COLORADO ROCKIES Postgame Notes
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COLORADO ROCKIES Postgame Notes Box Play by Play Colorado Stats New York Stats New York Mets (67-56) at Colorado Rockies (49-73) Sunday, August 23, 2015 ∙ Coors Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 0 Colorado 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 W: Verrett (1-0) L: Hale (3-5) S: None Rockies Notes The Colorado Rockies were swept by the Mets in the season series 7-0 … have lost 11 straight to the Mets since their last win May 3, 2014 … went 2-7 on their nine game homestand and are now 27-36 at home in 2015. David Hale struck out a career-high tying nine batters (3x, last: June 18, 2015 vs. HOU) … had four wild pitches, an individual franchise record, surpassing three by seven pitchers (eight times) … threw a wild pitch on consecutive pitches to the same batter allowing two different runners to score in the second inning, the first time that has occurred since April 30, 2013 (Nate Jones of the White Sox vs. Adrian Beltre of the Rangers), per Elias Sports Bureau … 10th pitcher since 1914 to have at least four wild pitches and nine or more strikeouts (last: James Baldwin of the CWS vs. CLE, Sept. 18, 1996). Simon Castro made his first appearance as a member of the Colorado Rockies and first appearance in MLB since July 13, 2013 at PHI … pitched two scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one hit batter while striking out one and inducing a ground ball double play. Jairo Diaz made his first appearance as a member of the Rockies and pitched a scoreless ninth inning with no hits, one walk and one strikeout. Charlie Blackmon went 1-for-3 with extended his hitting streak to nine games … is batting .382 (13-for-34) during the streak with three doubles, one homer and two RBI. Carlos Gonzalez hit his 30th home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth … it is the second 30+ home run season of his career (34, 2010) … since July 5, has a hit in 29 of his 40 games since July 5 (.338; 51-for-151) with 20 home runs and 43 RBI. Mets Notes The New York Mets swept the Rockies for the first time ever at Coors Field … became the third team in 2015 and the 35th team since 1970 to sweep a season series of seven games or more (also: Cubs 7-0 vs. Mets and Brewers 7-0 vs. Phillies) … 11 straight wins vs. the Rockies is the Mets’ longest winning streak since the club beat PIT 15 straight times June 6, 1986-April 9, 1987. Logan Verrett made his first Major League start … pitched a career-high seven innings and struck out a career-high eight batters … in nine starts at Triple-A this season, pitched over five innings only one time. Daniel Murphy went 2-for-5 and extended his hitting streak to five games (.381; 8-for-21) … has hit safely in 15 of his 17 games played in August (.338, 25-for-74) with nine multi-hit efforts. Curtis Granderson went 1-for-4 extended his hitting streak to five games with three doubles and two homers in that span (9-for-23; .391) … has at least one hit in all seven career games he has played at Coors Field (.400; 12-for-30, two doubles, one homer, eight RBI). Wilmer Flores went 1-for-3 and extended his hitting streak to five games (9-for-21; .429) … has at least one RBI in four straight contests (career-high: 5, Aug. 7-Aug. 11, 2013) … is batting .322 (19-for-59) in August with six doubles, one homer and seven RBI. Anthony Recker went 1-for-3 with his first double of the season and his fourth RBI of the season, first since June 3, a span of 10 games and 24 at-bats. Michael Conforto went 3-for-4 with a double and a run, the fourth multi-hit game of his career and his second vs. the Rockies … raised his batting average from .224 to .258 (16-for-62). Home Runs Pitcher Inning Count Men On Outs Distance Gonzalez (30) Verrett 4 2-1 0 0 459’ Paid Attendance: 33,200 Time of Game: 2:42 Replay: N/A .