Torey Lovullo<\/strong> Pre-game<\/h3>\nKetel Marte will play second base Thursday against the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>. During Friday\u2019s home game against the Los Angeles Angels<\/a>, Luke Weaver will start pitching. There will also be a B\u2013game against the Angels Friday.<\/p>\n![\"Diamondbacks](\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/03\/Diamondbacks-spring-training-20220323B-e1648083904483.jpg\")
<\/a>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Mar. 23, 2022) \u2014 The Arizona Diamondbacks take on the San Francisco Giants in Cactus League action at Scottsdale Stadium. The Diamondbacks won, 5\u20133. (Photo by Evan Thompson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMerrill Kelly<\/h3>\n
Merrill Kelly mowed through the Giants lineup like a buzzsaw, striking out eight in three perfect innings. Kelly said it was \u201cprobably the best I\u2019ve felt all camp. I think the results speak for themselves on how I felt. The ball was coming out pretty good. Happy with it. I hope I can build on it the rest of camp.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kelly added, \u201cI knew the ball was coming out really well. And I knew that if I located it, it was probably going to be a pretty good result.\u201d His fastball was good and had some life on it, in his words. He was also \u201chappy to see the changeup doing what it was doing. I really enjoy throwing a changeup. It’s a pitch I have always prided myself on. The last couple of years, it hasn’t been as good as it should be. I’m happy with what I see from it so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the offseason, Kelly worked on some mechanical tweaks to improve his changeup. He felt that he got too focused on \u201ctrying to be too fine with it, just because it wasn\u2019t doing what I thought it should do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Torey Lovullo Post-game<\/h3>\n
When Kelly left the game, the Diamondbacks held a 1\u20130 lead. The lead expanded to 2\u20130 in the top of the fifth, but the Giants tied it in the bottom of the fifth. A throwing error by Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo put Giants designated hitter Wilmer Flores on first for catcher Joey Bart, whose two-run homer tied the game. Lovullo said, \u201cAfter (the Giants) they tied the score, we didn’t let down and got that big RBI double by Davidson that brought us back. That\u2019s the little things we keep talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n
Diamondbacks spring training continues Thursday, March 24. They will hold camp in the morning before a 1 pm away game against the Brewers in Maryvale. Taylor Widener will take the mound for the Diamondbacks against Brandon Woodruff in a matchup of right-handers.<\/p>\n
Main Photo:<\/h4>\n![\"Diamondbacks](\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/03\/Diamondbacks-spring-training-20220323-e1648083872364.jpg\")
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Merrill Kelly<\/a><\/strong>, Logan Webb<\/a>, <\/strong>Torey Lovullo<\/a>, Ketel Marte<\/a>, Luke Weaver<\/a>, Geraldo Perdomo<\/a>, Wilmer Flores<\/a>, Joey Bart<\/a>, Taylor Widener<\/a>, Brandon Woodruff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks Spring Training: March 23, 2022 Wednesday saw another Arizona Diamondbacks spring training workout in the morning. In the afternoon, the team headed to Scottsdale Stadium to take on the defending NL West champion San Francisco Giants. Merrill Kelly started pitching for the Diamondbacks against Giants righty Logan Webb. Torey Lovullo Pre-game Ketel Marte will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2901,"featured_media":54045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1071],"tags":[3037,2522,94],"class_list":["post-54044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamondbacks","category-mlb","tag-logan-webb","tag-merrill-kelly","tag-nl-west"],"modified_by":"Evan Thompson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>Merrill Kelly<\/h3>\n
Merrill Kelly mowed through the Giants lineup like a buzzsaw, striking out eight in three perfect innings. Kelly said it was \u201cprobably the best I\u2019ve felt all camp. I think the results speak for themselves on how I felt. The ball was coming out pretty good. Happy with it. I hope I can build on it the rest of camp.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kelly added, \u201cI knew the ball was coming out really well. And I knew that if I located it, it was probably going to be a pretty good result.\u201d His fastball was good and had some life on it, in his words. He was also \u201chappy to see the changeup doing what it was doing. I really enjoy throwing a changeup. It’s a pitch I have always prided myself on. The last couple of years, it hasn’t been as good as it should be. I’m happy with what I see from it so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the offseason, Kelly worked on some mechanical tweaks to improve his changeup. He felt that he got too focused on \u201ctrying to be too fine with it, just because it wasn\u2019t doing what I thought it should do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Torey Lovullo Post-game<\/h3>\n
When Kelly left the game, the Diamondbacks held a 1\u20130 lead. The lead expanded to 2\u20130 in the top of the fifth, but the Giants tied it in the bottom of the fifth. A throwing error by Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo put Giants designated hitter Wilmer Flores on first for catcher Joey Bart, whose two-run homer tied the game. Lovullo said, \u201cAfter (the Giants) they tied the score, we didn’t let down and got that big RBI double by Davidson that brought us back. That\u2019s the little things we keep talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Looking Ahead<\/h3>\n
Diamondbacks spring training continues Thursday, March 24. They will hold camp in the morning before a 1 pm away game against the Brewers in Maryvale. Taylor Widener will take the mound for the Diamondbacks against Brandon Woodruff in a matchup of right-handers.<\/p>\n
Main Photo:<\/h4>\n<\/a>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Mar. 23, 2022) \u2014 Joe Mantiply of the Arizona Diamondbacks pitches to Ricardo Genov\u00e9s of the San Francisco Giants in the ninth inning of a Cactus League game at Scottsdale Stadium. The Diamondbacks won, 5\u20133. (Photo by Evan Thompson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nPlayers mentioned:<\/h4>\n
Merrill Kelly<\/a><\/strong>, Logan Webb<\/a>, <\/strong>Torey Lovullo<\/a>, Ketel Marte<\/a>, Luke Weaver<\/a>, Geraldo Perdomo<\/a>, Wilmer Flores<\/a>, Joey Bart<\/a>, Taylor Widener<\/a>, Brandon Woodruff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks Spring Training: March 23, 2022 Wednesday saw another Arizona Diamondbacks spring training workout in the morning. In the afternoon, the team headed to Scottsdale Stadium to take on the defending NL West champion San Francisco Giants. Merrill Kelly started pitching for the Diamondbacks against Giants righty Logan Webb. Torey Lovullo Pre-game Ketel Marte will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2901,"featured_media":54045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1071],"tags":[3037,2522,94],"class_list":["post-54044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamondbacks","category-mlb","tag-logan-webb","tag-merrill-kelly","tag-nl-west"],"modified_by":"Evan Thompson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>Players mentioned:<\/h4>\n
Merrill Kelly<\/a><\/strong>, Logan Webb<\/a>, <\/strong>Torey Lovullo<\/a>, Ketel Marte<\/a>, Luke Weaver<\/a>, Geraldo Perdomo<\/a>, Wilmer Flores<\/a>, Joey Bart<\/a>, Taylor Widener<\/a>, Brandon Woodruff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Diamondbacks Spring Training: March 23, 2022 Wednesday saw another Arizona Diamondbacks spring training workout in the morning. In the afternoon, the team headed to Scottsdale Stadium to take on the defending NL West champion San Francisco Giants. Merrill Kelly started pitching for the Diamondbacks against Giants righty Logan Webb. Torey Lovullo Pre-game Ketel Marte will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2901,"featured_media":54045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1071],"tags":[3037,2522,94],"class_list":["post-54044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamondbacks","category-mlb","tag-logan-webb","tag-merrill-kelly","tag-nl-west"],"modified_by":"Evan Thompson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}