Game #108: Rusch vs. Herrera
by Russ Oates on Jul 29, 2008 4:00 PM MDT
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PrintColorado Rockies at Pittsburgh Pirates, Jul 29, 2008 5:05 PM MDT
Yoslan Herrera failed to make it out of the second inning in his July 19 start against the Rockies, allowing seven runs. Making his third career start a few days later, he tamed the Padres by yielding no runs over six innings.
A day earlier, Rusch picked up his third win by allowing two runs over 5 2/3 innings. A few days later, he picked up his fourth victory (and third in a row) in a close 5-3 game. More of the same from Rusch tonight, right? And more of July 19 for Herrera.
Go Rockies!
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Tex
BTW Tex has been traded from Atlanta to the Angels. For Cotchman and a minor league pitcher.
at least
the D-bags didn’t get him
Aut Vincam Aut Periam
by PioneerSkies on Jul 29, 2008 7:09 PM MDT up reply actions
And we're off...
Taveras starts with a single.
What’s the over/under on Herrera innings pitched?
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Two innings and he faces
two batters in the third without recording an out.
I’m so wrong.
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You may be right
That was a tidy 29 pitch inning by Herrera. Okay, maybe he makes it through three innings. Maybe.
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How quickly you forget that
Snell had 25 through the first yesterday and look what happened there!
Very true
Our BABIP was so high on him early, though. Snell couldn’t miss a bat for two innings, but Herrera can’t find a strike.
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47 steals for Willy!
Plate him!
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1-0!
Hawpe comes through. Your turn, Garrett.
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Two in scoring position, one out...
C’mon, no more of the .218 with RISP bit, guys….
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Ian doubles
to make it 3-0!
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Unfortunately
that’s the way we started out last night too.
On the other hand, I think Herrera hates us. Which is not a bad thing, considering he probably hates us for kicking his ass.
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
Different game, different night,
different outcome.
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Yes, that's how last night started
But Rusch, while hardly great, is not Walkerio de lost Santos
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The new Glendon Rusch.
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Which is why
We win 9-7, after Rusch goes 5.1 and 5 earned; Kipper gives up three hits, and we stagger to the 7th when the Corpas/Buchholz/Fuentes holy trinity shuts it down.
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Oh look, baseball.
I keep trying to check the game and keep getting sidetracked. Isn’t it classic that as soon as you try to make a phone call, the store gets busy?
In any case: I would like this 3-0 lead to end differently than last night. If you need specifics, win. Thank you.
It seems like once we score
some runs, we run out of patience at the plate!
Nice double, Brad.
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What a catch.
Brad’s lucky that Bautista couldn’t get the ball to tag him out.
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i hope we blow this one open soon
don’t want the pirates hangin around again ugh
this team is utter rubbish...
and up comes Seth Smith
hope he comes thorugh
must be going to pinch hit for Rusch since
Hurdle has CDI bunting!
Caught in a rundown for the second out.
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What a wonderful inning.
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That was....
hmm, like getting hot bamboo sticks rammed underneath one’s fingernails? I should have known it was doomed when Hurdle got his bunt fetish on again.
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
Sigh
The players blew the inning but giving away an out to start the inning didn’t set a very good tone (or leave a lot of margin for error).
Why didn't Tulo stay put though, wasn't the
ball right in front of him?
Sounds like we completely forgot fundamentals that
inning, just like Stewart being out at home for the third out…there was no force, should have made them make a play on Willy at 1st.
And it's tied.
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This series
is turning into as much fail as the Cincinnati series wasn’t. I guess it figures, the guys remembered that they ARE on the road.
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
Poorly played
Poor defense, poor execution, unreliable pitching.
This is more the 2008 Rockies than the team in Cincy was, IMO.
Herges
is really teh suck this year. Even though we knew Cinderella couldn’t stay around, this is pretty bad.
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
Get him
some lighning in a bottle.
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lightning*
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Just started watching
This is rather painful.
Not a good time to leap in
The Rockies on the road are turning back into, well, the Rockies on the road.
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
Pirates take the lead.
Yeah, quite familiar.
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Repeat performance
Giving away outs (and innings) on the basepaths, poor defense and a bullpen implosion.
I had to turn the game off last night – hopefully they do something in this half inning to calm me down a bit and let me keep the game on.
This is looking better all of a sudden.
Baker, Holliday, Hawpe due up, needing 2 runs. This should be fun.
Did anyone see this in Renck's game notes today?
“While reluctant to talk publicly, several players said privately they would be upset if Fuentes were dealt.”
Ummmmm…....You guys are 11 games under five hundred 2/3 of the way though the season. I would say management is justified if they want to make a move, considering how badly the team has played for most of the season.
Second half run?
Who cares?
They haven’t exactly earned the right to complain about a shake up.
If the Rockies were leading the division and management moved useful players from the big league roster then the complaints would be valid.
The "Big Bats" coming up
The quotation marks are there for a reason.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
You asked for too much.
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I imagine Reds fans are having aneurysms
watching us lose to a team that got swept by the Padres.
Free Casey Weathers!!!!
Hurdle
consistently giving up outs kills a lot of chances at big innings.
by DieHardRox on Jul 29, 2008 7:21 PM MDT up reply actions
another walk
the bullpen has been a bit rancid the last two days
Second half run?
Enough for me
I have had all that I can handle tonight.
Hey
Denny Bautista…time to revert back to form!
Second half run?
this is unreal
for all the good we did since the all star break these last 2 days X’d that all out
this team is utter rubbish...
oh look, Kip Wells
I think I just remembered some work I have to get to
Second half run?
He just got 2 quick outs.
At least SOMEBODY on the team is having a good day.
That sucked.
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Game
Nice effort by the Rox in the last 6 innings.
Hmm.
That was an April-esque game. Someone needs to have a talk with these guys. Nothing but ugly AB’s.
Pitiful
Baker, Holliday, Atkins, CDI all with 0-fers. WillyT 1-5. And they’d be upset if Fuentes was dealt? Please guys.
However, I’ll try to stay on the bright side by saying that thus far, we’re 3-2 on the road trip. All is not lost, yet. “Yet” being the operative word.
Put me out of my misery. Please!
ug
Wow….these last 2 games really show how far down we really are, and how any run is so far away. Drop 2 road games against the Pirates….and all looks lost again.
And it also shows me how bad I wanted to see a pennant race, cause I’m bummed.
Thought Clint Hurdle should be fired before it was cool.
With all due respect
are people actually surprised/upset that we lost two road games started by VDLS and Rusch? I mean, its a miracle that the games were competitive. (and I know they didn’t take the loss, each game lost by the pen in the middle innings).
This pitching staff is a joke, and has been since Game 1. And the “moves” to rectify the situation have been nothing more than pure desperation. Until the front office finds a way to put a respectable staff together, this team is not a contender, no matter how close we are to the top of the division.
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