PHOENIX -- How tough are catchers? Well, less than 24 hours after being hit in the face by a 93 mph fastball that fractured teeth and his nose and had him sporting stitches in his upper lip, D-backs catcher Chris Iannetta had a message for manager Torey Lovullo.
"He's eager to play," Lovullo said. "Said he could play tonight if he had to, but obviously that's not going to happen."
Iannetta was hit in the face by the pitch from Johnny Barbato in the seventh inning Friday night and was taken to St.