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 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (68-71) at COLORADO ROCKIES (75-62) Tuesday, September 4, 2018 • 6:40 p.m. MDT • Coors Field • Denver, Colo. RHP German Márquez (11-9, 4.11) vs. RHP Dereck Rodriguez (6-2, 2.47) TV: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: KOA NewsRadio DANCING IN SEPTEMBER • Have gone 6-1 at Coors Field vs. the Giants, ROCKIES AT A GLANCE • The Colorado Rockies continue their 10-game winning each of the last four games at home … homestand, their longest of the season, with are 20-6 vs. the Giants at Coors Field since 2016, Game #138 .................................... Home #66 the second of three games vs. the San Francisco including 15-2 since 2017. NL West Standing ........................................ 1st (+0.5) Giants … face the Los Angeles Dodgers for three Wild Card Standing ................................................ N/A contests Friday-Sunday before hosting the Arizona JUST THE WAY WE WANT IT Home / Road .......................................... 35-30 / 40-32 Diamondbacks for four games next Monday- • Each of the Rockies next 18 games are against Day / Night ............................................. 20-25 / 55-37 Thursday. National League West opponents, five against San Current Streak ....................................................Won 3 • The Rockies have 16 home games remaining on Francisco, six against Los Angeles-NL and seven Homestand ................................................................ 1-0 the schedule, the most in the National League … against Arizona … will finish the season with a their 72 games played on the road are tied for the seven-game homestand against Philadelphia and Last Road Trip ............................................................ 3-3 second-most in the Majors, tied for the most in the Washington. Last Five Games ........................................................ 3-2 NL. • Of the five teams remaining on the Rockies Last 10 Games........................................................... 5-5 schedule (eight series), San Francisco is the only March/April .......15-15 July ............................17-6 BACK IN THE HIGH LIFE AGAIN club with a record below .500. May .....................15-11 August ....................14-14 • The Rockies are currently a half game up on the • Are now 29-27 against teams below .500 and 46-35 June .....................11-16 September/Oct. ....... 3-0 Dodgers for first place in the NL West, the first against clubs with winning records, the third-most vs. NL West...........................................................31-27 time the Rockies have been in first place in the victories against .500 or better clubs in MLB. vs. ARI .................... 5-7 vs. SD .......................11-8 division in September or October since 1995 … vs. LAD .................. 6-7 vs. SF .......................... 9-5 the 1995 Rockies held first place in the division as LEAD FROM BEHIND vs. NL Central .......................................................14-18 late as Sept. 26. • The Rockies have 39 come-from-behind wins, • The Rockies’ .547 winning percentage through second in the NL and third in MLB. vs. NL East .............................................................17-10 137 games is the second-highest mark in franchise • The Rockies have won via walk-off seven times, Interleague ...............................................................13-7 history, behind the 2009 club (.562, 77-60). four via a home run … five of the last 10 home Opp. At or Above .500 / Below .500 ...... 46-35 / 29-27 • This is the first time the Rockies have been in solo games have been last at-bat wins, including three vs. RHS / LHS ........................................ 45-40 / 30-22 first place this season since June 1 … were as many walk-off wins (two by home runs). Longest Winning Streak....... ...................... 7, 7/11-21 as eight games back after play on June 28. Longest Losing Streak ................................... 5, 6/7-12 • The Rockies have gone 37-20 since June 28 (.649), DEAL OR MORE DEAL Series Record ....................................................20-17-7 the date they beat the Giants on a DJ LeMahieu • The 790.0 innings pitched by Colorado’s starters Series Opener .......................................................24-21 ninth-inning home run … that is the highest are third in the NL and rank fifth in the Majors … Series Finale ...........................................................20-24 winning percentage in the National League and the Rockies’ 433.0 innings out of the bullpen are third-best clip in the Majors over that span. last in the NL and 28th in MLB. Sweeps ........................................................................ 5-2 Getaway Day .........................................................15-18 ROADSIDE IT ONLY TAKES ONE Most Games Above .500 .................. 13, 3x, last: 9/3 • The Rockies have gone 40-32 on the road, one win • The Rockies are 24-14 in one-run games, a .632 Most Games Below .500................... 4, 2x, last: 6/27 shy of their franchise record of 41 road wins (2017, winning percentage that’s best in the NL and fourth Longest Game by Innings ..... 13, 2x, last: 8/30 at SD 2009) … they rank fourth in the Majors in road in MLB … the Rockies rank first in the NL in Longest Game by Time .................4:20, 5/11 vs. MIL wins, eighth with a .556 road winning percentage. winning percentage (.616, 45-28) in one-run affairs Shortest Game by Time ..................... 2:15, 7/4 vs. SF since the beginning of the 2017 season (second in Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................39 WELCOME TO PARADISE MLB). Trailing 3+ ..................................................................6 • Since an eight-game home losing streak ended June Trailing 4+ ..................................................................1 19, the Rockies are 24-10 at Coors Field (.706), the HARDWARE best home winning percentage in the NL over that • Per Elias, the Rockies are the first team in MLB Trailing 5+ ..................................................................1 span. history to use four different players at any point in Largest Deficit Overcome to Win .......5, 6/15 at Texas • Are 20-8 at home since July 2, a .714 percentage the season who had previously won a batting title Losses After Leading .................................................31 that leads the NL … their 3.42 home ERA (253.0 IP, for that franchise … Charlie Blackmon (2017), DJ Largest Blown Lead ............................. 6, 5/11 vs. MIL 96 ER) since July 2 is third in the league … Rockies LeMahieu (2016), Carlos González (2010) and Matt Extra Innings .............................................................. 5-5 starters have posted a 3.25 ERA (168.2 IP, 61 ER) Holliday (2007) have each won batting titles with Shutouts ...................................................................... 7-7 over that span. the Rockies. Lineups ....................................................................... 106 • The Rockies have fielded a starting lineup with all Rockies / Opp. Score First .................. 45-15 / 30-47 SAN FRAN SLAM four batting champs four times this season … the One-run / Two-Run Games .................. 24-14 / 19-8 • The Rockies have gone 9-5 against the San last team to have a starting lineup with four batting Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs ......16-14 / 7-7 Francisco Giants this season, including winning champions, won while playing for different teams, each of the last five games. was the 2004 Yankees, who started John Olerud, Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 3-4 Out-Hitting Opponents ......................................52-13 2018 Rockies vs. Giants (9-5) Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield and Bernie Williams together. Out-Hit by Opponents .......................................15-45 Date H/R Result WP LP Hit Totals Equal ........................................................ 8-4 5/17 R W, 5-3 (12) McGee Johnson IT’S WHAT HE DOES Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ..................... 47-17 / 14-49 5/18 R W, 6-1 Freeland Holland • Nolan Arenado is tied for second in the NL in Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ..................... 55-27 / 21-54 5/19 R L, 9-4 Stratton Gray home runs (31), tied for fourth in RBI (92), and is Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ....... 19-35 / 54-7 5/20 R L, 5-9 Dyson Shaw eighth in average (.301) … ranks fourth in slugging Hit Two or More Home Runs ..........................32-17 5/28 H W, 6-5 (10) Shaw Strickland percentage (.557), tied for first in multi-hit games At least one HR / No HR .................... 61-37 / 13-25 (49) and is eighth with a .381 on-base percentage. 5/29 H W, 11-4 Freeland Samardzija • Since 2014, leads the Majors with 546 RBI and tops No Errors / One or More Errors ..... 49-39 / 26-23 5/30 H L, 4-7 Holland Musgrave the NL with 169 home runs. Rockies / Opp. Quality Start .............. 50-18 / 24-26 6/26 R L, 2-3 Watson Ottavino Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ................... 54-10 / 61-7 / 63-5 6/27 R L, 0-1 Moronta Musgrave BETTER THAN NICE Behind after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................8-44 / 5-48 / 5-51 6/28 R W, 9-8 Ottavino Dyson • Trevor Story ranks tied for first in the NL in Tied after 6 / 7 / 8 .............................. 13-8 / 9-7 / 7-6 7/2 H W, 5-2 Freeland Bumgarner doubles (39), second in total bases (287),