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COLORADO ROCKIES GAME NOTES twitter.com/RockiesPR facebook.com/Rockies twitter.com/Rockies twitter.com/LosRockies Colorado Rockies Communications Coors Field( 2001 Blake St. ( Denver, CO 80205 ( www.rockies.com COLORADO ROCKIES (82-68) at LOS ANGELES DODGERS (83-68) Tuesday, September 18, 2018 • 8:10 p.m. MDT • Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, Calif. LHP Kyle Freeland (15-7, 2.96) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (8-5, 2.51) TV: AT&T SportsNet / MLB Network • Radio: KOA NewsRadio GET OFF THE MAT (min. 50 PA), hitting safely in 14 of 16 games, • The Colorado Rockies continue their three-game including each of his last 10. ROCKIES AT A GLANCE series at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday following • Blackmon’s 10-game hitting streak is the longest Game #151 ...................................... Road #77 their 8-2 series-opening loss last night … are now active streak in MLB … has 14 career hitting NL West Standing ........................................2nd (-0.5) 0.5 games behind the Dodgers for first place in the streaks of 10 or more games, including three this Wild Card Standing ..........................................3rd -0.5 National League West, and 0.5 games behind St. year, the third-most in club history behind Todd Louis for the second NL Wild Card. Helton (25) and Larry Walker (17). Home / Road .......................................... 41-33 / 41-35 • This nine-game, 10-day trip consists of three Day / Night ............................................. 22-26 / 60-42 games against the San Francisco Giants (1-2), THE HEAVENLY BED Current Streak .....................................................Lost 1 three in Los Angeles (0-1) and, after a Thursday • The Rockies are 41-35 on the road, tying a club Road Trip .................................................................... 1-3 off day, three at Arizona … finish the season at record for wins away from Denver … only two home with four against Philadelphia and three vs. other Colorado teams also won 40 on the road, Last Homestand ........................................................ 7-3 Washington. the 2009 and 2017 clubs, which were both 41-40. Last Five Games ........................................................ 2-3 • Colorado’s .539 road winning percentage this year Last 10 Games........................................................... 5-5 WHO’S THE TORTOISE? is tied for ninth in the Majors and is tied for fourth March/April .......15-15 July ............................17-6 • Colorado’s .547 winning percentage through 150 in the National League. May .....................15-11 August ....................14-14 games (82-68) is tied with the 2010 and 2017 squads for the second-highest clip in club history BULLS ON PARADE June .....................11-16 September/Oct. .....10-6 … the 2009 team was 85-65 (.567). • The Rockies bullpen pitched a season-long 14.2 vs. NL West...........................................................38-33 • With a win tonight, it would be the latest in scoreless innings from last Wednesday until vs. ARI .................... 8-8 vs. SD .......................11-8 franchise history by games the Rockies have been allowing a run in the eighth inning on Sunday in San vs. LAD ................7-10 vs. SF ........................12-7 in first in the division. Francisco. vs. NL Central .......................................................14-18 • The 2.53 ERA (57.0 IP, 16 ER) by the bullpen in DIVISIVE September is the second-lowest in the Majors vs. NL East .............................................................17-10 • With five divisional games remaining, the Rockies (Milwaukee, 2.10). Interleague ...............................................................13-7 are 38-33 vs. the National League West … last year Opp. At or Above .500 / Below .500 ...... 50-39 / 32-29 the Rockies were 42-34 against their division rivals BY A HARE vs. RHS / LHS ........................................ 50-42 / 32-26 … the 2007 team was the best in franchise history • The Rockies’ 26 one-run wins are tied for second vs. the West, going 43-30. in the NL and tied for fourth in the Majors … their Longest Winning Streak....... ...................... 7, 7/11-21 .650 winning percentage (26-14) leads the NL and Longest Losing Streak ................................... 5, 6/7-12 DON’T HAVE THE BLUES is third in the big leagues. Series Record ....................................................22-19-7 • The Rockies have won five of the past 10 games • Colorado’s 21 wins in two-run games are the most Series Opener .......................................................25-24 vs. Los Angeles after beginning the season dropping in the big leagues … the .677 winning percentage Series Finale ...........................................................23-25 five of six, including five straight. (21-10) leads the NL. • Since Sept. 7, 2017, Colorado has won seven of 11 Sweeps ........................................................................ 6-2 at Dodger Stadium, … have a 3-4 mark this year in BAILERS OUT Getaway Day .........................................................17-18 Los Angeles and are 8-8 here since the start of last • After scoring 63 runs during a 10-game homestand Most Games Above .500 ............................... 16, 9/13 year. from Sept. 3-13, an average of 6.3 per game, Most Games Below .500................... 4, 2x, last: 6/27 Colorado scored only three times at San Francisco Longest Game by Innings ..... 13, 2x, last: 8/30 at SD THEY LOVE L.A. over the weekend … was the 20th time in • Carlos Gonzalez’s 24 homers against the Dodgers franchise history the team scored three or fewer Longest Game by Time .................4:20, 5/11 vs. MIL are second among active players (Paul Goldschmidt, runs in a three-game series. Shortest Game by Time ..................... 2:15, 7/4 vs. SF 31) … his 81 RBI are third behind Goldschmidt • The string of 20 scoreless innings, snapped by a Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................43 (98) and Matt Holiday (85). two-RBI single from pitcher Antonio Senzatela, Trailing 3+ ..................................................................7 • Holliday (.308) and DJ LeMahieu (.301) rank sixth from Colorado’s offense was its longest since a and 10th, respectively, among active players vs. Los 23-frame string in 2017. Trailing 4+ ..................................................................1 Angeles in batting average. • Friday and Sunday, the Rockies were shut out in Trailing 5+ ..................................................................1 a franchise-record tying two consecutive games Largest Deficit Overcome to Win .......5, 6/15 at Texas EARTH WIND AND FIRE (15th time) for the first time since Sept. 20-21, Losses After Leading .................................................31 • The Rockies have won 10 of 16 games in September, 2017 at San Francisco and at San Diego … it was Largest Blown Lead ............................. 6, 5/11 vs. MIL a .625 winning percentage that ranks tied for fourth the first time one opponent tossed back-to-back in the National League with the Dodgers. shutouts since the New York Mets from Aug. 11-12, Extra Innings .............................................................. 5-5 • Trevor Story is tied for first in the Majors in 2015. Shutouts ...................................................................... 7-9 September with seven home runs and ranks Lineups ....................................................................... 117 second with 17 RBI. BETTER HOMES AND ROOFTOPS Rockies / Opp. Score First .................. 48-15 / 34-53 • Charlie Blackmon’s .377 batting average (23-for-61) • Since an eight-game home losing streak ended June One-run / Two-Run Games ................ 26-14 / 21-10 ranks second in the National League in September 19, the Rockies are 30-13 at Coors Field (.698), the best home winning percentage in the NL and Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs ......17-15 / 8-7 2018 Rockies vs. Dodgers (7-10) fourth-highest figure in MLB that span. Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 5-5 Out-Hitting Opponents ......................................57-14 Date H/R Result WP LP GO LONG Out-Hit by Opponents .......................................16-50 5/21 R W, 2-1 Márquez Baez • The 856.2 innings by Colorado’s starters rank third in the NL … the Rockies’ 480.1 relief innings are Hit Totals Equal ........................................................ 9-4 5/22 R L, 3-5 Chargois Shaw last in the NL and 28th in MLB. Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ..................... 52-18 / 13-53 5/23 R L, 0-3 Maeda Freeland Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ..................... 62-28 / 22-59 6/1 H L, 8-11 Santana Pounders TUFF ENUFF Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ....... 20-40 / 60-9 • Colorado is 50-39 against clubs .500 or better is 6/2 H L, 4-12 Báez Shaw Hit Two or More Home Runs ..........................38-18 tied for the second-most wins in the Majors. At least one HR / No HR .................... 68-39 / 14-29 6/3 H L, 7-10 Cingrani Davis BABY COME BACK No Errors / One or More Errors ..... 54-43 / 28-25 6/29 R W, 3-1 Anderson Hill • The Rockies’ 43 come-from-behind wins are Rockies / Opp. Quality Start .............. 54-21 / 27-31 6/30 R W, 3-1 Márquez Maeda second in the NL (third in the Majors) and the Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ................... 59-10 / 67-7 / 69-5 7/1 R L, 4-6 Hudson Ottavino fourth-most in franchise history. Behind after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................9-50 / 6-54 / 6-57 8/9 H L, 5-8 Ferguson Davis FREE AS A BIRD Tied after