COLORADO ROCKIES (53-67) Vs. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (61-59) Wednesday, Aug
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COLORADO ROCKIES (53-67) vs. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (61-59) Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019 • 1:10 p.m. MDT • Coors Field • Denver, Colo. LHP Kyle Freeland (3-10, 7.06) vs. LHP Robbie Ray (10-7, 3.99) TV: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: KOA NewsRadio ON TAP National League, second-lowest in MLB (Detroit, • The Colorado Rockies continue their six-game, .196, 9-37). ROCKIES AT A GLANCE seven-day homestand with the final game of a three- Game #121 .................................... Home #59 game series vs. Arizona today … will host Miami WALK ABOUT NL West Standing .......................................5th (-26.5) Friday through Sunday … tomorrow's off day will • According to the Elias Sports Bureau, German NL Wild Card Standing ........................... 10th (-10.5) be Colorado's only off day until September 5 (will Márquez' 22.2-inning walkless streak, that was Home / Road ......................................... 29-289/ 24-38 play a stretch of 20 games without a day off). snapped with a walk to Manny Machado in the first inning Sunday, was tied for the second-longest Day / Night ............................................. 21-21 / 32-46 HE DID IT... single-season streak in Rockies history (also Rafael Current Streak .....................................................Lost 2 • Dom Nuñez had his contract selected from Triple-A Betancourt, 22.2, innings, July 26-Sept. 28, 2011) … Homestand ................................................................ 0-2 Albuquerque prior to last night's game and made his José Jiménez holds the record at 23.2 innings, May Last Road Trip ............................................................ 1-5 Major League debut in a start at catcher. 7-June 24, 2002) … it was the longest such streak Last Five Games ........................................................ 1-4 • Hit an eighth-inning home run for his first Major for a starter (previous record: Aaron Cook, 21.0 Last 10 Games........................................................... 2-8 League hit, becoming the seventh player in Rockies innings, June 28-July 15, 2007). March/April .......13-17 July ............................6-19 history to record a home run in his Major League May .....................16-10 August ........................ 3-8 debut, and the eighth to record a home run as his STREAKY BUSINESS June .....................15-13 September ................. 0-0 first Major League hit (last: Trevor Story, April 4, • After a 3-11 run from June 21, 2017-March 30, 2016 at Arizona). 2018, the Rockies are 18-9 vs. Arizona since July vs. NL West...........................................................24-33 11, 2018, going 10-5 in Denver over that span, vs. ARI .................... 8-7 vs. SD ......................... 7-6 ...SORT OF LIKE THIS GUY DID including a five-game winning streak that was vs. LAD ................3-10 vs. SF ........................6-10 • Trevor Story had a four-game home run streak at snapped Monday. vs. NL Central .........................................................10-9 Coors Field snapped last night, the longest home • Colorado was swept by Arizona the last time the vs. NL East .............................................................11-15 run streak at home in his career and the longest two clubs met in Phoenix, July 5-7, the final series of Interleague ...............................................................8-10 for a Rockies player since Charlie Blackmon's four- the first half. Opp. at or Above .500 / Below .500 ....35-39 / 18-28 game home run streak in Denver, May 11-June 11 of • When the two clubs last met in Denver prior to vs. RHS / LHS ........................................ 34-40 / 19-27 this season. this series, May 27-30, the Rockies swept Arizona in Longest Winning Streak....... ........... 8, May 26-June 2 four games, Colorado's second four-game sweep of Longest Losing Streak .............................8, April 5-13 STOP RIGHT THERE Arizona in franchise history (Sept. 18-21, 2014). • Three of Colorado's four losing streaks of five • The Rockies have won nine of the past 13 in Series Record ....................................................14-18-6 or more games have been snapped with German Phoenix … prior to the three-game sweep in Series Opener .......................................................20-19 Márquez earning a win in a quality start (April 14 July, Colorado had won a franchise-record six Series Finale ...........................................................20-18 at San Francisco, July 21 at New York-AL, August consecutive games in Phoenix since Sept. 21, 2018, Sweeps ........................................................................ 4-7 11 at San Diego) … in those three games, he has sweeping the previous two series there. Getaway Day .........................................................13-13 combined to allow five runs over 24.0 innings of • Also prior to July's series in Phoenix, the Rockies Most Games Above .500 ..................................6, 6/20 work (1.88 ERA) with four walks and 19 strikeouts had won a club-record eight consecutive games vs. Most Games Below .500................................ 14, 8/13 … pitched eight or more innings in two of Arizona since May 5 (won seven straight in 2004, Longest Game by Innings .................. 18.0, 4/12 at SF those games (8.0 IP Sunday, one-hit complete-game July 23-Sept. 13), the longest winning streak by Longest Game by Time .....................5:35, 4/12 at SF shutout on April 14 at San Francisco). either team in the series … had not lost to the Shortest Game by Time ................2:12, 6/22 at LAD D-backs since May 4 and had not lost at Chase Field A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS since July 22, 2018. Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................30 • German Márquez is 3-0 over his last five starts since Trailing 3+ ..................................................................7 July 21 at New York-AL (Colorado 7-13 over that BRING IT ON HOME Trailing 4+ ..................................................................3 span) … has made quality starts in four of those • Charlie Blackmon has batted .344 (21-for-61) his Trailing 5+ ..................................................................0 games, and has a 3.27 ERA (33.0 IP, 12 ER) with four past 15 games on the road, hitting safely in 12 with Largest Def. Overcome to Win ...4, 3x, last: 6/10 vs. CHC walks and 35 strikeouts over that span. multiple hits in six and three hits in three … Trevor Losses After Leading .................................................26 • Has pitched seven or more innings three times over Story has hit safely in 21 of his past 25 road games Largest Blown Lead in Loss..................7, 6/14 vs. SD that span, while allowing two or fewer runs in three (.284, 29-for-102). Extra Innings .............................................................. 6-5 of those games. Shutouts ...................................................................... 4-5 • Has pitched at least eight innings four times this YONDER WINDOWS BROKE Lineups ....................................................................... 101 season, the most since Jhoulys Chacín had four • Yonder Alonso homered in back-to-back games outings of eight or more innings in 2013. Saturday and Sunday for the second time this Rockies / Opp. Score First .................. 31-17 / 22-50 season (also: April 26-29 at Detroit as a member of One-run / Two-Run Games .................. 14-17 / 8-11 THIS IS NOW Chicago-AL), and for the first time as a member of Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs ......13-13 / 5-5 • The Rockies were a season-high six games over the Rockies. Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 2-3 .500 after sweeping a three-game series at Arizona • His home run Sunday was the 100th of his career, Out-Hitting Opponents ......................................37-11 June 18-20. his third as a member of the Rockies. Out-Hit by Opponents .......................................12-52 • Colorado is 13-33 since June 21 … the .283 winning Hit Totals Equal ........................................................ 4-4 percentage over that span is the lowest in the CLIMBING THE CHARTS Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ..................... 44-23 / 17-51 2019 Rockies vs. Diamondbacks (8-7) • Nolan Arenado logged the 700th RBI of his career Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ..................... 49-28 / 25-58 last Tuesday, Aug. 6 … at 989 games, he became Date Result WP LP Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ..........4-39 / 28-9 5/3 L, 9-10 Ray Anderson the fourth active player to reach that milestone in fewer than 1,000 games, joining Albert Pujols Hit Two or More Home Runs ..........................27-23 5/4 L, 2-9 Weaver Freeland (863 games), Miguel Cabrera (964) and Ryan Braun At least one HR / No HR ...................... 46-39 / 7-28 5/5 W, 8-7 Oberg Bradley (972). No Errors / One or More Errors ..... 27-36 / 26-31 5/27 W, 4-3 Oh Andriese Rockies / Opp. Quality Start .............. 28-10 / 11-30 5/28 W, 6-2 Díaz Kelly NOT TAPPING OUT Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................37-7 / 43-5 / 43-2 5/29 W, 5-4 Hoffman Ray • Raimel Tapia has recorded back-to-back three-hit Behind after 6 / 7 / 8 .......................7-54 / 6-56/ 4-57 5/30 W, 11-10 Oh Hirano games for the first time in his career as part of Tied after 6 / 7 / 8 ................................ 9-6 / 4-6 / 6-8 6/18 W, 8-1 Senzatela Kelly a current eight-game hitting streak … is batting Instant Replay Reviews - Rockies / Opp. ..... 26 / 37 6/19 W, 6-4 Gray Grienke .455 (15-for-33)