Spring record: 6-6. Change on 2016: -2.5.
The Diamondbacks were literally given a five-run start by the Athletics this afternoon, as Arizona scored five times before making their first out. But the projected 40-0 win at the end of the opening frame did not quite materialize... For the home pitching staff imploded in spectacular fashion, not least during an 11-run sixth inning. It was the most savage spring beatdown suffered by the D-backs in almost seven years, since the 24-9 mauling at the hands of the Kansas City Royals on May 19, 2010.