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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 coordinator. Lovullo — who stressed that Coles and Hinske were no more to blame than anyone else fo...