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 ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (76-68) at COLORADO ROCKIES (79-64) Tuesday, September 11, 2018 • 6:40 p.m. MDT • Coors Field • Denver, Colo. RHP Antonio Senzatela (4-5, 4.92) vs. RHP Zack Greinke (13-9, 3.08) TV: AT&T SportsNet • Radio: KOA NewsRadio NEVER FORGET Rockies’ 455.2 innings out of the bullpen are 14th ROCKIES AT A GLANCE • The Rockies are now 5-2 in this season-long in the NL and 27th in MLB. 10-game homestand after last night’s 13-2 win over Game #144 .................................... Home #72 the Diamondbacks. TUFF ENUFF NL West Standing ........................................ 1st (+1.5) • The Rockies will begin a nine-game, 10-day trip on • Colorado is 48-37 against clubs with winning Wild Card Standing ................................................ N/A Friday … play three in San Francisco, three at Los records, tied for the second-most victories against Home / Road .......................................... 39-32 / 40-32 Angeles-NL and three at Arizona before finishing .500 or better clubs in MLB. Day / Night ............................................. 20-26 / 59-38 the regular season at home with four against Current Streak ....................................................Won 1 Philadelphia and three vs. Washington. LEAVE THE SNAKES ON THE PLANE • With 19 games remaining, Colorado has a 1.5-game • Colorado is 6-7 vs. Arizona this year, 3-4 in Denver Homestand ................................................................ 5-2 edge over the Los Angeles Dodgers and lead the and 3-3 at Chase Field … the Rockies are 5-1 the Last Road Trip ............................................................ 3-3 D-backs by 3.5 games in the NL West Division. past six games vs. the Snakes after going 1-6 the Last Five Games ........................................................ 3-2 • This is the latest the Rockies have been alone in first seven. Last 10 Games........................................................... 7-3 first place in the division since the 1995 Rockies • The Rockies have won three consecutive games March/April .......15-15 July ............................17-6 held first place as late as Sept. 26 … by games it at home vs Arizona after losing nine straight in May .....................15-11 August ....................14-14 is the latest in franchise history that the Rockies Denver from June 21, 2017 to July 10, 2018. June .....................11-16 September/Oct. ....... 7-2 have held first place, as the strike-shortened 1995 • The Rockies have not won a season series vs. season consisted of only 144 games. Arizona since going 10-9 in 2014. vs. NL West...........................................................35-29 • Charlie Blackmon has hit safely in 11 of 13 games vs. ARI .................... 6-7 vs. SD .......................11-8 GO WEST YOUNG MAN vs. Arizona this year (.353, 18-for-51). vs. LAD .................. 7-9 vs. SF ........................11-5 • With 12 divisional games remaining, the Rockies • Ian Desmond has slashed .362/.423/.660 while vs. NL Central .......................................................14-18 are 35-29 vs. the National League West … last year hitting safely in 11 of 13 games vs. Arizona this year. vs. NL East .............................................................17-10 the Rockies were 42-34 against their division rivals • DJ LeMahieu is batting .364 (16-for-44) vs. Arizona, Interleague ...............................................................13-7 … the 2007 team was the best in franchise history (hitting in nine of 11 games). Opp. At or Above .500 / Below .500 ...... 48-37 / 31-27 vs. the NL West, going 43-30. vs. RHS / LHS ........................................ 48-40 / 31-24 VENOMOID BUT HER EMAILS • Trevor Story and Carlos González have each hit Longest Winning Streak....... ...................... 7, 7/11-21 • The Rockies have a run differential of zero. five home runs off Zack Greinke, tied for the Longest Losing Streak ................................... 5, 6/7-12 most off the right-hander in his career (also: Jason Series Record ....................................................21-18-7 WHO’S THE TORTOISE? Giambi). Series Opener .......................................................25-22 • The Rockies’ .552 winning percentage through 143 • Since his rookie year in 2016, Story leads the Series Finale ...........................................................21-25 games (79-64) is tied with the 2010 team for the Majors with 14 home runs and ranks second with Sweeps ........................................................................ 6-2 second-highest mark in franchise history, behind 37 RBI vs. Arizona (Arenado, 38) … has safely in his Getaway Day .........................................................15-18 the 2009 club (.573, 82-61). past 10 games vs. Arizona (.432, 16-for-37). • The Rockies were as many as eight games back Most Games Above .500 ................15, 3x, last: 9/10 after play on June 28 … since and including that BABY COME BACK Most Games Below .500................... 4, 2x, last: 6/27 date, have gone 41-22 (.651), the highest winning • The Rockies’ 42 come-from-behind wins are Longest Game by Innings ..... 13, 2x, last: 8/30 at SD percentage in the National League and the third- second in the NL (third in the Majors) and the Longest Game by Time .................4:20, 5/11 vs. MIL best clip in the Majors. fourth-most in franchise history. Shortest Game by Time ..................... 2:15, 7/4 vs. SF Come-From-Behind Wins ........................................42 BETTER HOMES AND ROOFTOPS MID-SUMMER MAGIC Trailing 3+ ..................................................................6 • Since an eight-game home losing streak ended June • Since June 28, the Rockies have gone a combined 19, the Rockies are 28-12 at Coors Field (.700), the 31-6 when Kyle Freeland (12-1), Jon Gray (9-2) and Trailing 4+ ..................................................................1 best home winning percentage in the NL that span. German Márquez (10-3) start on the mound. Trailing 5+ ..................................................................1 • Freeland (2.42) and Márquez (2.45) rank sixth and Largest Deficit Overcome to Win .......5, 6/15 at Texas PITCHING MATTERS eighth, respectively, in ERA in the NL over that span Losses After Leading .................................................31 • The Rockies’ 3.77 ERA since June 28 ranks fourth … Márquez’s 111 strikeouts since June 28 are the Largest Blown Lead ............................. 6, 5/11 vs. MIL in the National League … the starters 3.71 clip most in the National League. Extra Innings .............................................................. 5-5 (374.0 IP, 154 ER) ranks sixth … their 3.34 home Shutouts ...................................................................... 7-7 ERA (307.0, 114 ER) since June 28 ranks second. MARQ ZONE Lineups ....................................................................... 111 • German Márquez has 195 strikeouts, fourth in GO LONG franchise history in a single-season, three away Rockies / Opp. Score First .................. 46-15 / 33-49 • The 821.1 innings by Colorado’s starters rank from tying Ubaldo Jiménez for third (198, 2009) … One-run / Two-Run Games .................. 24-14 / 21-9 second in the NL and fourth in the Majors … the only Jimenez (214, 2010) and Pedro Astacio (210, Decided by Last At-Bat / Walk-Offs ......16-15 / 7-7 1999) have reached 200. Walk-Off Home Runs ............................................. 3-4 2018 Rockies vs. Diamondbacks (6-7) • According to STATS, Márquez set the Rockies Out-Hitting Opponents ......................................55-14 Date H/R Result WP LP record for most strikeouts in a four-start span Out-Hit by Opponents .......................................16-46 with 44 (Aug. 25-Sept. 10), breaking Pedro Astacio’s Hit Totals Equal ........................................................ 8-4 3/29 R L, 2-8 Corbin Gray mark of 42 set in 2000. 3/30 R L, 8-9 Ray Senzatela Rockies / Opp. Score 5+ ..................... 50-18 / 13-51 3/31 R W, 2-1 Shaw Salas BACK IN BLACK Rockies / Opp. Score 4+ ..................... 60-28 / 21-57 • Charlie Blackmon has hit safely in 14 of his past Rockies / Opp. Score 3 or Fewer ....... 19-36 / 58-7 6/8 H L, 4-9 Greinke Márquez 18 games (.368; 28-for-76) … since Aug. 31, he is Hit Two or More Home Runs ..........................36-18 6/9 H L, 7-12 Bracho Shaw batting .429 (18-for-42) … Blackmon’s .421 average At least one HR / No HR .................... 66-39 / 13-25 6/10 H L, 3-8 Godley Freeland (16-for-38) this month is second among National No Errors / One or More Errors ..... 52-39 / 27-25 7/10 H L, 3-5 Delgado McGee League players with 30 or more plate appearances. Rockies / Opp. Quality Start .............. 53-19 / 25-27 7/11 H W, 19-2 Márquez Miller Ahead after 6 / 7 / 8 ................... 57-10 / 65-7 / 67-5 THE STORY CONTINUES Behind after 6 / 7 / 8 ......................8-46 / 5-50 / 5-53 7/12 H W, 5-1 Oberg Ray • Trevor Story leads the Majors this month with six homers and 14 RBI … hitting .333 (12-for-36) in Tied after 6 / 7 / 8 .............................. 14-8 / 9-7 / 7-6 7/20 R W, 11-10 Oberg Bradley nine games in September … Story is batting .327 Instant Replay Reviews - Rockies / Opp. ..... 40 / 37 7/21 R W, 11-10 Oberg Hirano (17-for-52)