Rockies best single game pitching performance?

by The Lodo Magic Man on Feb 6, 2009 11:13 PM MST Comment 9 comments

What has been the Rockies greatest single game pitching performance?

Ok, ok, ok, pitching, Coors Field, Mile High, altitude. Words not commonly associated with good things for pitchers. After several days of scouring over mountains, piles, pages, rows, columns, so many numbers that my head still hurts. I have compiled a list of the best single game pitching performances by the Rockies and am asking for your help in determining the top spot.

I want your help to go through year to year starting in 1993, vote for one each year, and to create a final list that has the best for each year, and vote on one final game. Please take into account change from Mile High to Coors in 1995, and the humidor post 2002. Feel free to vote on one of these or if it not listed, vote other and list the game and any of your comments below.

Today we start with the 1993 games. What say you Rockies fans? The nominees for 1993 are:

1. April 15, 1993 Mets @ Rockies. David Nied pitches Colorado's first complete game. W 5-3.
Nied: 9 IP. 6 H. 2 ER. 0 BB. 6 K.

2. April 27, 1993 Cubs @ Rockies. Butch Henry defeats the Cubs. W 11-2.
Henry: 9 IP. 9 H. 2 ER. 1 BB. 5 K.

3. April 30, 1993 Rockies @ Marlins. Armando Reynoso gets his first win as a Rockie. W 6-2.
Reynoso: 9 IP. 6 H. 1 ER. 2 BB. 4 K.

4. May 31, 1993 Pirates @ Rockies. Reynoso beats the Pirates, two unearned runs prevent a shutout. W 6-2.
Reynoso: 9 IP. 9 H. 0 ER. 2 BB. 5 K.

5. June 26, 1993 Rockies @ Giants. Still more Reynoso. W 5-1.
Reynoso: 9 IP. 7 H. 1 ER. 2 BB. 8 K.

6. August 10, 1993 Rockies @ Dodgers. Ken Bottenfield beats the Dodgers. W 4-2.
Bottenfield: 9 IP. 7 H. 2 ER. 2 BB. 2 K.

7. August 12, 1993 Rockies @ Dodgers. Willie Blair beats the Dodgers. W 4-1.
Blair: 9 IP. 7 H. 1 ER. 1 BB. 4 K.

8. August 29, 1993 Rockies @ Mets. Lance Painter almost gets a shutout. W 6-1.
Painter: 9 IP. 5 H. 1 ER. 0 BB. 2 K.

All 1993 games can be found here:
1993 pitching logs.

And the 1993 best pitching performance is.........?

Poll

Best single game pitching 1993?

David Neid's CG.

12 votes

Butch Henry beats the Cubs.

0 votes

Reynoso's first win.

0 votes

Reynoso beats the Pirates.

3 votes

Reynoso beats the Giants

13 votes

Bottenfield beats the Dodgers

0 votes

Blair beats the Dodgers

0 votes

Almost for Painter.

8 votes

Other. List below:

1 votes

37 votes | Poll has closed

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The Giants were very good that year...

…so I’ll have to go with Reynoso’s performance. From what I recall, it was magnificent.

Rock rock 'til you drop!

by theoldgrizzlybear on Feb 7, 2009 8:33 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Nied did it IN Mile High

Everyone else got the Not-Coors-Field benefit. Not to say Reynoso didn’t have a career year in 1993, but Nied only giving up 6 hits, no walks? That’s fantastic.

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by Andrew Martin on Feb 7, 2009 12:38 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

(Ok not everyone else but you know what I mean)

(it was more in response to TOGB)

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by Andrew Martin on Feb 7, 2009 12:39 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I have to agree with you on Nied's game was more impressive

Reynoso game was great, but that was in Candlestick. Armando used 151 pitches to face 36 batters. Nied used 114 to face 34.

How do you prevent the opposing pitcher from tearing you superfluous new be-hind while he is on the mound? Simple: Swing a bat....and if that don't work, swing more bat!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Feb 7, 2009 4:16 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Nice

Love this idea. It was a toss up between the two front runners. Interestingly the Giants finished 103-59 and the Mets 59-103. All in all I believe that it is more impressive to beat a great team on the road than a bad team at home – even if it was Mile High.

TGFPR!!

by jlot10 on Feb 8, 2009 11:30 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

Rock rock 'til you drop!

by theoldgrizzlybear on Feb 8, 2009 1:54 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for voting everyone.

I am going to leave this poll open until Wed or Thursday. Then I will have the 1994 games.

How do you prevent the opposing pitcher from tearing you superfluous new be-hind while he is on the mound? Simple: Swing a bat....and if that don't work, swing more bat!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Feb 10, 2009 2:18 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Poll is now closed.

The votes came to a tie between Nied’s CG against the Mets and Reynoso’s CG against the Giants.

The 1994 games are up: Here

How do you prevent the opposing pitcher from tearing you superfluous new be-hind while he is on the mound? Simple: Swing a bat....and if that don't work, swing more bat!

by The Lodo Magic Man on Feb 12, 2009 4:13 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

Reynoso was a machine..

in 1993. He was the only hope the Rockies had that year. I remember working as a landscaper in the hot sun of Western Colorado that summer and listening to the radio as Reynoso defeated the Pirates in Mile High Stadium. The Rockies committed 4 errors in the game not including a passed ball by Rockie Catcher Danny Sheaffer and Reynoso still held the Pirates to only 2 unearned runs, in Mile High, PreHumidor.

Keepin' warm by the hot stove season.

by Charlie77 on Feb 12, 2009 4:13 PM MST reply actions 0 recs