Ray's solid outing sets tone against Giants

March 11th, 2017

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Robbie Ray continued his strong spring by allowing one run over 3 1/3 innings as the D-backs cruised to a 5-1 win over the Giants on Saturday in front of a Salt River Fields record crowd of 13,557.
Ray, who is expected to start the third game of the regular season for the D-backs, has given up one run in seven spring innings.
"I felt like the ball was coming out pretty good," Ray said. "I mixed in some good offspeed. Overall, I felt like it was good."

The D-backs gave Ray a lead to work with in the first when led off with a triple and scored on 's groundout. Later in the inning, 's triple brought home , who had singled.
The runs came against Giants starter , who is battling for the No. 5 spot in the club's rotation. Blach gave up five hits and struck out four over 2 2/3 innings after allowing one run in his first three outings of the spring.

The Giants got on the board in the third when was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and followed with an RBI double to left.
Up next for Giants:Matt Moore is slated to make his fourth Cactus League start on Sunday when the Giants host the D-backs at 1:05 p.m. PT at Scottsdale Stadium. Moore has allowed five runs on nine hits in seven innings this spring. Moore has struck out 10, but he has issued six walks.
Up next for D-backs: Listen live on Gameday Audio as the D-backs will once again face the Giants on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. MST as they send to the mound at Scottsdale Stadium. Bradley, who is battling for a rotation spot, is looking to rebound from his last outing in which he allowed six runs.
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