Rockies Go Over .500, Win 14th of 15: Rockies 7, Pirates 3
by Jeff Aberle on Jun 19, 2009 10:06 PM MDT
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PrintYou can officially color me impressed with Jason Marquis (9-4) this year. The Rockies' highest paid starter got his ninth win with a masterful effort in 8.2 IP, inducing grounder after grounder to stymie the punchless Pirates. To wit, 22 out of the 27 Pirate outs were recorded by the infield. In all, Marquis recorded .280 WPA.
Meanwhile, the Rockies' offense was clicking--with Brad Hawpe and Troy Tulowitzki providing the punch, each collecting their 10th homers of the season to help provide us with affordable tacos. Hawpe collected three RBIs and Tulowitzki added two.
The win was the Rockies' 14th out of 15 (and 14th in 16 days!) and pushed Colorado a game over .500 for the first time since they were 3-2 way back in early April. They remain 2.5 GB in the Wild Card standings.
The Rockies had this game well in hand pretty much from the get-go.
On a less positive note, from the post-game news conference, it sounded like Manny Corpas will be out a few days with shoulder inflammation.
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Corpas has been diagnosed with a loose bone chip.
He has received a cordtsone injection. He is listed as day to day.
I think we need to make a push to get Hawpe into the AS game
I really wasn’t worried about it 2-3 weeks ago, because when your record is that bad you don’t necessarily deserve an All-Star or at least it doesn’t matter. But now that we have a team that is battling and has a winning record I think we should make a push for Hawpe. He has been a very consistent hitter and a little less bad in the OF.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
Hawpe will be at the game.
There is no way Manual does not choose him to make the team.
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 19, 2009 10:15 PM MDT up reply actions
My first time in the Roll Call!
What a great game tonight. Jason Marquis was a great pickup, and he and Hawpe definitely deserve to go to the All Star Game.
I’ll do my part to make sure they get in!
I'm skepitcal Marquis will be chosen.
But Hawpe will..
by Greg Stanwood on Jun 19, 2009 10:15 PM MDT up reply actions
I used my 25 votes while I watched the game.
It is disgusting that Rick Ankiel has more votes than Hawpe.
yeaaa Hawpe betterrr be in the all star game
he is only in the top 5 in like every category except homeruns
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
I know this is silly
But I love seeing a + .500 number in that little purpleish tinted box above. WOOT! We have a winning record! Been a long time since we’ve seen that.
At any rate; Hawper should most decidedly be an All-Star, Tulo needs to stop trying to make an event out of routine throws to first, and Embree needs to stop giving me a case of the nerves every time he steps to the mound. (I’m probably over reacting to that last one, but still…) Go Rox!
And how far back are we now?
Tulo
“Tulo needs to stop trying to make an event out of routine throws to first”
Why? I suspect he’s pretty set with this style by now and it would be hard to change. He doesn’t make a lot of throwing errors.
Free Seth Smith!
Why?
Because he tends to overthrow the ball. I agree that he’s pretty set with his style by now, but some of those plays just seems a little too “I’ll make SportsCenter with this one.” I totally realize that I’m inferring a thought he may not have, but with a couple of throws into the dugout this year, I just wish he’d stop giving me the heebeejeebies on routine plays.
And how far back are we now?
Maybe he'll make more errors if he changes
Like I said, he doesn’t make a lot of throwing errors. His throws are generally on the money as well. You’d probably have more heebeejeebies if he changed.
Free Seth Smith!
RMN and I
were at the game and when Tulo throws it looks like he is bowling, with his left leg coming up behind him like that.
I also think Marquis should have been pulled after 8 and let someone in the bullpen get a little work in with a fresh start. Just my opinion.
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
make that Tulo's RIGHT leg
"We made too many wrong mistakes." ~Yogi Berra
"The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all." ~Lou Gehrig
JFK
Nit
This is great, they just keep rolling, though.
Nit: what was the point of leaving Marquis in with a 6-1 then 7-1 lead? I’m not one to get very excited about pitch counts. E.g,. Jimenez’s recent start was not a problem, given the score and that the bullpen was gassed (assuming the usual things: that the coaching staff didnt’ think he was tired, etc.) Part of Marquis’s effectiveness this year has been his efficiency, so he’s not averaging a lot of pitches (99/start going into this game).
Still: I know they’re reporting that Marquis has made alterations to his delivery and he’s a new man yada yada yada, but if his reported 2nd half fades are due to fatigue, it might make sense to conserve his energy when it’s possible. Save the long outings for the tight games.
Again, it’s just a nit…
Free Seth Smith!
Wow,
we’ve overtaken 7 teams in the wild card standings in just 16 days. If we can keep this up by the end of the month there’ll be a couple of new expansion teams :).
So by winning 14 from 15, that means we qualify for the playoffs now right? Right?
Oh well go Angels, go Rangers. In fact why don’t all the AL West teams do us a favour and win.
by KindredSprites on Jun 19, 2009 10:42 PM MDT reply actions
Dodgers & Angels going to the 9th
Brian Fuentes will try to bring us up to 9.5 games back. I know 9.5 GB isn’t supposed to be all that great, but to me it sounds pretty good.
rangers couldn't help us
but cmon mexican missile one more strikee
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jun 19, 2009 11:19 PM MDT up reply actions
ball game!
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jun 19, 2009 11:20 PM MDT up reply actions
Thank you Brian and the Halos!!!,<3
Though he made it crazy as usual, Brian helped us.
"Maybe the problem is, you guys forgot how much fun this is. You're major leaguers. You're on baseball cards. What could be better? Don't worry about winning and losing. Just go out and play, have fun." -- Billy Heywood (Little Big League)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Jun 19, 2009 11:22 PM MDT up reply actions
Moral victory...
anything we do better than them makes my day.
"Maybe the problem is, you guys forgot how much fun this is. You're major leaguers. You're on baseball cards. What could be better? Don't worry about winning and losing. Just go out and play, have fun." -- Billy Heywood (Little Big League)
by AtkinsandTulofan on Jun 19, 2009 11:26 PM MDT up reply actions
it'd be pretty cool if
the team just busted out a second 11 game win streak
The Rockies need some oldschool purple/white striped high socks. The team’s problem is it’s lack of swagger. I feel strongly that these socks will provide the swagger necessary to tap the potential that are the Rockies.
This team is amazing right now.
And, I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but I’ve been getting a lot less laughs when I try talking about the Rockies when I’m out and about in Denver. It’s fun, more people are paying attention. Maybe not a whole lot (yet!) but it’s just nice.
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