Pitcher Micah Owings a big hit for Diamondbacks

Arizona manager Bob Melvin seeks out pitcher Micah Owings on the days he isn't starting.``We have a little running joke,'' Melvin said. ``Before every game, I ask him if he has his spikes on. He has his spikes on in the first inning of every game.''Many pitchers wear comfortable running shoes in between starts. Owings isn't a typical pitcher.He's batting .417 (10-for-24), and Owings knows that on any given night Melvin could summon him with the game in the balance, so h

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