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SCOTTSDALE — It felt just like watching a regular season Arizona Diamondbacks game from the past several seasons. It’s a shame Cactus League scores do not count. <\/p>\n

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On Thursday, the D-backs roared back from an 8-0 deficit to take a 9-8 lead in the seventh inning against the Kansas City Royals. They promptly surrendered that lead to trail 10-9, before grabbing it right back in the eighth. <\/p>\n

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After the back-and-forth ended, Arizona had a 13-10 victory<\/a> at Salt River Fields. The Diamondbacks improve to 3-4 thus far in Cactus League play, while the Royals fall to 2-5. <\/p>\n

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Pitching Puts Diamondbacks in Early Hole<\/h2>\n

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Feb 22, 2026; Salt River Pima-Maricopa, Arizona, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Kade Strowd (24) delivers to the plate in the third inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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It was a good day for left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez, who made his spring debut with two efficient, scoreless frames. Rodriguez’s fastball velocity ticked all the way up near 95 MPH. <\/p>\n

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Down around 24 pounds<\/a> from the advent of 2025, Rodriguez appears to be in encouraging shape, and is working on turning his breaking ball into a more vertical-moving curve. <\/p>\n

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Ryan Thompson followed Rodriguez with a scoreless third inning. From there, the pitching deteriorated. Newly-acquired right-hander Kade Strowd gave up two runs in 0.2 innings. Righty Yilber Diaz struggled to find the zone and gave up four runs. Right-hander Teofilo Mendez gave up two more, and suddenly Arizona was down 8-0 in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n

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But that didn’t last long.<\/p>\n

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Arizona Diamondbacks Surge Back vs Royals<\/h2>\n

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Apr 1, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Luken Baker (26) hits a two run double against the Los Angeles Angels during the tenth inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images | Jeff Curry-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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Arizona put together a four-run inning in the bottom of the fifth on a pair of walks, a pair of singles and an Oscar Mercado double. <\/p>\n

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Two innings later, the D-backs worked a five-run rally, kicked off by doubles from LuJames Groover and Tommy Troy, who has been exceptionally hot this spring. A three-run homer by rising prospect Jose Fernandez flipped the score on its head \u2014 9-8 in favor of Arizona. It was Fernandez’s second of the Cactus League so far. <\/p>\n

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But the D-backs would have to do it again, after right-hander Shawn Dubin quickly gave up two more runs. <\/p>\n

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So they did. Druw Jones doubled, as did Troy (his second of the game). It was first baseman Luken Baker’s three-run blast that put the finishing touches on the comeback win. 11 members of the D-backs collected a base hit. In total, they managed 13 knocks and four walks \u2014 against just nine strikeouts. <\/p>\n

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The Diamondbacks’ next contest will be a night game \u2014 a 6:10 p.m. first pitch against the Seattle Mariners in Peoria. <\/p>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.si.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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