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Suns G Monte Morris and Mercury F Natasha Mack throw out first pitch at Diamondbacks game

Originally posted on Burn City Sports | By Brendan Mau | Last updated Sep 11, 2024 12:18 AM ET

New Phoenix Suns guard Monte Morris and Phoenix Mercury forward Natasha Mack threw out the first pitch for “Suns + Mercury Night” at Chase Field ahead of the Arizona Diamondbacks series opener against the Texas Rangers, the team they lost to in last season’s World Series.

Both players threw fairly accurate pitches.

(Video via Suns)

Throwin' some heat in the desert @BigGameTae | @Dbacks pic.twitter.com/6dND9LQYNq

— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) September 11, 2024

The Diamondbacks were also doing a giveaway of this hat that featured all three Arizona franchises.

Suns + Mercury Night at the @Dbacks game tonight

RT for your chance to win this speciality hat pic.twitter.com/DkF9IEcqCI

— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) September 10, 2024

Morris signed with the Suns this offseason on a veteran-minimum contract after spending the back half of last season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team who swept Phoenix in the first round of the playoffs in April. Phoenix will be Morris’ fifth team he has played for since being drafted 51st overall in 2017 by the Denver Nuggets. In 375 career NBA games (166 starts), Morris has averaged 10.0 points on 47.7% shooting and 3.8 assists in 24.6 minutes per game.

Mack is in her first season with the Mercury (17-19) and is averaging 3.5 points and 5.0 rebounds, playing all 36 games for the Mercury this season (11 starts) after previously only appearing in four total WNBA games for her career since being drafted 16th overall in 2021.

Mack on the mound!

Natasha Mack threw out the first pitch for the @dbacks Suns and Mercury Night! pic.twitter.com/KeZpZhSsTT

— Phoenix Mercury (@PhoenixMercury) September 11, 2024