ROCKIES (57-65) UPCOMING SERIES INFORMATION vs. Orioles (65-55) DateOpp. Pitchers - Rockies vs. Opponent Time MDT/TV Friday, August 16, 2013 • Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD 8/17 at BAL RHP Chad Bettis (0-1, 5.06) vs. RHP Bud Norris (8-9, 3.78) 5:05/ROOT RHP Juan Nicasio (6-6, 5.04) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (6-5, 3.06) 8/18 at BAL RHP Jhoulys Chacin (11-6, 3.18) vs. RHP Scott Feldman (2-3, 5.18) 11:35 am/ROOT Game #123 • Road Game #60 • 1:10 p.m. MDT 8/19 at PHI RHP Jeff Manship (0-2, 7.20) vs. RHP Ethan Martin (1-2, 6.28) 5:05/ROOT TV: ROOT SPORTS • Radio: 850 KOA 8/20 at PHI LHP Jorge De La Rosa (12-6, 3.22) vs. TBA 5:05/ROOT ROCKIES VS. ORIOLES TONIGHT: Colorado will commence on their fourth of five-straight three-city RECENT HOMESTAND 2013: . .0-0 road trips with the first of three Interleague games against Baltimore (0-0, W-L-S: ........................................5-1-3 2007: . .2-1 8/16-18)...they’ll then head north up Interstate 95 to Philadelphia for four Batting Avg:..................................325 2013 on Road. .0-0 games (8/19-22) and finish up in South Beach against the Miami Marlins Runs-Per-Game .............................7.0 2007 on Road . 2-1 (8/23-25)...the Rockies spent their off day yesterday in Baltimore after Runs/Opp:.................................42/18 All-Time:. .5-4 finishing a five win-one loss homestand on a good note with a 4-2 win over All-Time Home. .2-1 division opponent San Diego...starter Jorge De La Rosa earned his 12th win, Home Runs/Opp: ..........................2/5 All-Time Road: . .3-3 tossing 7.0 innings and allowing two runs on eight hits with one walk and six OBP/SLG...............................381/.448 strikeouts...Dexter Fowler (2 hits), Corey Dickerson (3) and Troy Tulowitzki (2) Team ERA:...................................3.00 GAME LOGS: each had multi-hit games...Dickerson went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles, a triple, 2 Starter ERA:.................................3.68 Date Site Score RBI and 2 runs while Tulo was 2-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI...Matt Belisle 6/18/04 COL W, 5-3 Bullpen ERA:................................1.56 6/18/04 COL W, 11-6 and Rex Brothers each tossed a perfect inning of relief as Brothers earned his ROX VS. INTERLEAGUE 2013:.....3-12 6/18/04 COL L, 2-4 11th save of the year...the Rockies improved to 23-20 in day games with the vs. Tampa Bay...............................1-2 6/17/05 BAL W, 2-1 win and 30-25 against the NL West. vs. New York-AL ............................1-2 6/18/05 BAL L, 2-7 • RHP Juan Nicasio will head to the bump for his 23rd start of the year and vs. Houston ...................................1-3 13th on the year...he’s 3-5 with a 6.03 ERA (59.2 ip, 40 er) in his road starts 6/19/05 BAL L, 2-4 vs. Toronto....................................0-3 6/8/07 BAL L, 2-4 this season...is 0-3 with a 7.79 ERA (17.1 ip, 15 er) in 4 Interleague starts. 6/9/07 BAL W, 3-2 • LHP Wei-Yin Chen will be making his 15th start of the season and 1st career vs. Boston .....................................0-2 6/9/07 BAL W, 6-1 against the Rockies...in 6 career Interleague starts, he’s 3-3 with a 4.15 ERA vs. Baltimore.................................0-0 8/16/13 BAL (34.2 ip, 16 er) with 2 of those wins coming at Camden Yards. ROX-AT-A-GLANCE 8/17/13 BAL Record:......................................57-65 8/18/13 BAL VS. BALTIMORE: The Rockies and Orioles will be facing each other for the first Rox in the Standings: .....3rd, 14.0 GB time since 2007 in Baltimore, a series the Rockies won 2-1...Colorado holds a Series Record.........................17-19-4 DOUBLE PLAYS TURNED ON slight edge in the all-time series 5-4 but have an even split in Baltimore (3- vs. LHS:......................................16-28 THE ROAD, NL TEAMS, 2013 3)...the last time the Orioles played in Colorado was a three-game series in vs. RHS: .....................................41-37 Team DP 2004...only 5 members of the Rockies current roster were with the Rockies Current Streak: .............................W1 1. St. Louis 73 the last time these two teams met each other (Helton, Tulowitzki, Torrealba, 2. Philadelphia 61 Francis, and Corpas). Current Road Trip: ........................0-0 3. New York 57 Recent Homestand: ......................5-1 4. Colorado 56 • Todd Helton has played in all 9 of the Rockies games against the 5. Atlanta 54 Orioles...he’s 10-for-33 (.303) with 5 doubles, a home run and 10 RBI in Extra-Innings:................................5-8 those games...the 9 games played against them are tied for the 2nd-fewest Most Games +.500: .................9, 4/20 among any Major League team. Most Games - .500:.................12, 8/8 EARNED RUN AVERAGE at Home: ...................................36-27 SINCE 8/8, RELIEVERS, DAY LA ROSA: Jorge De La Rosa improved to 6-0 with a 1.58 ERA in eight ALL TEAMS on Road:....................................21-38 Team ERA starts in afternoon games in 2013 (51.1 innings)...according to Elias, no Shutouts:.....................................4-10 1. Los Angeles 0.41 Rockies pitcher has ever posted a day earned-run average under 2 in a season Errorless Games:.......................35-42 2. Cincinnati 0.81 (minimum 50 IP in day games)...his 1.58 ERA is the 3rd-lowest mark among 3. Pittsburgh 0.91 NL starters. Starter goes 6.0-plus.................39-22 4. Colorado 1.33 2012 after 123: .........................50-73 5. Kansas City 1.66 TURNING TWO: Colorado is among the best in the league at turning double Day:...........................................23-20 plays...on Wednesday, they had a very unconventional third baseman to Night: ........................................34-45 AVERAGE SINCE 7/27, catcher double play as Torrealba tagged a runner advancing home then Last 5:............................................4-1 NL PLAYERS (Min. 30 AB) quickly got another runner trying to advance to third...it was their 118th Last 10:..........................................5-5 Player Avg double play turned of the season which is 3rd in the National League...56 of vs. National League:..................54-53 1. Jayson Werth .490 those double plays have been turned on the road, which is 4th in the NL (see Interleague:.................................3-12 2. Matt Holliday .405 Chart) and 9th in the Majors. T3. Corey Dickerson .400 Average Time: .............................3:01 T3. Scotter Gennett .400 April: .........................................16-11 4. Cody Ross .395 BULLPEN BULLIES: Since 8/8, the Rockies bullpen has been stellar having allowed just 3 earned runs over the last 20.1 innings...their 1.33 ERA is the May:..........................................12-16 4th-lowest in the Majors. June: .........................................13-15 MAJOR LEAGUE HITS CHART • Matt Belisle has appeared in four of those games, yielding just one hit and July:...........................................10-17 Player Hits one walk in 4.0 innings with 3 strikeouts...over his last 17 games, he’s August:..........................................6-7 95. Buddy Bell 2514 allowed 4 earned runs in 17.1 ip with one walk compared to 17 strikeouts. September: ...................................0-0 96. Mickey Vernon 2495 T97. Todd Helton 2490 Sunday: .......................................12-7 T97. Fred McGriff 2490 WELCOME BACK: Corey Dickerson rejoined the club on 7/26 and since has Monday:........................................3-9 watched his average raise .109 points from .212 to .321...during said stretch, Tuesday:......................................9-12 he’s gone 18-for-45 (.400) with 4 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 6 RBI and 9 COMMUNITY CORNER Wednesday: ................................8-11 runs...each of his last 6 hits have gone for extra bases (4 doubles, 2 triples). This year's Hal O'Leary Awards Thursday: ....................................2-11 presentation will be held • Dickerson’s .400 average since he returned to the parent club is tied for the Thursday, September 12th at 3rd-highest in the NL with a minimum of 30 at-bats (see Chart). Friday: .........................................12-7 6:00 P.M...All proceeds go to the Saturday:.....................................11-8 Colorado Rockies Charities, #TODDTO2500: Todd Helton is currently 10 hits shy of reaching the 2500 hit All-Time Record: ...............1558-1743 whose mission is to assist a wide range of nonprofit organizations plateau...right now, his 2490 hits are tied for 97th on the all-time hit list. All-Time, Home:....................904-748 in the Denver Metro area that • Once he hits 2,500 career hits, he’ll join Stan Musial as the only players to All-Time, Coors Field:............840-673 work directly in support of have at least 2500 hits, 550 doubles, 350 home runs and a .310 career All-Time, Road: .....................654-995 youth education, child abuse batting average...Musial (3630 hits, 725 doubles, 475 home runs, .331 Under Walt Weiss:....................57-65 prevention and health. average)...Helton (2490 hits, 581 doubles, 361 home runs, .318 average). ROCKIES ON TWITTER PLAYER TWITTER HANDLE PLAYER TWITTER HANDLE PLAYER TWITTER HANDLE Chad Bettis @cbettis35 Dexter Fowler @dexterfowler24 Adam Ottavino @AdamOttavino Charlie Blackmon @Chuck_Nazty Carlos Gonzalez @CarGoMedia5 Wilin Rosario @WilinRosario Jhoulys Chacin @Jhoulys45 DJ LeMahieu @DJLeMahieu Josh Rutledge @JoshRutledge Tyler Colvin @TylerColvin21 Collin McHugh @Collin_McHugh Rob Scahill @rscahill53 Michael Cuddyer @MCuddy3 Jordan Pacheco @JStyleP Yorvit Torrealba @Yorvit08 Charlie Culberson @culbserson6 Drew Pomeranz @DrewPomeranz Ryan Wheeler @RyanGWheeler12 Corey Dickerson @MCoreyDickerson Roy Oswalt @royoswalt44net PAGE 2 ROCKIES GAME NOTES AUGUST 16, 2013 AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES #12 JUAN NICASIO - 6’3” - 230 LBS 2013: 6-6, 5.03 (22 Games, 22 Starts) - Career: 12-13, 4.83 (46 Games, 46 Starts) W L ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO NICASIO’S 2013 DAY-BY-DAY Home 3 1 3.95 54.2 43 24 24 6 18 48 Road 3 5 6.03 59.2 76 45 40 7 24 35 Date/Opp.