At Salt River Fields
At the plate: 2B Ketel Marte wasted no time getting on the board in the Cactus League, blasting a long home run to right field in his first at-bat in the Diamondbacks’ first game of the spring on Sunday afternoon. Marte got a 1-2 fastball from Athletics RHP Chris Bassitt and crushed it halfway up the grassy berm in right field. “He tried to throw me inside and I think he missed a little bit with the pitch,” Marte said. “Don’t miss a pitch in the big leagues, man.” Marte was asked what went through his mind once he realized it was a home run.