Colorado Rockies Communications Coors Field 2001 Blake Street Denver, CO 80205 phone (303) 312-2325 fax (303) 312-2319 www.rockies.com COLORADO ROCKIES GAME NOTES twitter.com/Rockies facebook.com/Rockies twitter.com/RockiesPR twitter.com/LosRockies Colorado Rockies Communications Coors Field 2001 Blake Street Denver, CO 80205 phone (303) 312-2325 fax (303) 312-2319 www.rockies.com UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION ROCKIES (59-89) at Cardinals (82-67) Date Opp. Pitchers - Rockies vs. Opponent Time/TV Sunday, September 14, 2014 • Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO 9/15 vs. LAD RHP Christian Bergman (2-3, 4.89) vs. Roberto Hernandez (8-11, 4.04) 6:40/ROOT RHP Jordan Lyles (6-2, 4.20) vs. LHP Marco Gonzales (2-2, 5.01) 9/16 vs. LAD LHP Tyler Matzek (5-10, 4.23) vs. RHP Dan Haren (13-10, 3.99) 6:40/ROOT Game #149 • Road Game #75 • 12:15 p.m. MDT 9/17 vs. LAD LHP Jorge De La Rosa (13-11, 4.28) vs. LHP Hyun-jin Ryu (14-7, 3.38) 1:10/ROOT TV: ROOT Sports • Radio: 850 KOA 9/18 vs. ARI LHP Franklin Morales (6-8, 5.32) vs. LHP Vidal Nuno (0-6, 3.68) 6:40/ROOT ROCKIES VS. CARDINALS TODAY: The Rockies will conclude this 6-game, 7-day road trip with the CURRENT ROAD TRIP 2014: . .1-4 third and final game of this 3-game series at St. Louis (0-2, 9/12-14)...earlier W-L-S: ........................................0-5-0 2013: . .3-4 on this trip, the Rockies had a 3-game series at the New York Mets (0-3, Batting Avg: ................................ .213 9/8-10)...the Rox had an off day Thursday...following today’s game, the 2014 on Road . 0-2 Runs-Per-Game ............................ 1.4 Rockies will travel back home for a 7-day, 7-game homestand against the 2014 at Home. 1-2 Runs/Opp: ..................................7/17 All-Time:.. 87-95 Los Angeles Dodgers (9/15-17) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (9/18-21)... the Rockies dropped the second game of this series last night 5-4...the Rox Home Runs/Opp: ..........................2/3 All-Time Home.. .48-44 rallied for 3 runs in the 9th inning last night and had the go-ahead run at OBP/SLG ..............................253/.317 All-Time Road:. 39-51 the plate, but were unable to get all the way back...the loss was the Rockies Team ERA: .................................. 3.57 5th-straight...the Rockies enter this game at 10-22 vs. NL Central teams this Starter ERA: ................................ 3.81 2014 GAME LOGS: season...the Cardinals are the first NL Central team the Rockies have visited Bullpen ERA: ............................... 3.00 Date Site Score on the road since a 4-game series at Chicago 7/28-31. ROX VS. NL CENTRAL, 2014: ..10-22 6/23 COL L, 8-0 • RHP Jordan Lyles will make his 20th start of the season tonight...this will 6/24 COL W, 10-5 be the third-straight season that Lyles will have made at least 20 starts... vs. Chicago .................................... 2-5 6/25 COL L, 9-6 this will be Lyles’ 2nd career start against the Cardinals, as he took a no vs. Cincinnati ................................4-3 9/12 STL L, 5-1 decision in his first outing on 7/10/13 at STL (6.1 ip, 6 h, 4 r-er, 2 bb, 2 so). vs. Milwaukee ..............................1-6 9/13 STL L, 5-4 • LHP Marco Gonzales is making his 7th career appearance/5th start today... vs. Pittsburgh ................................2-4 9/14 STL Gonzales, a native of Ft. Collins, CO and son of Rockies Minor League vs. St. Louis ...................................1-4 Pitching Coach Frank Gonzales (Tri-City), is making his 2nd career start vs. ROX-AT-A-GLANCE COL...he made his MLB debut against the Rockies on 6/25 at Coors Field Record: .....................................59-89 BATTING AVERAGE, (5.0 ip, 7 h, 5 r-er, 2 bb, 3 so). NL PLAYERS, 2014 Rox in the Standings: ..... 5th, 25.0 GB Player AVG VS. RED BIRDS: This is the second of two series the Cardinals and Rockies Series Record .........................16-27-4 1. Josh Harrison .317 will play this season...the Cardinals took two-of-three games against the vs. LHS: .....................................19-21 2. Justin Morneau .315 vs. RHS: .....................................40-68 3. Buster Posey .312 Rockies at Coors Field back in late June...the Rockies are returning to Busch 4. Andrew McCutchen .311 Stadium for the first time since 5/10-12/13, a series the Cardinals also won Current Streak: ...............................L5 5. Ben Revere .308 two-games-to-one...the Rockies are 87-95 all-time against the Cardinals, Recent Homestand .......................5-1 including 39-51 here in St. Louis. Last Road Trip: ..............................2-5 • Charlie Blackmon has had a good deal of success at the plate against the Extra-Innings: ...............................6-6 HITS AS PINCH-HITTER, MLB Cardinals in his career...in 10 games, Blackmon is batting .413 (19-for-46) Most Games +.500: ..................8, 5/8 TEAMS, 2014 with 6 doubles, 1 home run, 7 RBI and 8 runs scored. Player Hits Most Games -.500: ...............30, 9/14 1. Colorado 55 PINCH ME: The Rockies had six total players make pinch-hit plate at Home: ...................................39-35 T2. Pittsburgh 54 appearances last night, with them combining to go 2-for-5 with 2 doubles, on Road: ...................................20-54 T2. San Diego 54 4. Arizona 51 a walk and RBI...on the season, Rockies players are now batting .269 (55- Shutouts: ...................................... 4-9 5. St. Louis 47 for-202) with 17 doubles, 3 triples, 5 home runs and 34 RBI in the pinch this Errorless Games: ......................34-46 season...the Rockies 55 pinch-hits the Rockies have received from players in 2013 after 149: .........................68-81 the pinch is the most in the Majors (Chart). Day: ..........................................21-27 RUNS SCORED, INNING 7 OR GREATER, NL TEAMS, 2014 THE LATE SHOW: As the Rockies showed in last night’s 9th inning, the Night: ........................................38-62 Team Runs Rockies seemingly always score late in games, even on the losing end... Last 5: ...........................................0-5 1. Miami 223 the Rockies have produced one of the best offenses in the late innings this Last 10: .........................................4-6 2. Colorado 214 season...from the 7th inning-on in games this season, the Rockies have a vs. National League: .................52-76 3. Philadelphia 207 team batting line of .256 average (420-for-1638) with 90 doubles, 10 triples, Interleague: ................................7-13 4. Washington 206 48 home runs, 205 RBI and 214 runs scored...the 214 runs the Rockies have 5. Pittsburgh 204 March/April: .............................16-13 scored in the 7th inning or later is the 2nd-most in the NL this season (Chart). May: .........................................12-15 June: ........................................... 8-20 CHAMPIONSHIP X 2: The Rockies have two Minor League affiliates that are ROCKIES ORGANIZATIONAL July: ............................................ 8-17 CHAMPIONSHIPS fighting for their respective league’s championship in 2014...the Double-A Team (level) Season Tulsa Drillers and the Single-A Asheville Tourists...both teams have advanced August: .....................................10-18 Colo. Springs (AAA) 1995 to their championship series. September: ................................... 5-6 Portland (A) 1997 • The Asheville Tourists won the decisive game-5 of the South Atlantic Sunday: ....................................... 9-15 Tucson (Rookie) 1998 League Championship series over Hagerstown last night to clinch the Monday: .....................................6-12 Salem (High-A) 2001 2014 SAL Championship...the Tourists got 7.0 scoreless innings from RHP Asheville (A) 2012 Tuesday: .....................................7-15 Konner Wade to lead the team to victory...OF Raimel Tapia had a solo Wednesday:..............................10-13 Asheville (A) 2014 home run in the game...the 2014 SAL Championship represents the second for the Asheville Tourists in the last three seasons, as they also won the Thursday: ....................................4-10 league crown in 2012 as well. Friday: ......................................... 9-13 APPEARANCES, Saturday: ..................................13-10 ALL-TIME, 14-17 • The Tourists are the 7th Minor League club to win a championship in Player App. the Rockies organizational history (Chart)...the Rockies have never had All-Time Record: ...............1634-1853 14. Mike Jackson 1005 multiple teams win a championship in the same season. All-Time, Home:....................952-791 15. Goose Gossage 1002 • The Double-A Tulsa Drillers were unable to win game-4 last night, setting All-Time, Coors Field: ...........888-717 16. LaTroy Hawkins 994 up a decisive game-5 for the Texas League championship tonight...Midland All-Time, Road: ...................682-1062 17. Lindy McDaniel 987 won last night’s game 9-4...today’s game-5 will begin at 5:00 p.m. MDT in Under Walt Weiss: ...............133-168 Midland...the Drillers pitcher has not yet been announced. ROCKIES 40-MAN ROSTER ON TWITTER PLAYER TWITTER HANDLE PLAYER TWITTER HANDLE PLAYER TWITTER HANDLE Brett Anderson @BAnderson_30 Michael Cuddyer @MCuddy3 Jordan Lyles @JordanLyles24 Brandon Barnes @TheBarnyard15 Charlie Culberson @cculberson23 Michael McKenry @theFortMcKenry Chad Bettis @cbettis35 Corey Dickerson @MCoreyDickerson Justin Morneau @JustinMorneau Charlie Blackmon @Chuck_Nazty Carlos Gonzalez @CarGoMedia5 Ben Paulsen @BenjaminPaulsen Eddie Butler @Butler4Life LaTroy Hawkins @LaTroyHawkins32 Wilin Rosario @WilinRosario Jhoulys Chacin @Jhoulys45 DJ LeMahieu @DJLeMahieu PAGE 2 ROCKIES GAME NOTES SEPTEMBER 14, 2014 AT ST. LOUIS CARDINALS #24 RHP JORDAN LYLES - 6’4” - 210 LBS 2014: 6-2, 4.20 (19 Games, 19 Starts) - Career: 20-31, 5.09 (91 Games, 84 Starts) 2014 W L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO LYLES’ 2104 DAY-BY-DAY Home 4 1 5.02 52.0 55 32 29 6 21 36 Date/Opp. W-L IP H R ER BB SO HR #P Notes Away 2 1 3.45 57.1 46 22 22 5 23 45 4/2 at MIA W 5.0 5 4 4 1 5 1 82 First career start as a Rockie Day 0 1 6.55 11.0 9 8 8 2 5 9 4/7 vs.