Ubaldo confesses desire to win by striking out ten Padres; Rockies win third straight 5-3
by Rox Girl on Jul 17, 2009 11:55 PM MDT
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PrintThe Colorado Rockies won their third straight game and continued their assault on the leaders of the NL West by beating the Padres five to three on Friday night. Clint Barmes homered for the second straight game and Ubaldo Jimenez threw seven innings, collecting ten strikeouts along the way to victory. Chris Iannetta and Ian Stewart also supplied key run scoring hits, Franklin Morales pitched a perfect eighth and Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 23rd save of the season.
With both the Dodgers and Giants losing, the Rockies (49-41), gained a game on each in the standings and now sit a half game behind the Giants for the National League wild card lead and seven games behind the Dodgers for the NL West lead. The Rockies and Giants are starting to see some separation from the pack in the wild card chase, as a three game gap has opened between the Rockies and the pack of chasers from the NL Central and East divisions.
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Rockies are 3 games up
on the Astros, Cubs and Brewers, right?
That and gaining on the NL West clubs is still very cool.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
im finding the way this is unfolding satisfyingly comical
A four game separation isn’t comfortable but its definitely noteworthy, especially considering the number of teams keeping chase. The mets are putrid. And it would just be way too juicy if we passed A-Gone’s confident wild card pick the first weekend, thanks to his team and the pirates
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 18, 2009 2:41 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
i guess its just a three game lead
Point still stands
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 18, 2009 2:46 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions
As long as the current trend continues, the gap will continue to widen
I think the only real roadblocks to this theory for the rest of the month might come from the Giants themselves in their next two series (Atlanta and us) as if they do poorly, they’ll drop back to that pack. I don’t think that threat’s there as much with the Rockies. I had been worried about the Mets series on the road at the end of the month, but even that’s looking less like a potential disaster and perhaps even somewhat winnable for us. If we could somehow manage to get a five game cushion heading into August, it would be fantastic.
Have I mentioned how much fun doing recaps for the West coast games from the Eastern time zone is?
It’s really fun because it’s really easy to notice errors you make at two in the morning. They just pop out, it’s like you have these super editing abilities. Also you feel very creative, basic words and sentences don’t want to flow out in a garbled mess at all.
i was surprised to realize
Ubaldo had yet to k ten batters yet this season. Maybe its because that loser de la Rosa did it twice in close proximity this year
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jul 18, 2009 3:24 AM MDT via mobile reply actions
not the best of games last night
too many opportunities wasted but the pitching was solid and a win is a win and the dodgers and giants both lost so that is always good…go rockies!
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
Happy Belated Birthday Then
Let’s see if they can pull a win out on mine.
"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
Great game
Ubaldo was dealing last night. He had no-hit stuff. The way that fastball was moving, the Padres didn’t have a chance. I think they only had one hard-hit ball off of him all night. That guy is awesome to watch pitch.
The best part of the game was that Andy Fletcher’s strike zone was actually pretty consistent for a change. That was the surprise of the century.
"Any newspaperman who speaks of the 'music' of rolling presses is either faking or he has had so much to drink that he will next sentimentalize appendicitis."
-- Roger Kahn
Fowler and Tracy
Did anyone catch the post game? Did anyone ask Tracy what he said to Fowler in the dugout after the botched flyball?
It seemed like a good move by Tracy—there was probably some gentle admonishment there.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
I like these standings
because the Rockies are the only team to have won in their last two games and they have a streak of 3W to the rest of the division’s 2L
"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
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