[SI] D-backs and Giants Tie on Another Good Day for Offense - The D-backs were not intimidated by future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander. The 42-year-old went five innings, allowing five runs on nine hits and a walk, striking out four. They rapped out 12 hits in all, after scoring 16 runs on 18 hits the night before. Arizona's 173 runs scored this spring are the third-most in MLB, and their .281 spring batting average is fourth. Last year they led all of MLB in runs scored with 886. LuJames Groover got the offense started out of the nine hole, leading off the bottom of the third with a base hit.
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