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Lewis isn't looking for a comeback, but he knows he has to re-establish himself as an MLB hitter. "I’m looking forward to that challenge."

The Arizona Diamondbacks started the process of replacing their coaching staff, hiring Joe Mather as hitting coach on Friday to join manager Torey Lovullo.

Shohei Ohtani looked hurt, hobbling around home plate after fouling a ball off the inside of his right knee. Ohtani struck out eight, hit two doubles at the plate and pushed through an injury scare to lead the Los Angeles Angels past the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 in 10 innings on Friday night. “When he’s faced with a dilemma, he turns up the dial,” Angels manager Joe Maddon said.

PHOENIX -- The D-backs hoped a change in hitting coaches might spark an offensive outburst, but some of their familiar issues still plagued them Friday night as they fell to the Angels, 6-5, in 10 innings. The loss was the eighth straight for the D-backs, who have lost 22 of

SnakeBytes 6/11: Ch-ch-ch-changes... Share this story The Diamondbacks fired hitting coach Darnell Coles and his assistant, Eric Hinske, on Thursday, the first significant changes the club has made as its losing skid stretches into its sixth week. Replacing them will be Rick Short and Drew Hedman, who will serve as co-hitting coaches. Short had been the hitting coach for Triple-A Reno. Hedman had been a sort of third hitting coach for the big league team in his previous role as run-production c...

Here’s what Arizona’s two new hitting coaches had to say

Exasperated by a run of brutal baseball, the Arizona Diamondbacks shook up their coaching staff in an effort to stabilize their season. D-backs manager Torey Lovullo fired hitting coach Darnell Coles and assistant hitting coach Eric Hinske on Thursday with the team struggling to score runs and mired in a 5-30 stretch dating back to May 4. The Diamondbacks named co-hitting coaches to replace the fired pair.

Calling Pitches Share this story Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images Catchers have many responsibilities. One responsibility is calling each pitch. That process includes communication between the pitcher and catcher about which pitch to throw. As a fan, measures of how well pitches are called do not seem to exist. Exploring pitch calling was like exploring a foreign country. Although I didn’t know the territory, there were several prominent landmarks. Let’s visit three landmarks! League-...