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 COLORADO ROCKIES (16-15) at CHICAGO CUBS (16-11) Wednesday, May 2, 2018 • 12:20 p.m. MDT • Wrigley Field • Chicago, Ill. LHP Tyler Anderson (1-0, 4.10) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (0-2, 5.26) TV: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: KOA NewsRadio ALL THAT JAZZ • The Rockies are 44-52 all-time at Wrigley Field, and ROCKIES AT A GLANCE • The Colorado Rockies continue their three-city, have won five of their last seven in Chicago. nine-game, 10-day road trip to Miami, Chicago-NL • All-time vs. Chicago, Colorado is 97-100 … since Game #32 ........................................ Road #20 and New York-NL … Colorado snapped their 2016, the Rockies are 11-7 against the Cubs … the NL West Standing ........................................2nd (-6.0) season-long tying three-game losing streak with Rockies took five of seven last season and won four Home / Road .................................................5-7 / 11-8 a 3-1 win last night … Jon Gray pitched seven out of six games in 2016. Day / Night ....................................................4-6 / 12-9 innings and allowed one run (a leadoff home run to Current Streak ....................................................Won 1 Anthony Rizzo) on three hits with one walk and six TURN Road Trip .................................................................... 2-3 strikeouts … it was his second consecutive start • Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu was Last Homestand ........................................................ 3-3 in which he has pitched at least six innings while originally drafted by the Cubs in the second round Last Five Games ........................................................ 2-3 allowing just three hits. of 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of LSU … since Last 10 Games........................................................... 5-5 being acquired by the Rockies in 2012, he has March/April .......15-15 July .............................. 0-0 ATTENTION GRABBER batted .299 (44-for-147) vs. the Cubs. May ......................... 1-0 August ........................ 0-0 • The Rockies opened last night’s game with a leadoff • Reliever Chris Rusin was also selected by the June ......................... 0-0 September/Oct. ....... 0-0 home run by Charlie Blackmon, the 29th leadoff Cubs in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of the vs. NL West............................................................... 7-6 home run of his career, followed by a home run by University of Kentucky … in three seasons with vs. ARI .................... 1-2 vs. SD ......................... 6-4 David Dahl. the club he went 4-9 with a 4.97 ERA (108.2 IP, 60 vs. LAD .................. 0-0 vs. SF .......................... 0-0 • It was the third time in Rockies history that they ER) in 24 appearances, 20 starts. vs. NL Central ........................................................... 4-4 have led off the game with back-to-back home • Wade Davis spent the 2017 season as the Cubs’ vs. NL East ................................................................. 5-5 runs (also: Eric Young & Ellis Burks, May 4, 1996 vs. closer, earning an All-Star nod and converting a Interleague ................................................................. 0-0 Florida; Charlie Blackmon & Corey Dickerson, May Cubs franchise record 32 consecutive saves to Opp. At or Above .500 / Below .500 ......... 7-8 / 9-7 10, 2014 at Cincinnati). begin the season. vs. RHS / LHS ...............................................11-6 / 5-9 • It was the first time that a visiting team has led off a • Cubs starting pitcher Tyler Chatwood spent five Longest Winning Streak ...........3, 3x, last: 4/24-27 game at Wrigley Field with back-to-back home runs seasons with the Rockies from 2012-17 … his 34 Longest Losing Streak ...................3, 2x, last: 4/28-30 since the Boston Bees (Braves franchise) did so on wins rank 10th in franchise history. Series Record ............................................................ 4-5 Aug. 6, 1937. • Cubs reliever Eddie Butler was originally selected Series Opener ........................................................... 4-6 • It was the second game in franchise history that the by Colorado with the 46th overall pick of the 2012 Series Finale ............................................................... 5-4 Rockies won on three solo home runs (also: April First-Year Player Draft and made his debut for the Sweeps ........................................................................ 0-0 11, 2017 vs. San Diego) … the Rockies have lost the Rockies on June 6, 2014 … was traded to the Cubs Getaway Day ............................................................. 5-2 nine other games in franchise history in which they on Feb. 1 2017. Most Games Above .500 .................. 3, 2x, last: 4/27 scored three runs on three solo home runs. • Rockies manager Bud Black and Cubs manager Most Games Below .500................... 2, 2x, last: 4/10 Joe Maddon spent half a decade together on Mike Longest Game by Innings ....................10, 4/7 vs. ATL PRESS START Scioscia’s coaching staff with the Anaheim Angels, Longest Game by Time ...............3:47, 4/22 vs. CHC • After allowing 13 runs to San Diego on April 23, which included a World Series Championship in Shortest Game by Time ........2:24, 2x, last: 5/1 at CHC including nine in the seventh inning, Colorado has 2002. Come-From-Behind Wins ..........................................3 posted a 1.65 ERA (60.0 IP, 11 ER) over their past Trailing 3+ ..................................................................0 seven games … over that span, starting pitchers MOUNTAIN BREEZE Trailing 4+ ..................................................................0 have allowed seven earned runs over 41.1 innings • Colorado struck out 16 San Diego batters last Trailing 5+ ..................................................................0 of work (1.52 ERA) with six quality starts. Wednesday, the sixth time Colorado has struck Largest Deficit Overcome to Win ........2, 4/21 vs. CHC • Over their 19 road starts, Colorado starters have out 16 batters in a game. Losses After Leading ...................................................8 posted a 3.34 ERA (102.1 IP, 38 ER) with eight Largest Blown Lead ...............2, 3x, last: 4/14 at WAS quality starts … Rockies starters have allowed #COORS? Extra Innings .............................................................. 1-0 three runs or fewer in 15 of their road games. • The Rockies have hit 37 home runs in 31 games Shutouts ...................................................................... 3-2 this season, the most home runs in the National Lineups ..........................................................................25 OTTOMATIC League and tied for the fourth-most in MLB. Rockies / Opp. Score First .......................13-4 / 3-11 • Adam Ottavino has multiple strikeouts in 13 of • 24 of the Rockies’ home runs have come on the One-run / Two-Run Games ......................... 5-3 / 4-1 his 16 games, including striking out the side three road, the most in the NL and tied for the third- Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs .......... 3-0 / 1-0 times … his 31 strikeouts rank second among most in MLB. Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 0-0 Major League relievers. • Charlie Blackmon leads MLB with nine road home Out-Hitting Opponents ........................................13-2 • Tied the Rockies reliever strikeout record for the runs … hit is first seven home runs on the road Out-Hit by Opponents .........................................2-13 month of April with 24 (also: Juan Nicasio, 2014). before homering at Coors Field on April 22 vs. Hit Totals Equal ........................................................ 1-0 • Ottavino has struck out 31 of the 58 batters he has Chicago-NL … per Elias, he is the first Rockies Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ............................9-5 / 1-11 faced, a 53.4 strikeout percentage which is second player to have his first seven home runs come on Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ............................9-6 / 3-13 in MLB … he has an 0.53 FIP and an 877 ERA+. the road since Ian Stewart in 2010. Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ............7-9 / 13-2 Hit Two or More Home Runs .............................. 6-6 SHOW US AROUND EYEBLACKMON At least one HR / No HR ...........................9-11 / 7-4 • Colorado plays the Cubs six times this year, having • Charlie Blackmon’s 10 home runs rank tied for first No Errors / One or More Errors ..........11-11 / 5-4 played a three-game series at Coors Field April in MLB. Rockies / Opp. Quality Start ....................... 9-5 / 4-8 20-22 (2-1 Cubs series win) and now three in • Since 2016, Blackmon’s 76 home runs are third- Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................13-1 / 13-0 / 14-0 Chicago through today. most in the National League behind Giancarlo Behind after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................0-13 / 0-15 / 0-15 Stanton (86) and Nolan Arenado (83) … his .324 Tied after 6 / 7 / 8 ................................ 3-1 / 3-0 / 2-0 2018 Rockies vs. Cubs (2-3) batting average over that span is third-highest in Instant Replay Reviews - Rockies / Opp. ...........5/10 the NL (DJ LeMahieu ranks second at .325) while Date H/R Result WP LP Overturned - Rockies / Opp.. ................................ 3/4 his .581 slugging percentage is