D-Backs 6, Rockies 5: The bullpen continues where it left off last night, helps lose the game for Colorado.
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 21, 2009 10:20 PM MDT
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PrintWell, that was stupid. To quote Marc Stout from the FSN Live Postgame show:
It's a bummer that the Rockies lost, but it's even a bigger bummer that they didn't get the win.
Amen, brother...whatever that means.
Stephen Drew went 4-for-4, walked, scored twice, and drove in a run as he continues to be a ridiculously annoying pain in the rear. On top of that, Miguel Montero hit a tie-breaking two-run homer off of Juan Rincon in the top of the 8th inning to give Arizona a lead that their bullpen was able to cling onto.
The turning point in the game came when Dexter Fowler misplayed a line drive off the bat of Justin Upton that went over his head, scoring two runs and putting Upton on third. Before then, the Rockies were really dominating the game, as they forced Max Scherzer to throw 30 and 31 pitches in the first two innings. Troy Tulowitzki homered in the second, and Ian Stewart followed with a triple and scored on a wild pitch. Then, Dexter Fowler came through with a two-out RBI single to plate Chris Iannetta and put the Rox up 3-0. The lead then became 4-1 after another RBI hit by Fowler, but then the wheels fell off, as explained above...
After Arizona took the lead, Ian Stewart walked to lead off the bottom of the 8th and Ryan Spilborghs brought him home with a two-out triple that nearly cleared the right field scoreboard. Fowler then grounded out after Chad Qualls entered the game, and Qualls was able to set down the Rockies in order in the 9th to earn the save.
Aaron Cook pitched 6.1 innings of mostly solid baseball, but left a few too many pitches up and was punished by an aggressive D-Backs offense. He finished with 4 runs allowed on 8 hits and a walk, and struck out 4. The middle-relief combo of Franklin Morales and Juan Rincon really blew up. Morales allowed three baserunners in the time it took him to get just one out, and allowed the tying run to score. Meanwhile, Rincon lasted an inning and a third and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits and struck out 2. The performance of the bullpen for the last week or so should be raising a big red flag to the front office, hopefully signaling the need for a deal to be made to acquire a decent bridge to Huston Street.
Offensively, Dexter Fowler finished 2-for-5 with 2 RBI's, while Tulowitzki hit his 17th home run of the season and Ian Stewart and Brad Hawpe each had an extra base hit and a couple of walks. Todd Helton was 0-for-5 with a K and Seth Smith was 0-for-4.
Tomorrow: Jon Garland vs. Ubaldo Jimenez at 1:10 PM MT. Here's to a good, long game from Ubaldo. Either that, or enough offense to make the bullpen a non-factor.
GO ROCKIES!
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Frustrating loss
get em tomorrow guys…do not let what happen 2 1/2 wks ago to happen again
we seem to have gotten over that HURDLE
Just look at thos valleys.
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Dexter, you know I love you
but you have to haul in that ball!
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
once again, ugh
this team is not going to be a contender with the junk they are trotting out of the bullpen. Morales isn’t the answer. Corpas isn’t the answer. Rincon and Belisle and Daley and whatever other crap they’re trying to pass off as major league talent isn’t the answer. Speier isn’t the answer. The 2007 team won a lot of games because of their great bullpen, it’s time to stop looking the other way and get some real talent.
Agree and Disagree
I do agree that a lot of the arms in the bullpen right now aren’t the answer……at the same time, we had a lot of “junk” in the bullpen back in 2007 that simply turned in career years. Herges, Julio, Affeldt…its not like these guys went out and had good years the past two seasons.
Yes, we did have Fuentes, Corpas & Hawkins……but the rest turned out to be pretty lucky. You can even make the argument that it might have been a career year for Corpas too.
Affeldt has been good in 2008 and 2009
The past few years DOD has been doing his best to assemble cheap pens. It hasn’t gone as well this year.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
Dex giveth, Dex taketh away
Two clutch 2-out RBI singles, but cost the game with the 2-run CF misplay!
= a -.033 WPA
according to Fangraphs.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jul 21, 2009 10:50 PM MDT up reply actions
Your not going to beat
The Dodgers, Phillies, or the Al East with mental mistakes and a bad bullpen. That shit has got to stop (pardon my language).
good seats?
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jul 21, 2009 11:03 PM MDT up reply actions
Near the back of RF above the scoreboard.
But I only spend like 3 innings sitting down usually. After that, I head to the bullpens, march around the stadium, etc.
by Greg Stanwood on Jul 21, 2009 11:07 PM MDT up reply actions
Where were you on the liner that Dex missed?
Did you get a good look at it?
Cook said it knuckled really bad.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
I could see it clearly.
Looked very ugly on Dex’s part. What did he mean “knuckled”?
by Greg Stanwood on Jul 21, 2009 11:13 PM MDT up reply actions
I was on the Left Field side,
about 1/2 way between 3rd and the foul pole (right in front of the stand that sells the Rocky Mountain Oysters, which were great tonight!).
It was ugly on Dex . I couldn’t see it knuckling…but if Dex wouldn’t have moved..it would have been right him.
Start Seth Smith! Free Eric Young Jr.!
He meant it broke twice
On tv, it was moving right (towards right center) then broke back in the other direction.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
Acted like a knuckle ball.
Sometimes when a guy strikes it just right, the ball has no spin as it moves through the air. It tends to move back and forth in the air, and it’s really touch to judge which way it’s tailing.
-Joe
Aha,
I was watching Dex to see if he was going to get there, and not the ball, so I’m not sure if the ball was acting googly.
But Dex sure was.
by Greg Stanwood on Jul 21, 2009 11:52 PM MDT up reply actions
Radio guys said a couple times they thought there might have lost it in the twilight.
It was probably right around when the sun was setting. Don’t know if that’s a possibility, as I haven’t seen it.
I was at the game...some thoughts
1) Uballdo was the only player signing…he was very nice
2) Since I got there early…I spent a lot of cash eating stadium food. The Rocky Mtn Oysters were the best I’ve had there.
3) The Ribs from Dave’s BBQ stand were the best Ribs I’ve had since moving to Denver (granted that ain’t saying much). Actually a lot of food for $8
4) Sherzer is a real thrower. His out pitch is his change up. Just don’t ask for him to spot the ball. Not that he really needs to. He looks like a future closer.
4) Cook, left stuff up a lot…got away with it until the 6th.
5) why did Cook bat with a runner in scoring position in the 6th after having a crappy 1/2 inning
6) Ok, we saw the worst case scenario for Morales
7) The team didn’t quit when they got down. In the past, the Rockies would have been looking to just get to the resturants after the game
8) Really surprise at how many stands were selling Bud Light and Budwiser. HUH? Isn’t this Coors Field? I’d understand if there was Miller or Lite….but Bud?
9) Tornadoughs DO NOT SUCK! But make sure you get/have some thing to drink when you get one….big mistake.
10) good crowd for Tuesday. Not as good as last night…but they seem to know when to cheer, and were for the most part into the game.
11) Really impressed with Stewart…he’s not trying to upper cut everything. He can’t pick up a Change to save his sou though. In fact some one should tell him that pitchers don’t always throw fastballs, and some times they throw breaking pitches, and change ups…which are slower.
12) Breaking pitches in on Fowler are still tough
13) I really wanted to see Helton’’s 500 double
14) Rincon really isn’t that bad. His Fastball kinda explodes.
15) Did I mention Morales was not good tonight?
I yelled to the Fox TV guys before the game as I walked by. I asked if they read the Purple Row…they said yeah….Heilman just nodded. I said I was “Redhawk” Stout said, the only one he knew as Rox Girl I said “she knows more then I do”…He laughed and said “I know” …..HEY. Heilman said it was a good site as I left.
Start Seth Smith! Free Eric Young Jr.!
I was pleased to see the crowd cheer when they say the Braves beat the Giants.
Shows they know what’s going on.
As for Morales, we know he’s going to have bad outings just like everyone else sometimes. Until it becomes a consistent occurrence, I’m not going to hold it in his face.
by Greg Stanwood on Jul 21, 2009 11:54 PM MDT up reply actions
His performance so far has been mixed, it seems to me
Though this was the first time he was burned for an important run. I think he has 5 walks and 2 WP’s so far; that obviously needs to get better. It definitely seems worth throwing him out there, though, don’t get me wrong.
Leave Dexter alone! You're lucky he even performs for you!
I have been a long Morales supporter as most on this site may know by now
but I am a little worried w/ him in the pen as well. I just don’t think he throws enough strikes and has enough time to find his groove out of the pen. I don’t mind trying him for awhile as I think our left handed options are limited, but I would still rather him and DLR switch places. Until DLR really has a few struggles though, I don’t think that move can be made. DLR has been pretty solid of late, so I don’t think we’ll see a change there. We may have an option in Reynolds or Durden though, and as has been said I would like to see a few of our young power arms get a shot in the pen.
It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.
3) Next time try the Georgia pulled pork sandwich.
It’s rather delicious. Famous Dave’s rocks my world.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
by PioneerSkies on Jul 22, 2009 12:07 AM MDT up reply actions
I was very impressed
especially for a stand at a ball park. I want to try a regular restaurant now.
Start Seth Smith! Free Eric Young Jr.!
What about
Mark’s catch?
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-Pygalgia
by DbacksSkins on Jul 22, 2009 12:12 AM MDT up reply actions
It happened really fast
and I was in line for a beer….some one said “did you see that catch?”…no damn it I didn’t
Start Seth Smith! Free Eric Young Jr.!
SpectatorFAIL.
"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia
by DbacksSkins on Jul 22, 2009 12:23 AM MDT up reply actions
if it makes you feel better, here's a bonus thought
Justin Upton, can’t lay off a 2 strike breaking slider 3 feet off the plate, any more then Clint Barmes can. They could speed the game up when either of those two get 2 k’s…..just call the strike out then, and move on
Start Seth Smith! Free Eric Young Jr.!
Upton could
earlier in the season. He’s slumping now, and so he’s pressing and reaching for pitches he doesn’t usually give a second glance.
"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia
wait
are you taking about the pop/foul where Tracy wen into the stands? I saw that one. it was right in front on me in the section I was sitting in. Well…“Saw” is a bit much..as he was lost in the crowd.
Start Seth Smith! Free Eric Young Jr.!
Tracy
didn’t go into the stands, Mark did.
"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia
by DbacksSkins on Jul 22, 2009 11:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Go to
mlb.com and check out the wrap of last night’s game. It’s the first video highlight, IIRC.
"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia
by DbacksSkins on Jul 22, 2009 11:29 AM MDT up reply actions
Ubaldo was signing? Like, before the game?
That’s awesome! He doesn’t sign too often.
by Rockie4Ever on Jul 22, 2009 12:27 AM MDT up reply actions
special deal for the Coors Guys Night out ticket holders
last year they had Barmes, Hurdle and a pitcher. This year…they just had Ubaldo.
Start Seth Smith! Free Eric Young Jr.!
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