups."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF Yasmany Tomas is dealing with a sore left knee and was scratched from Monday's lineup. Tomas also will not appear in either of the team's split-squad games on Tuesday. "He got a lot of at-bats (Sunday), Hale said. "Doesn't seem to be anything too serious, just some soreness. Just trying to be as cautious as we can early in camp."
Mariners: Relievers Evan Scribner and Ryan Cook are dealing with sore backs. Scribner has yet to pitch in a game. Reliever Charlie Furbush threw live batting practice Monday as he returns from shoulder and arm injuries that ended his season in July last year.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray is set for his second spring training start Tuesday when Arizona hosts the Los Angeles Angels in a split-squad game. In Peoria, Zack Godley, competing with Ray for the final starting rotation spot, starts against San Diego earlier in the day.
Mariners: RHP Nathan Karns will look to build off his first spring training start, in which he allowed a hit in two scoreless innings, against Cleveland on Tuesday.
Castillo did all his damage in the game's first four innings, getting three hits. He's coming off a successful 2015 season that saw him find a home behind the plate as the Diamondbacks' No. 1 catcher over the second half. He had 17 home runs and 50 RBI in 80 games after the Mariners traded him to Arizona in early June.
"Just trying to go out there and enjoy what I do. I don't worry about my hitting at all," Castillo said. "There's a lot of guys that want my job and anybody's job. I just don't put my head down, that's not the kind of guy that I am. I like to go out and compete. Hungry, hungry to play every day no matter what happens."
For the Mariners, Kyle Seager homered and slugging first baseman Dae-Ho Lee, who starred in Korea and Japan before signing with Seattle this offseason, hit his first home run of the spring and started a double play on defense.
"The fastball I hit, it wasn't that fast," Lee said via a translator. "I was thinking a changeup."
Phil Gosselin, who played second base as the Diamondbacks tinker with their middle infield combinations early in spring, had three hits and scored twice. Shortstop Nick Ahmed had two hits and drove in three runs.
David Peralta beat the defensive shift twice with singles through the hole at third base and scored twice.
"I was just trying to let the ball get deep and hit it the other way," Peralta said with a slight laugh. "I wasn't thinking to hit the ball to third base. If I get jammed, that was what was going to happen, a groundball to third base."
Neither team's starting pitchers were effective. Seattle's James Paxton gave up four runs on seven hits in three innings. Arizona's Rubby De La Rosa was chased after facing one batter in the bottom of the third after allowing three runs on four hits and two walks.
"The results obviously are not what I'm looking for," said Paxton, who is trying to secure a starting rotation spot. "But I felt like I threw the ball really well. Early on, I wasn't getting ahead of guys as much as I would like but I did a better job with that the second and third inning. The homer (by Castillo) was probably not ... a homer in a lot of places."
ROSTER MOVES
The Diamondbacks made several roster moves before Monday's game, optioning RHP Dominic Leone to Triple-A Reno and C Oscar Hernandez to Single-A Visalia. RHPs Matt Buschmann, Jose Cisnero, Miller Diaz, Adam Miller and Matt Stites, LHP Will Locante and C Ronnie Freeman were re-assigned to minor league camp. "With 39 pitchers especially, you have to start to thin it out. There's just no innings for guys," Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. For the 22-year-old Hernandez, who appeared in 18 major league games as a Rule 5 player last year, the plan is to get him plenty of at-bats in the minors.
STARTING TIME
Diamondbacks: De La Rosa has already been announced as the fourth man in the Diamondbacks' opening day rotation. "Last year was just a matter of him getting starts and pitching all year and being healthy enough to do it," Hale said.
Mariners: The second spring training start for lefty Paxton didn't go as well as the first. After getting the first two outs of the first inning, Paxton gave up four straght hits and two runs. Paxton pitched two scoreless innings on March 2. "His fastball can be dominant at times. The cutter and the curve ball weren't there today," manager Scott Servais said. "There were some decent changeups."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Diamondbacks: OF Yasmany Tomas is dealing with a sore left knee and was scratched from Monday's lineup. Tomas also will not appear in either of the team's split-squad games on Tuesday. "He got a lot of at-bats (Sunday), Hale said. "Doesn't seem to be anything too serious, just some soreness. Just trying to be as cautious as we can early in camp."
Mariners: Relievers Evan Scribner and Ryan Cook are dealing with sore backs. Scribner has yet to pitch in a game. Reliever Charlie Furbush threw live batting practice Monday as he returns from shoulder and arm injuries that ended his season in July last year.
UP NEXT
Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray is set for his second spring training start Tuesday when Arizona hosts the Los Angeles Angels in a split-squad game. In Peoria, Zack Godley, competing with Ray for the final starting rotation spot, starts against San Diego earlier in the day.
Mariners: RHP Nathan Karns will look to build off his first spring training start, in which he allowed a hit in two scoreless innings, against Cleveland on Tuesday.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Arizona - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | ARI | SEA |
| N Ahmed struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| B Drury lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| P Gosselin singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| D Peralta singled to left, P Gosselin to third. | 0 | 0 |
| W Castillo doubled to deep right center, P Gosselin and D Peralta scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Weeks singled to center, W Castillo to third. | 2 | 0 |
| G Guerrero flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | SEA |
| Marte lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Seager safe at first on error by shortstop N Ahmed. | 2 | 0 |
| Canó grounded into double play, third to second to first, Seager out at second. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | ARI | SEA |
| Rivero lined out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| J Bourgeois grounded out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| N Ahmed flied out to center. | 2 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | SEA |
| Cruz lined out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Lind flied out to left. | 2 | 0 |
| Romero reached on infield single to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Clevenger walked, Romero to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Navarro walked, Romero to third, Clevenger to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Powell singled to right, Romero and Clevenger scored, Navarro to second, Navarro scored, Powell to second on error by right fielder D Peralta. | 2 | 3 |
| Marte reached on infield single to shortstop, Powell to third. | 2 | 3 |
| Seager struck out looking. | 2 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| James Paxton pitching for Seattle | ARI | SEA |
| B Drury singled to right center. | 2 | 3 |
| B Drury to second on wild pitch by Paxton, B Drury out at third advancing on play. | 2 | 3 |
| P Gosselin reached on infield single to pitcher. | 2 | 3 |
| D Peralta grounded into fielder's choice to second, P Gosselin out at second. | 2 | 3 |
| W Castillo homered to left, D Peralta scored. | 4 | 3 |
| Weeks grounded out to first. | 4 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Rubby De La Rosa pitching for Arizona | ARI | SEA |
| Canó singled to left. | 4 | 3 |
| Drabek relieved R De La Rosa. | 4 | 3 |
| Cruz flied out to right. | 4 | 3 |
| Lind grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Canó out at second. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Donn Roach pitching for Seattle | ARI | SEA |
| Roach relieved Paxton. | 4 | 3 |
| G Guerrero safe at first on error by first baseman Lind. | 4 | 3 |
| Rivero singled to left, G Guerrero to second. | 4 | 3 |
| J Bourgeois grounded into fielder's choice to third, Rivero out at second, G Guerrero to third. | 4 | 3 |
| J Bourgeois caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 4 | 3 |
| N Ahmed singled to left, G Guerrero scored. | 5 | 3 |
| B Drury homered to center, N Ahmed scored. | 7 | 3 |
| P Gosselin singled to left. | 7 | 3 |
| D Peralta singled to left, P Gosselin to second. | 7 | 3 |
| W Castillo doubled to deep right, P Gosselin scored, D Peralta to third. | 8 | 3 |
| Weeks struck out swinging. | 8 | 3 |
| 4 Runs, 6 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | SEA |
| A Bradley relieved Drabek. | 8 | 3 |
| Romero singled to left. | 8 | 3 |
| Clevenger struck out swinging. Romero caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 8 | 3 |
| Navarro struck out looking. | 8 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Donn Roach pitching for Seattle | ARI | SEA |
| G Guerrero reached on infield single to shortstop. | 8 | 3 |
| Rivero hit a ground rule double to deep left, G Guerrero to third. | 8 | 3 |
| J Bourgeois popped out to second. | 8 | 3 |
| N Ahmed doubled to deep left center, G Guerrero and Rivero scored. | 10 | 3 |
| Guaipe relieved Roach. | 10 | 3 |
| B Drury struck out swinging. | 10 | 3 |
| P Gosselin grounded out to third. | 10 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | SEA |
| Powell struck out swinging. | 10 | 3 |
| Marte reached on infield single to shortstop. | 10 | 3 |
| B Gonzalez ran for Marte. | 10 | 3 |
| Seager homered to right center, B Gonzalez scored. | 10 | 5 |
| Canó singled to right. | 10 | 5 |
| T. Smith ran for Canó. | 10 | 5 |
| Cruz popped out to first. | 10 | 5 |
| Lind doubled to deep left, T. Smith out at home. | 10 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Mayckol Guaipe pitching for Seattle | ARI | SEA |
| B Gonzalez at shortstop. | 10 | 5 |
| Lucas at third base. | 10 | 5 |
| T. Smith at second base. | 10 | 5 |
| Lee at first base. | 10 | 5 |
| Baron catching. | 10 | 5 |
| Pizzano in left field. | 10 | 5 |
| Robertson in center field. | 10 | 5 |
| D Peralta grounded out to shortstop. | 10 | 5 |
| W Castillo flied out to center. | 10 | 5 |
| Weeks lined out to shortstop. | 10 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Archie Bradley pitching for Arizona | ARI | SEA |
| Vargas at shortstop. | 10 | 5 |
| Arias at third base. | 10 | 5 |
| Reinheimer at second base. | 10 | 5 |
| Glaesmann in right field. | 10 | 5 |
| Borenstein in left field. | 10 | 5 |
| Jensen at first base. | 10 | 5 |
| E Marzilli in center field. | 10 | 5 |
| Romero grounded out to second. | 10 | 5 |
| Baron popped out to second. | 10 | 5 |
| Pizzano singled to center. | 10 | 5 |
| Robertson tripled to deep right center, Pizzano scored. | 10 | 6 |
| Smyth relieved A Bradley. | 10 | 6 |
| B Gonzalez grounded out to second. | 10 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Joel Peralta pitching for Seattle | ARI | SEA |
| O'Malley in left field. | 10 | 6 |
| Pizzano in right field. | 10 | 6 |
| J Peralta relieved Guaipe. | 10 | 6 |
| Borenstein struck out swinging. | 10 | 6 |
| Jensen grounded out to first. | 10 | 6 |
| E Marzilli struck out looking. | 10 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Evan Marshall pitching for Arizona | ARI | SEA |
| Hayes catching. | 10 | 6 |
| E Marshall relieved Smyth. | 10 | 6 |
| Lucas grounded out to second. | 10 | 6 |
| T. Smith struck out swinging. | 10 | 6 |
| Littlewood hit for Cruz. | 10 | 6 |
| Littlewood grounded out to second. | 10 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| David Rollins pitching for Seattle | ARI | SEA |
| Rollins relieved J Peralta. | 10 | 6 |
| Vargas flied out to center. | 10 | 6 |
| Arias singled to right. | 10 | 6 |
| Reinheimer lined out to right. | 10 | 6 |
| Glaesmann grounded out to first. | 10 | 6 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Matt Reynolds pitching for Arizona | ARI | SEA |
| M Reynolds relieved E Marshall. | 10 | 6 |
| Lee homered to left. | 10 | 7 |
| O'Malley singled to left. | 10 | 7 |
| Sanchez hit for Baron. | 10 | 7 |
| Sanchez singled to center, O'Malley to second. | 10 | 7 |
| Pizzano struck out swinging. | 10 | 7 |
| Robertson flied out to left. | 10 | 7 |
| O'Neill hit for B Gonzalez. | 10 | 7 |
| O'Neill singled to left, O'Malley scored, Sanchez to second. | 10 | 8 |
| Lucas flied out to right. | 10 | 8 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Emilio Pagan pitching for Seattle | ARI | SEA |
| Ascanio at second base. | 10 | 8 |
| T. Smith at shortstop. | 10 | 8 |
| Lerud catching. | 10 | 8 |
| Pagan relieved Rollins. | 10 | 8 |
| Hayes struck out swinging. | 10 | 8 |
| P O'Brien hit for Weeks. | 10 | 8 |
| P O'Brien walked. | 10 | 8 |
| Borenstein grounded into double play, first to shortstop, P O'Brien out at second. | 10 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Seattle - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Matt Capps pitching for Arizona | ARI | SEA |
| Capps relieved M Reynolds. | 10 | 8 |
| T. Smith singled to shallow left. | 10 | 8 |
| Littlewood walked, T. Smith to second. | 10 | 8 |
| Lee grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Littlewood out at second, T. Smith to third. | 10 | 8 |
| O'Malley walked. | 10 | 8 |
| Liberato popped out to shortstop. | 10 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| N Ahmed SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .444 | .400 | .889 |
Vargas SS
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
| B Drury 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .364 | .364 | .636 |
Arias 3B
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .500 | .571 | .167 |
| P Gosselin 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .545 | .545 | .455 |
Reinheimer 2B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .444 | .444 | .444 |
| D Peralta RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .333 | .333 | .222 |
Glaesmann RF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .333 | .333 | .000 |
| W Castillo C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .500 | .500 | 1.400 |
Hayes C
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Weeks DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .455 | .455 | .636 |
a-P O'Brien PH-DH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .111 | .200 | .000 |
| G Guerrero LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .250 | .250 | .417 |
Borenstein LF
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .273 | .500 |
| Rivero 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .300 | .300 | .500 |
Jensen 1B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .667 |
| J Bourgeois CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .167 |
E Marzilli CF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .400 | .222 |
| Totals | 42 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 142 | |||
| a-walked for R Weeks in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: W Castillo 2 (3, Paxton, Roach); Rivero (2, Roach); N Ahmed (2, Roach) HR: W Castillo (2, 3rd inning off Paxton 1 on, 2 Out); B Drury (1, 4th inning off Roach 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: W Castillo 5 (6), N Ahmed 3 (4), B Drury 2 (3) 2-out RBI: W Castillo 5, N Ahmed, B Drury 2 GIDP: Borenstein Diamondbacks RISP: 5-11 (G Guerrero 0-1, J Bourgeois 0-2, N Ahmed 2-2, P Gosselin 0-1, W Castillo 2-2, Weeks 1-2, B Drury 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: J Bourgeois (1, 2nd base by Roach/Clevenger) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: N Ahmed (1, ground ball); D Peralta (1, bobble) DP: 4 (B Drury-P Gosselin-Rivero, P Gosselin-N Ahmed-Rivero, W Castillo-N Ahmed, Reinheimer-Vargas-Jensen). Outfield Assist: G Guerrero (T. Smith at Home). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Peoria Sports Complex, Peoria, AZ |
| Attendance | 6,214 (13.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:14 |
| Weather | 70 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 4 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Ben May, First Base - Tony Randazzo, Second Base - Mike Winters, Third Base - Quinn Wolcott |
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