More than 90 Rotary Club of Scottsdale members and guests enjoyed the annual visit to a spring training baseball game at the Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.

It was described as a cool, breezy and sometimes rainy afternoon to watch an Arizona Diamondbacks versus San Francisco Giants game along Scottsdale border with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, according to a press release.

The Giants won the game 8-1. D-back John Hicks hit a solo home run to left (398 feet) to tie the game at one in the bottom of the third inning. The Rotarians were able to watch seven different D-back pitchers try their had at the mound.

The Rotary Club of Scottsdale and spring training baseball attendance under the warm Arizona sun has been an annual tradition for over 25 years, the release said, noting that the club has attended spring training at Talking Stick Stadium since 2011.

Originally, the Rotarians and their guests attended games in the heart of Old Town Scottsdale at Scottsdale Stadium, said the release, stating that attendees received a ballpark catered buffet lunch.

The Chair of this year’s ballpark event, Cary Silberstein, organized a raffle to benefit the Club’s Foundation’s scholarship fund and thanked the Talking Stick staff for making it an enjoyable afternoon, added the release.

For more information, see scottsdalerotary.org or call 480-945-6158.