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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 (45-26) vs. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (26-44) Sunday, June 18, 2017 • 1:10 p.m. MDT • Coors Field • Denver, Colo. RHP Tyler Chatwood (6-7, 4.16) vs. LHP Ty Blach (4-4, 4.24) TV: ROOT SPORTS Rocky Mountain • Radio: KOA NewsRadio MUCHO SWAGGER • DJ LeMahieu is 9-for-14 in the series, including four- • The Colorado Rockies continue their seven-game hit performances in each of the first two games ... ROCKIES AT A GLANCE homestand today with the final game of a four- he became the 11th Rockies player (12th time) to Game #72 ......................................Home #34 game series against the San Francisco Giants … will record back-to-back four-hit games (last: Carlos host the Arizona Diamondbacks for three games González, July 30-31, 2010 vs. Chicago-NL). Record ....................................................................45-26 Tuesday-Thursday after an off day on Monday … • LeMahieu is now batting .341 (101-for-296) against NL West Standing ........................................... 1st / 1.0 have won four consecutive games after losing a the Giants, the highest average among all active Home ......................................................................20-13 season-high tying three straight games in Pittsburgh. players. Road ........................................................................25-13 A DAY FOR THE OLD MAN WAR CRY Day ............................................................................21-8 • Colorado is again joining all of Major League • Nolan Arenado leads Major League Baseball in Night........................................................................24-18 Baseball in celebrating Father’s Day and participating doubles (25), and has four against the Giants in this Current Streak ....................................................Won 4 in the fight against prostate cancer … players will series thus far after recording a career-high three sport specialty jerseys, caps and socks in addition doubles Thursday and another Friday. Homestand ................................................................ 3-0 to wristbands and the symbolic blue ribbon on • Is now batting .328 (22-for-67) in June with 17 RBI, Last Road Trip ............................................................ 4-3 their jerseys … MLB will again donate all royalty which ranks second in the National League. Last Five Games ........................................................ 4-1 payments from the sale of the specialty caps and • In 10 games vs. the Giants this season, is batting jerseys to the Prostate Cancer Foundation and .333 (14-for-42) with 10 RBI … is a career .312 Last 10 Games........................................................... 7-3 Stand Up To Cancer … in addition, players can (98-for-314) hitter against the Giants with 31 Longest Winning Streak ..........................................7, 6/3-10 use blue equipment including compression sleeves, doubles, two triples, 20 home runs and 71 RBI. Longest Losing Streak ...................3, 3x, last: 6/11-13 batting gloves, footwear, wrist/elbow/leg guards, and Series Record ...................................................... 16-4-3 catcher’s equipment. For the first time on Father’s STILL GOLDEN Day, a specially-stitched baseball made by Rawlings • Nolan Arenado’s had his 68-game errorless streak Series Opener .........................................................16-7 matching the color theme of the uniforms will be to begin the season snapped yesterday … according Series Finale .............................................................13-9 used in games on Sunday only. to Elias, it was the longest such streak for a third Sweeps ........................................................................ 1-1 • The Rockies are 12-12 in franchise history on baseman since Milwaukee’s Don Money’s 1974 Father’s Day, including 8-6 at home. string of 86 games … Money’s stretch is also Getaway Day ...........................................................10-8 the Major League record for consecutive games Run Differential ........................................................+73 CHICKEN DINNERS ALL AROUND without an error by a third baseman at any point Longest Game by Innings ................... 13, 4/30 at ARI • Colorado is 45-26 and has a .634 winning during a season. Longest Game by Time ...................... 4:13, 5/5 at SD percentage, which is the second-best in the Majors • Arenado’s errorless stretch was the third-longest entering today. streak at third base in franchise history, behind Jeff Shortest Game by Time..............2:14, 5/10 vs. CHC • The Rockies have the most wins in franchise history Cirillo (85, 2001) and Vinny Castilla (75, 2004) … Most Games Above .500 ............................... 19, 6/17 and the best winning percentage through 71 games Arenado passed Castilla (61, 1998) for third place Most Games Below .500....................................... N/A (previous best was 40-31, a .563 percentage, in June 9. 2000) … the Rockies, with a one-game lead in the Opp. At-Above / Below .500 .............. 23-11 / 22-15 NL West, have not been in first this late in a season TRES NAZTY vs. RHS / LHS .......................................... 32-18 / 13-8 since 2006. • Charlie Blackmon hit a triple in back-to-back games Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................12 for the second time this season Thursday and Trailing 3+ ..................................................................2 NARANJA Friday, and now has a single-season career-high 10 • Yesterday’s win extended the Rockies win streak on the year … the Rockies’ single-season triples Trailing 4+ ..................................................................0 vs. the Giants to eight games, the longest winning record is 15 by Dexter Fowler in 2011. Trailing 5+ ..................................................................1 streak vs. San Francisco in franchise history … it Losses After Leading ...................................................6 is the Rockies’ longest winning streak vs. any NL RARE AIR West opponent (previous: seven games, vs. Arizona, • This is only the second season in franchise history Largest Blown Lead ..............................5, 5/20 at CIN July 23-Sept. 13, 2004 & vs. Los Angeles-NL, Sept. in which the Rockies have gotten to at least 19 Extra Innings .............................................................. 1-2 18-27, 2007). games above .500 at any point (2009) … the last Shutouts ...................................................................... 4-6 • Overall, the Rockies are 9-1 vs. San Francisco this time was at the end of the 2009 season when the season … Colorado swept the Giants in three Rockies finished 92-70 … Colorado’s all-time high- Batting Orders ............................................................49 games at Coors Field, April 21-13, and went 3-1 at water mark is 24 games in ‘09 at 92-68. Rockies / Opp. Score First .................... 35-6 / 10-20 AT&T Park, April 13-16. One-run / Two-Run Games .......................10-2 / 8-5 • With a win today, the Rockies will sweep the CREDIT ALL GOES TO EGS Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs .......... 3-0 / 1-2 Giants in four games for the first time in franchise • The Rockies are 25-13 away from Denver and have history. the most road wins in the Majors … the Rockies Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 0-1 • Last season, the Rockies went 5-4 against the have only had one winning record away from Out-Hitting Opponents ........................................35-4 Giants at Coors Field, 4-6 in San Francisco. Denver in a season, going 41-40 in 2009. Out-Hit by Opponents .........................................6-20 • The Rockies dropped two of three to Pittsburgh, GEAUX DJ their first road series loss of the season … per Hit Totals Equal ........................................................ 4-2 Elias, the 11 straight road series without losing one Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ..........................33-7 / 9-20 2017 Rockies vs. Giants (9-1) is the longest streak in Rockies history … the last Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ....................... 37-9 / 13-22 MLB team to open a season without losing any of Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ..........8-17 / 32-4 Date H/R Result WP LP its first 11 road series was the 2001 Mariners … the last NL team was the 1983 Dodgers. Hit Two or More Home Runs ............................23-3 4/13 R W. 3-1 Rusin Bumgarner • Only Houston (.742, 23-8), Minnesota (.690, 20-9) and Hit at Least One Home Run ...............................38-7 4/14 R L, 2-8 Cueto Anderson Washington (.667, 24-12) have better road winning Hit No Home Runs................................................7-19 percentages than Colorado’s .658 percentage. 4/15 R W, 5-0 Chatwood Moore No Errors...............................................................37-14 4/16 R W, 4-3 Senzatela Samardzija GETTING SERIOUS One or More Errors .............................................8-12 • The Rockies have won 16 of 23 series overall this Rockies / Opp. Quality Start ................ 27-5 / 10-12 4/21 H W, 6-5 Chatwood Cueto year with three splits … have dropped series at Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................41-1 / 43-0 / 42-0 4/22 H W, 12-3 Senzatela Moore home to San Diego, Seattle and Washington and on the