Scaling the Rox: Dodgers 2, Rockies 1

by Rox Girl on Apr 11, 2007 12:41 AM MDT in Rockpile

Aspect	Score	Notes
Table Setters		Only two out of eight plate appearances they got on board. Taveras took a walk which was encouraging. Neither scored.
Heart of the Lineup		Several times aboard tonight, but outside of Hawpe and Holliday's doubles, there wasn't a lot of thunder from these slots.
Bottom of the Order		Torrealba had one hit in the seventh when it counted, but that was the lone highlight.
Situational Hitting/Bench		Baker and Finley didn't come through in the clutch tonight.
Starting Pitching		Another solid start by Rodrigo.
Middle Relief		Kim allowed the winning run in two innings of work. He wasn't that bad, though.
Late Relief		None of our other relievers were used.
Coaching/Management		I don't see any glaring errors yet again in the game management, just another instance of on field personnel not coming through.
Luck		Not much difference either way.
Defense		All in all, it was another well defended game.

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K's

Rox lead all MLB teams in strikeouts after 8 games - with 71. They have a new hitting coach...

Rockies - rock them! ben61

by ben61 on Apr 11, 2007 1:32 AM MDT reply actions

They also....

lead the entire MLB with 7 Quality Starts so far.....(out of 8 games played).

If we get 7 QS out of every 8 games, we'll win a 100 games.

Give it time....offense hasn't come through yet, but still a small sample size.

This team is also one of the youngest in the MLB.....and with young players generally come more strikeouts.

by sg8335aa on Apr 11, 2007 7:05 AM MDT up reply actions

The Good News

is that we are in these games to the bitter end which means that when our Offense gets it going, well be winning a lot more of these 1 run games.

TGFPR!!

Jason L. Evansville, IN

by jlot10 on Apr 11, 2007 5:20 AM MDT reply actions

for never getting blown out. its oh so painful at the time (particularly when you have one of your best hitters up with the game tied, bases loaded, and one out, and he blows it), but i have to acknowledge that id rather lose by one run than a bunch. it shows the team is headed in a good direction. the bats will wake up soon.

Rockies in October.

by LarryB303 on Apr 11, 2007 7:30 AM MDT up reply actions

I'd have given coaching/management a "5"

Pulling Lopez for a pinch hitter AFTER Torrealba got the game-tying single MAY have led to the loss. Lopez had only 68 pitches at that point, and it forced Hurdle to use Kim for two innings.

by Roxpert on Apr 11, 2007 1:03 PM MDT reply actions

Possibly, but

Lopez was riding his share of luck to that point. He had walked as many as he K'ed, and was a hit shy of one per inning. That's a lot of balls in play, and who's to say he wouldn't have suffered the same fate?

by David OhNo on Apr 11, 2007 5:00 PM MDT up reply actions

It's a good point, Lopez hadn't thrown many

pitches up to that point. As David points out, he was a little lucky in that regard, but who knows what might have happened had he stayed in. However, if your pitching from the third slot in the rotation only gives up two runs, than I think scrutiny for the loss belongs elsewhere as that seems to me to be a solid overall outing. If I were to downgrade Hurdle, I would prefer it to be due to offensive decisions gone awry.

I don't want to fall into a trap of trying to dig for every minute bad decision of Hurdle's unfairly due to bias I already had going into the evaluation. There's a danger I might err too far the other way in trying to be fair, however, so I still appreciate your input here.

by Rox Girl on Apr 11, 2007 5:15 PM MDT up reply actions

Not to mention...

the pinch hitter whom Hurdle called upon was Jeff Baker, who was 3 for 3 in pinch hit appearances. After Torreabla had the game tying single, Hurdle went for the big blow with Baker. I see no problem in lifting Lopez in this situation.

by Rockiesbiggestfan on Apr 11, 2007 5:58 PM MDT up reply actions