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- Updated: October 1, 2016
PHOENIX — Chris Owings has done it all this year. He’s played in the outfield and the infield. He’s contributed offensively. He is a team-first player. That’s why he was voted by teammates and coaches as this year’s recipient of the Luis Gonzalez Award for selflessness and hard play.
One thing the D-backs’ do-it-all player hasn’t done too much is hit homers. But in Friday’s 5-3 win over the Padres at Chase Field, Owings came through with a go-ahead, two-run blast in the sixth, the key blow in a series-opening victory.
“That’s the kind of power that we see Chris display daily during BP,” manager Chip Hale said. “He’s got big power to right-center field. The talk when I got here before his shoulder surgery, he really drove the ball to …
