In a game without a TV or radio call from either side, the Diamondback's pitching seems like just the medicine the Sox's comatose offense needed to awaken from its spring dormancy. The South Siders scratched out five runs on 10 hits this afternoon while allowing only two runs to the defending NL Champs. Sox starter Michael Soroka pitched two innings of one-run ball, giving up two hits, one walk, and two strikeouts in his spring debut.
After a scoreless first inning, D-Backs first baseman Andrés Chaparro took a Soroka pitch over the left-center field fence for his second spring homer, putting the Snakes up 1-0.