Colorado Rockies Spring Training Game Notes
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COLORADO ROCKIES SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES twitter.com/RockiesPR facebook.com/Rockies twitter.com/Rockies twitter.com/LosRockies Colorado Rockies Communications Salt River Fields at Talking Stick ( 7555 N Pima Road ( Scottsdale, AZ 85258 ( www.rockies.com COLORADO ROCKIES (3-7-1) at SEATTLE MARINERS (5-5-1) UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES Tuesday, March 6, 2018 • Peoria Sports Complex • Peoria, Ariz. • 6:40 p.m. Game #12 • Home Record: 1-4 • Road Record: 2-3-1 Wednesday, March 7 vs. TEX • 1:10 p.m. RHP German Márquez (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Mike Leake (0-0, 0.00) RHP Antonio Senzatela vs. RHP Clayton Blackburn COL: RHP Peter Lambert, RHP Wade Davis, RHP NIGHT MOVES: The Colorado Rockies travel to Peoria Scott Oberg, RHP Adam Ottavino COLORADO ROCKIES Sports Complex to play the Seattle Mariners at 6:40 p.m., their TEX: RHP Erick Goeddel, RHP Nick Gardewine, RHP SPRING TRAINING first night game of the Spring … right-handed pitcher German Tony Barnette LAST 10 SEASONS Márquez will make his second start of the Spring, and will be Year Record opposed by right-hander Mike Leake. 2017 16-15-2 Thursday, March 8 vs. CIN • 1:10 p.m. 2016 15-13-4 AT&T SportsNet will televise their BACK ON THE TUBE: LHP Kyle Freeland vs. RHP Luis Castillo 2015 16-16-2 first Spring game tonight as part of a split telecast with ROOT 2014 15-14-4 SPORTS Northwest … Jeff Huson will be in booth, along with COL: RHP Ryan Castellani, RHP Bryan Shaw, RHP 2013 16-15 Seattle broadcasters Dave Sims and Mike Blowers … the game Austin House, RHP Shane Broyles 2012 17-15-1 will also be broadcast on KOA NewsRadio 850 AM/94.1 FM. CIN: RHP Robert Stephenson, RHP Vance Worley, 2011 20-11-1 RHP Jose Rafael De Paula, RHP Jimmy Herget, 2010 17-13-3 BABY BEARS: The Rockies lost 5-4 to the Chicago Cubs RHP Jared Hughes, LHP Cody Reed, RHP Ariel 2009 17-17-1 yesterday … Rockies starter Tyler Anderson pitched two innings Hernandez 2008 14-12 and allowed two runs on three hits with three walks and no strikeouts … right-handed reliever Bryan Shaw made his first Cactus League appearance and allowed one run on two hits with one walk and one strikeout … center fielder Charlie Blackmon hit his first home run of the Spring. INNINGS BY POSITION LAWMEN: Colorado will return to Salt River Fields tomorrow in a 1:10 p.m. game against the Texas Rangers, the first of three consecutive home games … right-hander Catcher: Wolters (25.0), Iannetta (22.0), Antonio Senzatela will make his third appearance of the Spring, and will be opposed by Bemboom (17.0), Murphy (13.0), Vázquez (10.0), right-hander Clayton Blackburn. Nuñez (7.0), Rabago (3.0) FOSTER CLASSIC: The Rockies are scheduled to have their first B game on First Base: McMahon (37.0), Mundell (31.0), Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. when they host the Los Angeles Angels at Salt River Fields … Desmond (15.0), Patterson (14.0) right-hander Chad Bettis is scheduled to start for the Rockies, and he will be followed by LHP Mike Dunn, LHP Jake McGee, RHP Brooks Pounders and RHP Jesus Tinoco … RHP Nick Tropeano will start for the Angels. Second Base: O’Malley (27.1), LeMahieu (27.0), Rodgers (19.0), Hampson (12.0), Castro (9.2), TRAINING ROOM: Infielder Shawn O’Malley fractured the metacarpal in his left Phillips (2.0) hand last Friday while making a diving play at second base … prior to the start of camp, outfielder Gerardo Parra underwent surgery to remove the broken hook of the hamate Third Base: Arenado (33.0),Castro (24.0), bone in his right hand … infielder Pat Valaika has a left oblique strain. McMahon (10.0), Fuentes (6.0), Gibson (6.0), Phillips (5.0), Valaika (5.0), Hampson (3.0), Welker BACKFIELDS: Minor League games will begin on March 15, with Triple-A and (3.0), O’Malley (2.0) Double-A players traveling to Oakland … the Triple-A and Double-A squads will host Oakland on the Salt River Fields backfields on March 16. Shortstop: Rodgers (28.0), Story (28.0), Hampson (25.0), Castro (6.0), O’Malley (4.0), Valaika (4.0), WHO’S ON CAMPUS: The Rockies have a total of 57 players in Major League George (2.0) Spring Training, including 17 non-roster invitees … 27 of those players appeared for the Rockies during the 2017 season, 24 played for Minor League affiliates in the Rockies organization, five played at the Major League level for other organizations (Zac Rosscup Left Field: Tapia (27.0), Dahl (25.0), Hilliard (12.0), pitched for both Chicago-NL and Colorado in 2017), one played in the Minor Leagues Tauchman (11.0), Cuevas (7.0), Daza (7.0), Abreu for another organization (INF Shawn O’Malley) and one did not play due to injury (RHP (3.0), Patterson (3.0), Jones (2.0) Rayan González). Center Field: Daza (22.0), Blackmon (21.0), Tapia ROLLING WITH THE BIG DOGS: Of the 57 players in Major League Spring (18.0), Dahl (15.0), Cuevas (12.0), Tauchman Training, nine are appearing in their first Major League camp: RHP Shane Broyles, OF (8.0), Linkous (1.0) Yonathan Daza, INF Garrett Hampson, OF Sam Hilliard, RHP Austin House, RHP Peter Lambert, INF Brian Mundell, INF Brendan Rodgers, RHP Jesus Tinoco. Right Field: Tauchman (28.0), Hilliard (22.0), Patterson (20.0), Daza (10.0), Tapia (6.0), Cuevas NEW PURPLE: The Rockies signed four free agents to Major League contracts over (5.0), Dahl (4.0), Weeks (2.0) the offseason … catcher Chris Iannetta was signed to a two-year contract on Dec. 8 … right-handed pitcher Bryan Shaw was signed to a three-year contract and left-handed pitcher Jake McGee was re-signed to a three-year contract on Dec. 15 … right-handed pitcher Wade Davis was signed to a three-year contract on Dec. 29. STARTS BY POSITION Includes all Cactus League games IS IT OPENING DAY YET?: The Rockies will open the regular season March 29 with the first game of a three-game series at Arizona with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m. MT … C: Iannetta (5), Wolters (4), Murphy (2) the Rockies will play their home opener on Friday, April 6 against the Atlanta Braves to 1B: McMahon (6), Desmond (4), Patterson (1) begin a three-game series … tickets to the home opener are available by purchasing a mini-plan or season ticket package … for ticket information, call (303) 762-5437 or visit 2B: LeMahieu (6), O’Malley (4), Rodgers (1) www.rockies.com/tickets. 3B: Arenado (8), Castro (1), McMahon (1), Valaika (1) NETTING: The Rockies have begun installation of protective netting behind home plate, replacing the current netting with an upgraded material and extending it at the SS: Story (6), Hampson (2), Castro (1), Rodgers (1), same height to the end of each dugout … along with the new netting and scoreboard, Valaika (1) the Rockies will also be renovating the stadium speakers, the Wells Fargo Club Level Left Field: Tapia (5), Dahl (4), Tauchman (2) and the home clubhouse. Center Field: Blackmon (5), Dahl (3), Tapia (3) BULLETIN BOARD: Current roster and schedule information is available from the Communications office adjacent to the clubhouse entrance … online Spring Training Right Field: Tauchman (5), Patterson (2), Cuevas (1), information as well as daily video content is available at rockiespressbox.com. Dahl (1), Hilliard (1), Tapia (1) MEDIA SCHEDULE: Rockies Manager Bud Black is available to the media at DH: Murphy (3), Patterson (3), Desmond (1), McMahon approximately 9:30 a.m. each day in his office (subject to change) … this time is (1), Mundell (1), Tauchman (1), Valaika (1) variable depending on meetings and other obligations, so expect a member of the Communications department to alert media in the media work rooms … Black will also be available for a brief (less than five-minute) recap outside the Rockies dugout after MISCELLANEOUS 2018 ATTENDANCE each game, home and road … Colorado’s clubhouse is open to media from 7:30-8:30 Record: 3-7-1 Day: 3-7-1 HOME ROAD a.m. (clubhouse media times subject to change without prior notice) … during Spring Training games, the Rockies clubhouse opens for interviews when the Colorado starting Home: 1-4 Night: 0-0 Total: 39,000 Total: 35,314 pitcher is announced as available to the media. Away: 2-3-1 vs. NL: 3-4-1 Avg: 7,800 Avg: 5,886 vs. AL: 0-3 Large: 9,294 Large: 10,167 TODAY’S SCHEDULED ROCKIES PITCHERS German Márquez, RHP - #48: Made his first career Opening Chris Rusin, LHP - #52: Made a career-high 60 relief Day roster in 2017 and led all Major League rookies with 147 appearances in 2017, his first season as a full-time reliever … strikeouts and 14 quality starts … his 11 wins tied for first ranked second in MLB, first in the NL, with 85.0 innings pitched among Major League rookies with teammate Kyle Freeland … as a reliever … worked two-plus innings 17 times, including recorded six consecutive quality starts from July 7-Aug. 8, the three or more innings five times … went 4-1 with a 1.88 ERA longest streak by a Rockies rookie in franchise history … pitched (48.0 IP, 10 ER) in 32 road outings … went 2-1 with a 2.10 ERA a career-high eight shutout innings on May 10 vs.