GAME NOTES Colorado Rockies Communications & Public Relations Coors Field 2001 Blake Street Denver, CO 80205 303/312-2325 303/312-2319 www.coloradorockies.com Colorado Rockies (53-50) vs. Chicago Cubs (46-57) Rockies vs. Cubs • 2010: 1-2 • Road in 2010: 0-2 • Home in 2010: 1-0 • All-Time: 69-77 • Home All-Time: 37-38 • Coors Field: 33-30 RHP Jason Hammel (7-6, 4.34) vs. LHP Tom Gorzelanny (6-5, 3.22) Game #104 • Home Game #52 • Saturday, July 31, 2010 • Coors Field • 6:10 p.m. (MDT) • FSN-RM TONIGHT: The Rockies will host the Chicago Cubs in the second game THIS HOMESTAND GOING, GOING, GON-ZALEZ: Carlos Gonzalez hit of this 3-game series at Coors Field...this game is the fifth of the club’s W-L-S . .2-2-0 his 20th home run of the season last night...it current 8-game homestand vs. PIT (1-2), CHC (1-0) and SF (Tue.- Avg. (52-for-148) .351 marked his third consecutive game with a home Wed.)...the Rockies are coming off the club’s first home series loss run and third-straight multi-hit game. Runs-Per-Game . 7.5 since the club lost 3-of-4 games to HOU 6/7-10...Colorado had won 5- • Gonzalez has hit a home run in four-consecutive Runs/Opp. .30/15 straight series before losing 2-of-3 games to the Pirates...Colorado is in games one time in his career but never in four the middle of a stretch of 17-straight games without an off-day...the Home Runs/Opp. .8/4 straight days...the only other time he hit home club’s next scheduled off-day is Monday...Jason Hammel will be making OBP/SLG . .412/.622 runs in three-straight days was 8/16-19/09 when his 19th start of the season tonight...the righty will be tossing opposite Team ERA . .3.50 he had four home runs in four games (8/16 was lefty Tom Gorzelanny, who will be making his 15th start of 2010. Starter ERA . (22.1 ip) 4.03 doubleheader). • The Rockies improved to 5-1 at home on Friday’s this season and Bullpen ERA . (13.2 ip) 2.63 • CarGo leads the National League with a .370 have won 12 of the 17 series openers at Coors Field this year. batting average at home...that mark sits only ROCKIES VS. NL CENTRAL, behind Josh Hamilton (.386) for highest home ROCKIE RECORDS: Last night the Rockies defeated the Cubs 17-2 by 2010 average in the Majors...his 16 homers at home scoring 12 runs in the 8th inning on 11 consecutive hits with two Team Record are most in the NL. outs...the Rockies tallied the 12 runs, 8 XBH and 13 hits in 18 plate Chicago 1-2 • Carlos also ranks in the top 10 in the NL in: appearances, including having 13 consecutive base runners. Cincinnati 1-2 overall batting average (4th-.314), runs (7th- • STATS LLC: The 12 runs with 2 outs in the 8th inning is the most Houston 2-4 65), hits (3rd-119), RBI (7th-66), total bases in the MLB since 3/21/56 when the KC Athletics had 13 runs with 2 Milwaukee 3-3 (7th-202), sluging (7th-.533), average with RISP outs in the 2nd inning vs. CWS...the 12 runs also ties the NL record Pittsburgh 1-2 (8th-.337) and average vs. RHP (8th-.319). done twice by the Brooklyn Dodgers, last was 8/8/54 vs. CIN (8th). St. Louis 3-0 • Elias Says: Colorado poled out its 11 straight hits without as much HONORING KELI M cGREGOR The Rockies will wear as a walk or a hit batsman involved (by rule, such plate appear - STRIKEOUTS IN JULY, NL patches - with the initials “KSM” - on their jerseys for ances wouldn’t interrupt a string of "consecutive hits" for a player or Pitcher Strikeouts the remainder of the season to honor the late President of the Colorado Rockies, Keli S. McGregor. a team)...the Rockies fell one hit shy of the Major League record of T1. Hamels (PHI) 40 ON THIS DATE: (1996) - Dante Bichette collected his 12 consecutive hits in a game, a mark shared by the 1920 Nolasco (FLA) 40 Cardinals and the 1930 Brooklyn Dodgers. 1,000th major league hit with a single off Montreal’s 3. Johnson (FLA) 39 • More from STATS LLC: The 8 XBH last night by the Rox ties an Jeff Fassero in the 6th inning. MLB record set by Cleveland on 4/18/09 vs. NYY (2nd inning). 4. Halladay (PHI) 37 FROM THE CLIPS: "Those are good pitchers they're • Colorado combined to hit 8 doubles last night, a season-high and T5. Hammel 35 throwing out there, too," Tulowitzki said. "It wasn't just one shy of the franchise record set 7/2/93 also vs. CHC. Lincecum (SF) 35 like guys that just got called up. Those guys had some Sanchez (SF) 35 good numbers...I don't know what the difference is. BATTING AROUND: The Rockies cycled through their batting order Baseball is a game of momentum. Once you get MOST HOME RUNS AS A LHH three times last night, twice in the 8th inning and once in the 3rd...they VS. LHP, MLB, 2010 going, you roll a little bit." (ColoradoRockies.com) Said also came just one batter away from doing so in the 5th inning...in Player HR Troy Tulowitzki about the streak of 11-straight hits by total, each position in the batting order reached base at least twice, the Rockies that led to 12 runs in the 8th inning. 1. Cano (NYY) 11 each player that had an official plate appearance had a hit and the ELIAS SAYS: The Rockies, en route to 12 runs in the 2. Howard (PHI) 10 first seven hitters in the lineup all recorded at least two RBI...the last eighth inning and a 17-2 win over the Cubs, estab - T3. Gonzalez 7 team to bat around twice in the same inning was Boston on 6/26/03 lished a major league record with 11 consecutive hits in the 1st inning vs. FLA...Boston scored 14 runs in the 1st and won Johnson (ARI) 7 in an inning...the previous record of 10 consecutive the game 25-8 (STATS LLC). Morneau (MIN) 7 hits in an inning was shared by 11 teams, the last Pena (TB) 7 being the Cardinals in 2007...there have been more THE FRANCHISE: In last night’s 17-2 win over the Cubs the Rockies than 190,000 games played in major-league history, set seven franchise records...below are the franchise records set and HOME BATTING AVERAGE, MLB, 2010 in which there have been well over three million half- the previous records: Player Average innings...the Rockies' consecutive-hits-in-an-inning Record Set Previous High record was set against that backdrop. 11 consecutive hits, inning 7, 2x, last 4/22/99 at SF (1st) 1. Hamilton (TEX) .387 12 extra-base hits, game 7 XBH, 4/20 at WAS 2. Gonzalez .370 ROCKIES-AT-A-GLANCE 8 extra-base hits, inning 6, 2x, last 5/13/05 vs ARI (7th) 3. Prado (ATL) .362 Record: 53-50 vs. LH Starter: 20-16 Standings: 4th, -8.0 GB vs. RH Starter: 33-34 12 runs, inning 11, 7/12/96 vs. SD (7th) 4. Choo (Cle) .358 Current Streak: Won 2 Extra-Innings: 5-4 13 hits, inning 9, 2x, last 9/30/01 vs. MIL (3rd) Last Road Trip: 2-9 Most Games +.500: 11, 7/11 18 plate appearances, inning 16, 7/12/96 vs. SD (7th) TEAM RUNS IN SINGLE GAME, MLB, 2010 This Homestand: 2-2 Most Games - .500: 2, 5/22 7 players with multi-RBI game 5, 16x, last 4/27/09 vs. SD at Home: 33-18 Shutouts: 11-3 denotes MLB record (Source: STATS LLC) Team Date/Runs/Opp. Brewers 4/22, 20, at Pit on Road: 20-32 2009 after 104: 57-47 Day: 20-16 All-Time Record: 1334-1461 SPILLY STILL STREAKING: Ryan Spilborghs extended his hitting streak to Twins 7/26, 19, at KC Night: 33-34 All-Time, Home: 776-620 8-straight games last night…he is batting .429 (12-for-28) with 5 doubles, Padres 5/31, 18, vs. NYM Last 5: 2-3 All-Time, Coors Field: 712-546 one home run and 3 RBI during the streak...the 8-straight games with a Rockies 7/30,17,vs.CHC Last 10: 2-8 All-Time, Road: 558-841 hit sets his season-high streak for Spilborghs (previous best was 6- 4 others Tied at 17 Avg. Time: 2:59 Under Jim Tracy: 127-92 straight: 6/5-13). hit in only 8 innings UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION Date Opponent Pitchers - Colorado vs. Opponent Time (MDT) Television Sunday, August 1 vs. Chicago LHP Jorge De La Rosa (3-3, 5.15) vs. RHP Carlos Silva (10-4, 3.76) 1:10 p.m. FSN-RM Rockies vs. Giants • 2010: 6-4 • Home in 2010: 3-1 • Road in 2010: 3-3 • All-Time: 124-151 • Home All-Time: 75-60 • Coors Field: 73-52 Tuesday, August 3 vs. San Francisco RHP Aaron Cook (4-7, 5.08) vs. LHP Jonathan Sanchez (7-6, 3.55) 6:40 p.m. FSN-RM Wednesday, August 4 vs. San Francisco RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (16-2, 2.67) vs.