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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 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (64-53) at COLORADO ROCKIES (61-55) Saturday, August 11, 2018 • 6:10 p.m. MDT • Coors Field • Denver, Colo. LHP Kyle Freeland (10-7, 3.04) vs. RHP Walker Buehler (5-4, 3.63) TV: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: 630 KHOW THE GUNS OF AUGUST • Recorded his fourth career game of seven or ROCKIES AT A GLANCE • The Colorado Rockies continue their seven-game more shutout innings at Coors Field on Monday homestand with the third game of a four-game vs. Pittsburgh and his second career game in which Game #117 .................................... Home #57 series vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. he went at least seven innings and allowed two or NL West Standing .........................................3rd (-2.5) • Beginning this past Thursday, the Rockies play 30 fewer hits … in 26 career starts at Coors Field, has Wild Card Standing .......................................5th (-3.5) of their final 48 games vs. National League West a 3.08 ERA (146.0 IP, 50 ER). Home / Road .......................................... 29-27 / 32-28 opponents, including 10 (eight remaining) vs. the Day / Night ............................................. 15-24 / 46-31 Dodgers and seven against Arizona. PITCHER FRIENDLY! Current Streak ....................................................Won 1 • Colorado is in the midst of a stretch of 17 • Prior to Tuesday, Colorado had held their opponents Homestand ................................................................ 2-3 consecutive games before the next off day on to two or fewer runs in five consecutive home Last Road Trip ............................................................ 2-5 Monday in Houston. games from July 25-Aug. 6, tying for the longest Last Five Games ........................................................ 2-3 such streak in franchise history (also: July 30-Aug. Last 10 Games........................................................... 3-7 JUST MEET THE OBJECTIVE 11, 2006) … since July 2, have held opponents to March/April .......15-15 July ............................17-6 • Colorado won last night’s game 5-4 despite going one run or fewer seven times at home, two runs or May .....................15-11 August ........................ 3-7 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position … it fewer in 11 games. June .....................11-16 September/Oct. ....... 0-0 was the second time in franchise history that the vs. NL West...........................................................24-24 Rockies won while going 0-for-13 or worse with TAKE CARE OF HOME FIRST vs. ARI .................... 5-7 vs. SD ......................... 7-5 runners in scoring position (went 0-for-16 with • Since their eight-game home losing streak ended vs. LAD .................. 4-7 vs. SF .......................... 8-5 RISP and won 4-3 in 12 innings vs. Cincinnati, Aug. June 18, the Rockies have gone 18-7 at Coors vs. NL Central .......................................................13-16 24, 2008) … it was the first time this season that Field, including 14-5 since July 2 … suffered their vs. NL East .............................................................13-10 a Major League team went 0-for-13 or worse with first home series loss since June 22-24 vs. Miami Interleague ...............................................................11-5 runners in scoring position and still won (last: Wednesday after dropping two of three games to Opp. At or Above .500 / Below .500 ...... 38-32 / 23-23 April 22,2017, St. Louis, 0-for-14 RISP, 4-1 win at Pittsburgh … ended a streak of five home series vs. RHS / LHS ........................................ 36-36 / 25-19 Milwaukee). without a loss (tied a two-game series vs. Houston). Longest Winning Streak....... ...................... 7, 7/11-21 • Nolan Arenado was removed from the game in • The 1.71 ERA (89.2 IP, 17 ER) posted by the Longest Losing Streak ................................... 5, 6/7-12 the bottom of the fifth inning with right shoulder starters in July was the best at home in a single soreness. month in franchise history. Series Record ....................................................17-16-4 • Held opponents to one run or fewer in six games Series Opener .......................................................21-17 WIDER VIEWS at home in July, two runs or fewer in 10 … the Series Finale ...........................................................16-21 • The Rockies snapped a three-game losing streak six games in which they held opponents to one Sweeps ........................................................................ 4-2 last night … have gone 24-13 since June 28 (.639), or fewer runs is a franchise record for a calendar Getaway Day .........................................................11-16 the fourth-best winning percentage in MLB and the month (previous: five in July of 2006). Most Games Above .500 ................10, 2x, last: 7/31 second-best winning percentage in the NL. Most Games Below .500................... 4, 2x, last: 6/27 • Over that span, the Rockies have posted a 3.67 BLUE ANGELES Longest Game by Innings ....................13, 6/7 at CIN team ERA (321.1 IP, 131 ER), the third-lowest ERA • The Rockies play the Los Angeles Dodgers 19 Longest Game by Time .................4:20, 5/11 vs. MIL in the NL. times this season, including 10 times at home Shortest Game by Time ..................... 2:15, 7/4 vs. SF • Rockies starters have a 3.43 ERA (218.0 IP, 83 ER) and nine times in L.A. … snapped their six-game Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................28 over that span, the fifth-lowest in MLB and second- home losing streak to the Dodgers last night, their Trailing 3+ ..................................................................5 lowest mark in the NL. longest home losing streak to Los Angeles-NL in Trailing 4+ ..................................................................1 • The 665.21 innings pitched by the Colorado franchise history … are now 4-7 vs. the Dodgers Trailing 5+ ..................................................................1 starters this season are the third-most in the NL. this season … won their last series in Los Angeles Largest Deficit Overcome to Win .......5, 6/15 at Texas 2-1, June 29-July 1 … were swept in three games in Losses After Leading .................................................30 COORS YOUNG Colorado, June 1-3. Largest Blown Lead ............................. 6, 5/11 vs. MIL • Kyle Freeland’s 3.04 ERA (139.0 IP, 47 ER) is the • Among active players, Carlos González is second Extra Innings .............................................................. 4-4 seventh-lowest in the National League and ranks in home runs against the Dodgers (24), tied for Shutouts ...................................................................... 7-6 third in MLB (first in NL) among left-handed second in triples, ranks third in runs scored (78) Lineups ..........................................................................89 starters … 2.18 ERA (62.0 IP, 15 ER) at Coors Field and RBI (81), fourth in hits (135), seventh in slugging Rockies / Opp. Score First .................. 38-14 / 23-41 is the fifth-lowest home ERA in MLB. percentage (.533), and is tied for eighth in doubles One-run / Two-Run Games .................. 19-12 / 15-7 (22). Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs ........9-13 / 4-6 2018 Rockies vs. Dodgers (4-7) Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 2-3 LONG AND WINDING ROAD Out-Hitting Opponents ......................................44-11 Date H/R Result WP LP • Of the 15 series remaining in the Rockies’ season, Out-Hit by Opponents .......................................12-40 5/21 R W, 2-1 Márquez Baez 11 are against teams currently at .500 or better Hit Totals Equal ........................................................ 5-4 (two series remaining against San Diego, and two 5/22 R L, 3-5 Chargois Shaw Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ..................... 39-15 / 11-45 against San Francisco). 5/23 R L, 0-3 Maeda Freeland Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ..................... 44-25 / 19-49 6/1 H L, 8-11 Santana Pounders AND MANY MORE Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ....... 17-30 / 42-6 6/2 H L, 4-12 Báez Shaw • On Tuesday, Charlie Blackmon became the seventh Hit Two or More Home Runs ..........................28-15 6/3 H L, 7-10 Cingrani Davis Rockie to reach 1,000 hits in a Colorado uniform At least one HR / No HR .................... 49-34 / 11-21 No Errors / One or More Errors ..... 39-37 / 22-18 6/29 R W, 3-1 Anderson Hill … he joins Todd Helton (2,519), Larry Walker Rockies / Opp. Quality Start .............. 38-17 / 16-23 6/30 R W, 3-1 Márquez Maeda (1,361), Carlos González (1,295), Dante Bichette (1,278), Vinny Castilla (1,206) and Troy Tulowitzki Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ................... 45-10 / 51-7 / 54-5 7/1 R L, 4-6 Hudson Ottavino (1,165) as the only Rockies to reach the mark. Behind after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................5-38 / 1-42 / 1-45 8/9 H L, 5-8 Ferguson Davis Tied after 6 / 7 / 8 .............................. 11-7 / 9-6 / 6-5 8/10 H W, 5-4 McGee Rosscup LIKE HE ALWAYS HAS Instant Replay Reviews - Rockies / Opp. ..... 34 / 34 8/11 H 6:10 p.m. MDT • Carlos González has batted .324 (71-for-219) since Overturned - Rockies / Opp.. ........................ 22 / 16 8/12 H 1:10 p.m. MDT May 27, the seventh-highest batting average in the Crew Chief