Rockies 3, Diamondbacks 0: Ubaldo Jimenez and Troy Tulowitzki power the Rox to their first win of 2009.
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Apr 7, 2009 11:07 PM MDT
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PrintBehind Ubaldo Jimenez's seven innings of brilliance, the Colorado Rockies (1-1) were able to do something they weren't able to do in last year's first series between the two NL West rivals - beat the Arizona Diamondbacks (1-1).
Ubaldo and Dan Haren were both excellent, going toe-to-toe for seven innings. But Troy Tulowitzki's solo home run off of Haren in the fifth inning proved to be enough for Jimenez and the Rockies, and they were able to tack on a couple of insurance runs in the eighth inning anyway. RBI singles off of the bats of Ian Stewart and Todd Helton gave Colorado a 3-0 lead that they would not relinquish, largely because of solid eighth and ninth inning performances by Manny Corpas and Huston Street, respectively.
Jimenez's line: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 8 K. Corpas and Street also struck out a batter each in their innings of work.
Other items of interest from the game:
- Top prospect Dexter Fowler made his 2009 debut, drawing a walk in the eighth inning in what was an excellent at-bat against Jon Rauch.
- The Rockies made several excellent defensive plays in this game, (dare I say it) looking very similar to the D of a couple of seasons ago...
- On a not-as-positive note, Garrett Atkins went 0-4 with 3 LOB. He has yet to get a base hit (although it's only been two games, so nobody should be panicking quite yet).
- Brad Hawpe, Seth Smith, and Chris Iannetta combined to go 0-11 with 6 K's.
The Rockies will be back at it again tomorrow, with Franklin Morales scheduled to square off against Doug Davis. The game starts at 1:40 PM MDT.
Thanks to everyone who joined in on the game thread(s) - over 2,000 comments total!
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Woo-hoo
Triple victory for me: Bulls, Blackhawks and Rockies all win on the same day for first time since…
Wait for it…
Wait for it…
April 6, 1997.
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UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
Impressive research there
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 12:36 AM MDT up reply actions
My officemate
is never gonna let me hear the end of it….
I better tell him the Dbacks won.
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You're a U of A fan right?
No sweat for you, great day to be a Zona fan.
Thing that pisses me off
is that my officemate couldn’t care less about baseball or the Rockies, but because he’s from Pueblo, he’ll mock me all day today because Colorado beat Arizona.
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Stupid afternoon games...
Don’t they know I have to work tomorrow?
It's opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Perfect for leaving a Purple Row tab open and checking in on every 5-10 minutes.
I’ve started to read the game threads to find out how the game is going instead of looking at the box scores online. I get all excited as I read through them waiting to see what happens next. Maybe that makes me a big nerd, oh well.
by blooming rock on Apr 7, 2009 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions
It's always good to get the first win of the season out of the way!
Now let’s hope we can continue the trend and reverse our fortunes (and record) against the Dbacks from last year. Let’s go Franklin!
Its always good
to get the first win out of the way.
Now if Frankie can win tomorrow, they’re off to a better start than a lot of people hoped for.
I do, too, actually.
Not a man crush, though, as I am a girl. And not the regular crush wherein I think he’s dreamy. I guess you could call what I have a baseball crush. That, and I think he’s adorable, in a little brother sort of way.
He's just awesome.
That’s all I can say about it. His motion is goofy, his love of the stirrups is awesome, his stuff is electric, and he doesn’t seem to understand how good he really is. The right combination of talent/humility.
Yes
And such a good sport and good teammate, too, from everything I’ve heard (case in point, “Try Hair-B-There”—he seemed to genuinely enjoy doing that). I love that he’s made a point of trying to help out the other young latin guys. He’s just awesome, all around.
Also, he lives with his dad. I don’t know, but I get a kick out of that. Makes him seem all the more humble.
I had forgotten about that commercial!
But it is indeed hilarious. I didn’t know he lived with his dad. That’s just really awesome. Though, if he didn’t have a job and was sitting around trolling the internets all day while living with his dad, it wouldn’t seem nearly as awesome.
Just finished watching on tivo
And what a great game. Uball looked as good as I’ve ever seen him, and he’s still got room for improvement…Tulo smashing mistakes…Spilborgs at the top makes me so happy compared to last year…Helton with a clutch hit…Corpas looked like Oct 07…Impressed with Street (btw, they talked a lot about Street’s dad being a UT hero, possible FNL based Jason Street off this?)…Barmes contributing nicely…great day all around.
Win this one tomorrow, Franklin. Would be really fun to generate some real momentum to start this year…
Good heavens, you people are prolific.
But that was nice to wake up to. The score, that is.
I love Greg Reynolds and I may be slightly ashamed to admit it.
Amen to that
I was almost fearful of checking the result, but woohoo! Go Rox!
I had a bit of an upset stomach in the middle of the night, and was downstairs for some time. When I came back upstairs to bed, my girlfriend turned to me and said “did you go watch the baseball?”. Bless her – she’s a keeper.
You're just worried that some of these new people will make your PR comment record obsolete
Better watch your back.
Rowbot Roll Call from last night:
avsfan4ever33, PioneerSkies, nkrause, Russ, Rox Girl, DbacksSkins, Charlie77, Poseidon’s Fist, theoldgrizzlybear, The Lodo Magic Man, Tom (RFTN), pedalpusher, mkorpal, ES46NE10, dogs, AtkinsandTulofan, rockiesfan4ever, WolfMarauder, RockiesMagicNumber, MohrPlease, TuLoRocks2008, RockiesDave, pierzynskirules, PosterNutbag, brian8065, philkid3, Jester76, HeltonsHeroes, SpiritOf95, Hizilla, Tulowitzki Rox, Azreous, Resolution, Behrens, Redhawk, walkoff59, PinchHitLancePainter, moomacher, arpagamos, rockhead, MADness
pierzyskirules gets the gold with 195 posts!
DbacksSkins originally took silver but had it taken away in a doping scandal with 167.
The Lodo Magic Man was then awarded silver at 155,
and Tom(RFTN) took the bronze at 151.
other century posters last night included rockiesfan4ever, mkorpal, RockiesMagicNumber, Pioneer Skies, MohrPlease, TuloRocks2008, theoldgrizzlybear and Charlie77.
Wish I could have helped run up the count
like the Rockies on Brandon Webb, but alas I was busy and had to catch the game on radio only with no PR action.
by Chacinisthefuture on Apr 8, 2009 9:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Yup, I have to miss most night games
Band started recording our EP last night, so I didn’t even get to catch KOA until there were two outs in the bottom of the 9th. But great ending to come back to!
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
that means i talk too much
yeah
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Apr 8, 2009 10:37 AM MDT up reply actions
yeah
what you trying to say hmm
i dislike men, you don't know what the hell you want out of life.
by pierzynskirules on Apr 8, 2009 11:27 AM MDT up reply actions
If anyone's curious...not quite as erratic as last night :)
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Apr 8, 2009 8:15 AM MDT reply actions
I like the look of that better
When the graph is going down towards the Rockies
Some hope?
by rockiesfan4ever on Apr 8, 2009 8:41 AM MDT up reply actions
I can't wait
to press the “Do it” button. It’s coming.
"If we never try, we shall never succeed." - Abraham Lincoln
Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!
The suspense and anticipation
is making my life a living Hell, Russ.
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I do not like the look of that
Seems to resemble my 401k.
As Rox leverage, however, me likey.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Bullpen
It like the thought of going into the eighth inning with Corpas and Street throwing like that. The pitching was electric all night…great to see that.
Here's something for RMN:
Poor Dan Haren. Life just isn’t fair. Yesterday, Brandon Webb got shelled for six runs in four innings, and escaped with a no-decision. Tonight, Haren pitched seven brilliant inning, spoiled only by a solo shot to Troy Tulowitzki, and ends up taking the loss. Anyone who thinks a W-L record is really of any meaning as far as assessing a pitcher’s quality, should have the box-score from tonight’s game tattooed on their forehead.
From Jim’s recap. Cue angry Charlie77 posts.
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