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 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (61-43) vs. COLORADO ROCKIES (54-47) Friday, July 27, 2018 • 6:40 p.m. MDT • Coors Field • Denver, Colo. LHP Kyle Freeland (8-6, 3.28) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (9-6, 3.38) TV: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: KOA NewsRadio I’M A PLAYER • Rockies starters have a 3.61 ERA (172.0 IP, 69 ER) • The Colorado Rockies continue a five-game over that span, fourth lowest in the NL … have ROCKIES AT A GLANCE Interleague homestand tonight with the first of a surrendered only 14 home runs since June 19, the Game #102 .................................... Home #49 three-game series against the Oakland Athletics, fewest in the NL. NL West Standing .........................................3rd (-2.0) the final home Interleague series of the 2018 Wild Card Standing .......................................4th (-1.0) season. HEAVY IN THE GAME • Split a two-game series against the Houston Astros • Since June 19, the Rockies rank second in the NL Home / Road .......................................... 24-24 / 30-23 prior to yesterday’s off day … have now gone seven with 46 home runs and a .279 team batting average Day / Night ............................................. 13-22 / 41-25 consecutive series without a series loss (last series … rank second in the NL and fifth in MLB with 5.62 Current Streak ....................................................Won 1 loss: June 26-28 at San Francisco, 1-2) … that is runs per game over that span. Homestand ................................................................ 1-1 their second-longest streak in franchise history Last Road Trip ............................................................ 2-1 without losing a series (longest: nine, April 30-May CAN’T KILL HYPHY 28, 2017) … prior to the split with Houston, had • Since their eight-game home losing streak ended Last Five Games ........................................................ 3-2 won six consecutive series against teams at .500 on June 18 the Rockies have gone 13-4 at Coors Last 10 Games........................................................... 8-2 or above, their longest series winning streak since Field. March/April .......15-15 July ............................13-5 2014 and the first time in franchise history that • Over that 17-game span, have outscored opponents May .....................15-11 August ........................ 0-0 they won six consecutive series against teams at or 108-69 … have posted a 3.62 team ERA over that above .500. span, a 3.31 ERA by the starters and a 4.26 ERA by June .....................11-16 September/Oct. ....... 0-0 • Won Wednesday on a Charlie Blackmon walk-off the bullpen. vs. NL West...........................................................23-23 home run, his first career walk-off home run and • Have averaged 6.4 runs per game while batting vs. ARI .................... 5-7 vs. SD ......................... 7-5 his second career walk-off RBI (also: RBI single, .305. vs. LAD .................. 3-6 vs. SF .......................... 8-5 Sept. 1, 2014 vs. San Francisco) … held Houston to vs. NL Central .........................................................10-9 one hit, the third time in franchise history that the HIT ‘EM WHERE IT HURTS Rockies have one-hit their opponent at Coors Field • Colorado is 8-5 in Interleague play this season, vs. NL East .............................................................13-10 (last: July 9 vs. Chicago-AL). including 5-2 at Coors Field. Interleague ................................................................. 8-5 • Colorado is 157-194 all-time in Interleague play … Opp. At or Above .500 / Below .500 ...... 31-24 / 23-23 YA BOY the Rockies are 98-81 at home, 59-113 on the road vs. RHS / LHS ........................................ 32-28 / 22-19 • Yesterday, the Rockies announced that they … Colorado is 13-11 the past 24 road games vs. acquired right-handed reliever Seunghwan Oh from the AL, including 3-3 this year. Longest Winning Streak....... ...................... 7, 7/11-21 the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Minor League Longest Losing Streak ................................... 5, 6/7-12 infielder Chad Spanberger, Minor League outfielder OAKTOWN FUNK Series Record ....................................................16-13-4 Forrest Wall and a player to be named later. • The Rockies are playing the Athletics for the first Series Opener .......................................................19-14 • Oh, 36, went 4-3 with two saves, a 2.68 ERA (47.0 time since 2015 (2-1 series loss in Oakland), their Series Finale ...........................................................14-19 IP, 14 ER) 10 walks and 55 strikeouts in 48 relief first time at Coors Field since June 12-14, 2012 (3-0 appearances with Toronto this season. Oakland sweep). Sweeps ........................................................................ 3-2 • Carlos González made his Major League debut Getaway Day ...........................................................9-15 GETTIN’ IT with Oakland on May 30, 2008 and played 85 Most Games Above .500 ..................................8, 7/21 • The Rockies are 20-9 since June 19, a .690 winning games with them prior to his November 10 trade Most Games Below .500................... 4, 2x, last: 6/27 percentage that is the best in the NL and the third- to Colorado (along with Greg Smith and Huston Longest Game by Innings ....................13, 6/7 at CIN best in MLB (Oakland’s .781 winning percentage is Street) in exchange for Matt Holliday. best) … have won 16 of their last 21 games since • Brett Anderson was acquired by Colorado from Longest Game by Time .................4:20, 5/11 vs. MIL June 28. Oakland on Dec. 10, 2013 in exchange for Chris Shortest Game by Time ..................... 2:15, 7/4 vs. SF • Of the 20 series remaining in the Rockies season, Jensen and Drew Pomeranz … made eight starts Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................24 16 are against teams currently at or above .500, for the Rockies in 2013, going 1-3 with a 2.91 ERA Trailing 3+ ..................................................................5 including each of the next eight series. (43.1 IP, 14) prior to becoming a free agent on Nov. 1. Trailing 4+ ..................................................................1 U CAN’T TOUCH THIS • Jonathan Lucroy was acquired by the Rockies from Trailing 5+ ..................................................................1 • Since June 19, the Rockies have posted a 3.71 team the Texas Rangers on July 30 of last season for a Largest Deficit Overcome to Win .......5, 6/15 at Texas ERA (257.1 IP, 106 ER), the fourth-lowest ERA in player to be named later (Pedro Gonzalez) … he Losses After Leading .................................................25 the National League over that span. batted .310 (44-for-142) in 46 games for Colorado Largest Blown Lead ............................. 6, 5/11 vs. MIL prior to signing with Oakland as a free agent on Extra Innings .............................................................. 3-3 2018 Rockies Interleague (8-5) March 12 of this year. • Matt Chapman (class of 2011) was teammates with Shutouts ...................................................................... 6-6 Date H/R Result WP LP Nolan Arenado (class of 2009) at El Toro High Lineups ..........................................................................75 5/8 H W, 4-2 vs. LAA Gray Heaney School in Lake Forest, Calif. Rockies / Opp. Score First .................. 35-12 / 20-34 5/9 H L, 0-8 vs. LAA Barria Anderson One-run / Two-Run Games .....................16-9 / 13-6 IT’S ON Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs .......... 8-9 / 4-3 6/15 R W, 9-5 at TEX Bettis Mendez • Colorado leads the Majors in runs scored in the first inning (82) and also leads MLB in runs allowed Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 2-1 6/16 R L, 2-5 at TEX Leclerc Musgrave in the first frame (88). Out-Hitting Opponents ........................................39-9 6/17 R L, 12-13 at TEX Chavez Davis • Have hit a Major League-leading 30 home runs in Out-Hit by Opponents .......................................10-35 the first inning, while their 25 home runs allowed 7/6 R W, 7-1 at SEA Márquez Hernández are the second-most in MLB … Nolan Arenado’s Hit Totals Equal ........................................................ 5-3 7/7 R W, 5-1 at SEA Oberg Paxton 11 first-inning home runs and 28 RBI lead MLB. Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ..................... 36-14 / 11-39 Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ..................... 40-22 / 17-42 7/8 R L, 4-6 at SEA LeBlanc Senzatela MISTADOBALINA Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ....... 14-25 / 37-5 7/13 H W, 10-7 vs. SEA Musgrave Bergman • Trevor Story is batting .364 (55-for-141) in 38 Hit Two or More Home Runs ..........................24-13 7/14 H W, 4-1 vs. SEA Gray LeBlanc games since June 8, the highest batting average in the Major Leagues since that date … has hit .403 At least one HR / No HR .................... 44-29 / 10-18 7/15 H W, 4-3 vs. SEA Oberg Vincent (27-for-67) on the road over that span, which also No Errors / One or More Errors ..... 35-33 / 19-14 7/24 H L, 2-8 vs. HOU Rondon Davis leads MLB. Rockies / Opp. Quality Start .............. 33-13 / 15-18 • Had his career-best 13-game hitting streak snapped 7/25 H W, 3-2 vs. HOU Davis McHugh Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................39-7