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 (90-71) vs. WASHINGTON NATIONALS (82-79) Sunday, September 30, 2018 • 1:10 p.m. MDT • Coors Field • Denver, Colo. LHP Tyler Anderson (6-9, 4.76) vs. RHP Erick Fedde (2-3, 5.24) TV: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: KOA NewsRadio TIMES UP, LET’S DO THIS the first eight batters of the game … the eight- ROCKIES AT A GLANCE • The Colorado Rockies play their final game of the straight strikeouts were also a franchise record for regular season today vs. the Washington Nationals. consecutive strikeouts in a single game and tied Game #162 .................................... Home #81 • The Rockies enter play today in a tie for the the franchise record for strikeouts vs. consecutive NL West Standing ................................................. T-1st National League West with the Los Angeles batters faced. Wild Card Standing ................................................ N/A Dodgers … a win today and a Dodgers loss would • Márquez now has 221 strikeouts this season, a new Home / Road .......................................... 46-34 / 44-37 clinch the Rockies’ first division title in franchise single-season franchise record. Day / Night ............................................. 25-26 / 66-45 history … if both teams remain tied after play Current Streak .....................................................Lost 1 today, a Game 163 tiebreaker would be played THE MILE HIGH KID Homestand ................................................................ 5-1 tomorrow in Los Angeles. • Kyle Freeland finished the regular season with a Last Road Trip ............................................................ 4-5 • The Rockies’ 12-2 loss to the Nationals yesterday 2.85 ERA (202.1 IP, 64 ER), the lowest full-season Last Five Games ........................................................ 4-1 snapped their season-high eight game winning ERA for a starting pitcher in Rockies history … his Last 10 Games........................................................... 8-2 streak, the club’s longest win streak since winning 2.40 ERA (93.2 IP, 25 ER) at home is also the lowest March/April .......15-15 July ............................17-6 10-straight in 2010 (Sept. 3-12). for a starter in club history. May .....................15-11 August ....................14-14 • The Colorado Rockies have clinched a postseason • Is the first Rockies pitcher to reach 200 innings in June .....................11-16 September ...............18-9 berth two consecutive seasons for the first time in a season since Ubaldo Jiménez in 2010 (221.2 IP) vs. NL West...........................................................41-35 franchise history. • Has 11 consecutive quality starts, third-longest vs. ARI ..................11-8 vs. SD .......................11-8 quality start streak for a season in franchise history NEW NORMAL … his 17 wins are tied for second in franchise vs. LAD ................7-12 vs. SF ........................12-7 • The Rockies 90 wins this season are tied for the history and the most since Jiménez recorded a vs. NL Central .......................................................14-18 second-most in franchise history with the 2007 franchise-record 19 wins in 2010. vs. NL East .............................................................22-11 club, who won their 90th game in the tie-breaking • His 24 quality starts this season rank fourth in the Interleague ...............................................................13-7 Game 163 vs. San Diego … the 2009 club holds the NL and are tied for the second-most in franchise Opp. At or Above .500 / Below .500 ...... 56-42 / 34-29 franchise record with 92 wins. history. vs. RHS / LHS ........................................ 57-44 / 33-27 • Colorado has played consecutive seasons over .500 Longest Winning Streak....... ...................... 8, 9/21-28 for the first time since 2009-10. HAVE TO GET BY THEM FIRST Longest Losing Streak ................................... 5, 6/7-12 • Over their last 11 games, Rockies starters are 6-1 Series Record ....................................................24-20-7 BETTER HOMES AND ROOFTOPS with a 2.29 ERA (63.0 IP, 16 ER) with 16 walks Series Opener .......................................................28-24 • Since an eight-game home losing streak ended June and 57 strikeouts … have pitched seven innings Series Finale ...........................................................25-26 19, the Rockies are 35-14 at Coors Field (.714), the or more in five of those games with quality starts Sweeps ........................................................................ 8-3 best home winning percentage in the NL and tied eight times while not allowing more than two runs Getaway Day .........................................................18-19 for third-highest clip in the Majors. in 10 of 11 games. Most Games Above .500 ............................... 20, 9/28 Most Games Below .500................... 4, 2x, last: 6/27 THE BEST OF YOU GO LOW • Colorado’s 56 wins against teams at or above .500 • Rockies starting pitchers lead the National League Longest Game by Innings ..... 13, 2x, last: 8/30 at SD lead the Majors. and rank third in MLB with 919.2 innings pitched. Longest Game by Time .................4:20, 5/11 vs. MIL • The Rockies’ starting ERA of 4.21 (919.2 IP, 430 Shortest Game by Time ..................... 2:15, 7/4 vs. SF BABY COME BACK ER) is the second-lowest figure in franchise history, Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................46 • The Rockies’ 46 come-from-behind wins are trailing only the 2009 (4.10) team … the team’s Trailing 3+ ..................................................................7 second in the NL (third in the Majors) and the overall ERA of 4.36 ranks fourth in club history Trailing 4+ ..................................................................1 third-most in franchise history. and is the lowest since the 2010 squad posted a Trailing 5+ ..................................................................1 franchise-low 4.14 mark. Largest Deficit Overcome to Win .......5, 6/15 at Texas BA-DEE YA, SAY, DO YOU REMEMBER Losses After Leading .................................................33 • The Rockies have gone 18-9 in September, tied for MORE GOLIATH THAN DAVID Largest Blown Lead ............................. 6, 5/11 vs. MIL the most wins in the National League and tied for • David Dahl hit a home run in five consecutive Extra Innings .............................................................. 5-6 the second-most victories in the Majors … the 18 games Monday through Friday, the fourth player Shutouts ...................................................................... 9-9 wins are tied for the second most in September in in franchise history to record a home run streak Lineups ....................................................................... 126 franchise history, the most since also winning 18 in of five or more games … Dante Bichette (Aug. Rockies / Opp. Score First .................. 54-16 / 36-55 September, 2009 (franchise record: 20 wins, 2007). 1-5, 1995), Larry Walker (June 18-23, 1999) and One-run / Two-Run Games ................ 26-15 / 23-10 • The Rockies’ 3.38 ERA (239.1 IP, 90 ER) in the Nolan Arenado (six games, Sept. 1-5, 2015) also month ranks fourth in the NL … the Rockies 142 accomplished the feat. Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs ......17-16 / 8-8 runs this month ranks third in the NL … rank Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 5-6 second in the league with a .269 batting average GOOD COMPANY Out-Hitting Opponents ......................................62-14 and 38 home runs this month. • Charlie Blackmon joins Willie Mays (1954-1965) Out-Hit by Opponents .......................................17-53 • Trevor Story is tied for second in the NL this and Duke Snider (1953-56) as the only NL center Hit Totals Equal ......................................................11-4 month with nine home runs and tied for fifth with fielders to have at least three straight seasons with Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ..................... 59-18 / 13-55 20 RBI … David Dahl’s 24 RBI are fourth in the NL 100 runs scored and 25 home runs. Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ..................... 69-28 / 22-61 … Charlie Blackmon’s .327 batting average ranks Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ..... 21-43 / 68-10 seventh in NL. AND THEN THERE WERE TWO Hit Two or More Home Runs ..........................41-19 • With his 35th home run of the season Saturday, At least one HR / No HR .................... 73-41 / 17-30 NO CHANCE Nolan Arenado joins Albert Belle (1993-96) as the No Errors / One or More Errors ..... 59-44 / 31-27 • On Wednesday, German Márquez tied a modern only players in Major League history to record Rockies / Opp. Quality Start .............. 60-24 / 29-34 Major League record (since 1900) by striking out at least 35 doubles and 35 home runs in four Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ................... 66-10 / 74-7 / 77-5 consecutive seasons. 2018 Rockies vs. Nationals (4-2) Behind after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................9-51 / 6-56 / 6-59 Tied after 6 / 7 / 8 ..........................15-10 / 10-8 / 7-7 Date H/R Result WP LP TRUE STORY Instant Replay Reviews - Rockies / Opp. ..... 46 / 45 4/12 R W, 5-1 Bettis G. Gonzalez • Trevor Story enters today leading the National League with 83 extra-base