Colorado Rockies Game Notes

COLORADO ROCKIES GAME NOTES twitter.com/Rockies facebook.com/Rockies twitter.com/RockiesPR twitter.com/LosRockies Colorado Rockies Communications Coors Field 2001 Blake Street Denver, CO 80205 www.rockies.com COLORADO ROCKIES (59-45) at WASHINGTON NATIONALS (61-40) Sunday, July 30, 2017 • 11:35 a.m. MDT & 5:05 p.m. MDT • Nationals Park • Washington, D.C. LHP Kyle Freeland (10-7, 3.64) vs. RHP Erick Fedde (MLB debut) RHP Jon Gray (3-1, 5.84) vs. RHP Edwin Jackson (1-1, 4.76) TV: AT&T SportsNet & MLB Network • Radio: KOA NewsRadio NATION'S CAPITOL • Colorado, 28-26 on the road overall, has dropped • The Rockies, who snapped a three-game losing 16 of its past 20 road games since the final game ROCKIES AT A GLANCE streak last night with a 4-2 win at Washington, of the four-game series at Wrigley Field June 11 conclude their six-game, seven-day road trip Sunday … have hit .230 overall and .214 with runners in Games #105 & 106 ................. Road #55 & 56 with a doubleheader at Nationals Park … the club scoring position over that span … Rockies starters Record ....................................................................59-45 was swept in St. Louis three games to begin the trip. have posted a 6.89 ERA (95.1 IP, 73 ER) over that NL West Standing ........................................ 3rd / 14.0 • The Rockies and Nationals were rained out Friday span with four quality starts while averaging fewer Home ......................................................................31-19 … play a pair today with the regularly scheduled than five innings pitched per start … relievers have Road ........................................................................28-26 game at 11:35 a.m. MDT and the makeup game at posted a 5.02 ERA (75.1 IP, 42 ER). Day ..........................................................................26-13 5:05 p.m. MDT. Night........................................................................33-32 • The Rockies are playing nine consecutive games vs. LEATHER Current Streak ....................................................Won 1 the National League East, three this weekend, three • The Rockies' .988 fielding percentage is tied for Road Trip ..................................................................... 1-3 Tuesday-Thursday at home vs. the New York Mets first in the National League … the club's 49 errors Last Homestand ........................................................ 5-1 and three next weekend vs. the Philadelphia Phillies are the second-fewest total in the NL. Last Five Games ........................................................ 2-3 at Coors Field.. • Colorado is first in the MLB with 116 double plays. Last 10 Games........................................................... 6-4 Longest Winning Streak......................................7, 6/3-10 ROX ON EXTRA, EXTRA! • At 59-45 (.567), the Rockies have the best record • Nolan Arenado (60) and Charlie Blackmon (57) Longest Losing Streak .................................8, 6/22-29 in club history through 104 games … the previous currently rank first and second in the Major Series Record ....................................................19-10-4 best at 104 games was 57-47 (.548) in '09. Leagues in extra-base hits … per Elias, the only Series Opener .......................................................22-11 other pairs of teammates to finish the season Series Finale ...........................................................19-14 NATS ranked first and second in the Majors in extra-base Sweeps ........................................................................ 4-3 • All-time vs. Montreal/Washington, Colorado is 106- hits were Tony Armas and Dwight Evans for the Getaway Day .........................................................12-13 82 … the Rockies are 50-36 vs. the Nationals since 1984 Boston Red Sox and Lou Gehrig and Babe Run Differential ........................................................+48 the move to D.C. in 2005. Ruth for the 1926 and 1927 Yankees. Longest Game by Innings ..................... 14, 6/27 at SF • In Washington, the Rockies are 26-15, including 19- Longest Game by Time ..................... 4:45, 6/27 at SF 11 at Nationals Park … Colorado has won two of PARDON THE INTERRUPTION Shortest Game by Time..............2:14, 5/10 vs. CHC three in D.C. each of the past two seasons. • Gerardo Parra leads the Major Leagues in July with Most Games Above .500 ............................... 21, 6/20 • Colorado dropped three of four in Denver April a .491 batting average (.481, 26-for-53) … has hit Most Games Below .500....................................... N/A 24-27, outscored 46-29 during the series, including safely in his 13 of 14 games since coming off the Opp. At-Above / Below .500 .............. 28-19 / 31-26 42-21 in consecutive losses the final three games. disabled list on July 7. vs. RHS / LHS ........................................ 40-33 / 19-12 • DJ LeMahieu is a career .362 hitter (38-for-105) in Parra has hit .526 (40-for-76) since May 28, hitting Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................18 28 games vs. Washington … Mark Reynolds has 12 safely in 18 of 22 games … has hit safely in his past home runs, while Carlos Gonzalez has hit 10. nine games (.545, 18-for-33). Trailing 3+ ..................................................................3 • Nolan Arenado has a .341 average (15-for-44), eight Trailing 4+ ..................................................................0 runs, four home runs and six RBI at Nationals Park LEADERSHIP Trailing 5+ ..................................................................1 … Ryan Hanigan has a .400 average (8-for-20) here. • Nolan Arenado is first in the Majors with 89 RBI, Losses After Leading .................................................15 tied for third in MLB with 32 doubles and ranks Largest Blown Lead ...............5, 2x, last: 6/25 at LAD ON THE MARQ tied for fourth in the Majors with 125 hits. Extra Innings .............................................................. 1-3 • German Márquez retired the first 16 batters last • In July, Arenado is batting .373 (31-for-83), eighth in Shutouts ...................................................................... 5-7 night, allowing a one-hit single in the bottom of the the National League … hit safely in 16 of 20 games Batting Orders ............................................................74 sixth inning … became just the seventh Colorado … his 28 RBI this month lead the Majors and his Rockies / Opp. Score First .................. 45-13 / 14-32 pitcher to throw five or more perfect innings to eight home runs are tied for third in the NL for July. One-run / Two-Run Games .....................11-6 / 13-6 begin a game … he is the first Rockies pitcher to • Arenado's 28 RBI this month are tied for the third- Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs .......... 6-5 / 2-5 do so since Chad Bettis (6.0 IP) on May 29, 2015 at most (Dante Bichette, 1994) for July in franchise Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 1-1 Philadelphia. history … the most for the month since Preston Out-Hitting Opponents ........................................46-6 Wilson collected 34 in 2003. Out-Hit by Opponents .........................................9-36 WELCOME BACK DESI Hit Totals Equal ........................................................ 4-3 • Ian Desmond, placed on the 10-day disabled list A GOOD WEEK Friday, played from 2009-2015 for the Nationals … • Nolan Arenado was named NL Player of the Week Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ..................... 45-11 / 12-35 playing in 927 games, second-most in Nats history for the week ending July 23 … his fourth career Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ..................... 51-14 / 19-40 … he hit .264 with 185 doubles, 21 triples, 110 player of the week honor. Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ..........8-31 / 40-5 home runs and 432 RBI … Desmond made 739 • Batted .458 over the week with nine runs, one Hit Two or More Home Runs ............................33-3 starts at shortstop for the Nationals from 2011- double, four home runs and 13 RBI. Hit at Least One Home Run .............................51-16 2015 … named an All-Star in 2012 and won the Hit No Home Runs................................................8-29 Silver Slugger at shortstop in 2013 and 2014. UP FRONT No Errors...............................................................46-22 • Charlie Blackmon leads the Majors in runs (89), One or More Errors ...........................................13-23 SOMEBODY NEEDS TO PAY triples (13), multi-hit games (45) and total bases Rockies / Opp. Quality Start ................ 37-7 / 11-26 • A victory today would give the Rockies their first (254) … ranks second in MLB in hits (136), first in Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................54-3 / 57-1 / 56-0 road series win since taking three of four from the the National League. Behind after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................4-40 / 1-42 / 1-40 Chicago Cubs June 8-11 … have dropped the past • He ranks fifth in the National League in batting Tied after 6 / 7 / 8 ................................ 1-2 / 1-2 / 2-5 six series away from Coors Field. average (.323), second in slugging percentage (.603) vs. NL West...........................................................29-21 and tied for sixth in home runs (24). vs. ARI .................... 6-6 vs. SD ......................... 8-4 2017 Rockies vs. Nationals (2-3) vs. LAD .................. 5-7 vs. SF ........................10-4 SPINNING IT vs. NL Central

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