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After hitting .308 last season for the Sidewinders, infielder Jamie D'Antona had his picture placed on Tucson's 2008 pocket schedule.

As Jaime D'Antona, that is.

"Yeah, it's been about four years running now," D'Antona said. "Nobody ever spells my name right."

There is some question of how familiar the Diamondbacks are with his name these days, too. The D-backs' second-round pick in 2003 out of Wake Forest, D'Antona could only earn 11 at-bats over seven games in spring training with Arizona.

Not only did knee problems limit D'Antona in the spring but so did the talent level of the parent club. So he was sent back to Tucson for a second season.

"At this level, it's about being in the right place at the right time," Sidewinders manager Bill Plummer said of D'Antona, "and performance."

At least D'Antona has the latter function in place. He entered Tucson's 10-4 loss to Nashville on Thursday in second place among Pacific Coast League hitters at .411, dropping slightly to .405 after going 1 for 4 on Thursday.

He drove an opposite-field shot to right that scored Tucson's first run Thursday, a ball that fell into place just like D'Antona has found so many of them do.

"It's just a different year, a little better understanding, and a lot of luck," D'Antona said of his offense. "Everybody has those times that they hit those balls right at somebody and bloopers don't fall. But right now, my tough hits are falling, and the bloopers are falling."

At 6 feet 2 inches tall and 222 pounds, D'Antona has proof that he is not raising that batting average all by himself, too.

"I've gotten base hits in the infield," he said. "For me, that doesn't happen at all."

Now, D'Antona is hopeful that good fate could somehow transfer to his career ladder. He will be eligible to be a minor-league free agent after next season but says he is hopeful something will work out in the meantime.

But, as with his on-field success, D'Antona says he isn't dwelling on it, either.

"If you start worrying about that, then everything else is going to go down the drain also," D'Antona said. "You can't worry about things that are out of your control. You can drive yourself nuts."

● D-backs infielder Chad Tracy took a scheduled day off Thursday after playing Tuesday and Wednesday for the Sidewinders since being moved up from extended spring training during his rehabilitation stint for a knee injury. "Don't want to do too much, too quick," Tracy said. "It's still healing."

● With Doug Davis to start Saturday and May 15 while rehabilitating from thyroid cancer treatment, Plummer said left-hander Evan MacLane will move to the bullpen until May 20.

● Hernan Iribarren and Abraham Nuñez each had three hits to lead Nashville in its third straight win over Tucson. Right-handed starter Esmerling Vasquez gave up three runs, three hits and four walks over four innings, and Dustin Glant took the loss by giving up seven runs in the fourth. "We've had trouble getting innings from our starters, and our bullpen's getting beaten up," Plummer said. "That makes it tough."

● Infielder Emilio Bonifacio was given his first day off this season, after hitting .310 in 34 games.