Rockies 10, Nationals 4: Rockies complete sweep of Nationals
by Russ Oates on Jul 8, 2009 4:39 PM MDT
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PrintPsst. Psst. Yeah, you. I want to tell you something. The Rockies--they have some hitters. Good hitters. What? Rob Dibble says the Rockies only have Helton, and I guess the rest are cardboard cutouts? Well, he has all kinds of envy. Not even a good word after this stuff:
Dexter Fowler, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2B, SB (17 - club record for a rookie)
Todd Helton, 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Carlos Gonzalez, 3-for-5, 2 RBI, 1BB, 3B
Troy Tulowitzki, 3-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2-R HR
Ryan Spilborghs, 1-for-5, 3-R 3B
And All-Star Brad Hawpe didn't even play in this game.
Of course, they were hitting against Nationals pitchers, so we should have expected this.
Jorge De La Rosa provided effective pitching, allowing three runs in 6 1/3 innings. Josh Fogg (really, we hadn't seen him for the longest time) and Matt Daley provided all the relief the team needed to secure the victory.
The graph and Row Call after the jump.
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God bless the Washington Natinals
Now that the series is over, I can safely say that they are very, very bad at baseball.
I love Greg Reynolds. Deal with it, suckers.
Three very integral parts of the Rockies' future...
…had great games today. It may or may not be all for naught because it was against Nationals pitching, but still…it makes me feel good.
"What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." -Bob Dylan
by Bryan Kilpatrick on Jul 8, 2009 5:06 PM MDT up reply actions
yeah, its pretty pathetic
there are some pretty awful teams this year (and I’m glad we are no longer in that number) but Wash is doing something really special out there. Hard to imagine they could have made the Expos worse, but seems to be the case.
And now we just need to clean up on the Braves.
"I've had pretty good success with Stan Musial by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third." - Carl Erskine
Won't be easy...
We’re facing Hanson, Lowe, Jurrjens, and Vazquez. They have a quietly stacked pitching staff.
Formerly rockiesfan06 - but the world's most generic username just wasn't cutting it.
by SC Memphis Raines on Jul 8, 2009 5:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Thanks okay...
I mean, a sweep is highly unlikely, and 3-1 would be great.
But the Braves are playing better ball, are coming off a road series win, and if we at least go 2-2 it’s still a winning homestand.
Sure, that would be like kissing your sister, but expecting to take 3 of 4 against that row of pitchers is probably still a bit more than we can ask. However, we’re certainly capable of doing so if our bats cooperate. It’s not as if we aren’t throwing our four best starters at them, too.
I’d be thrilled with 3-1, but not totally disappointed with 2-2.
Watching the purple row from high atop the big brown monolith on California Ave
Sunday will be a tough win with Hammel going against Vazquez.
But the other three matchups (Cook, Ubaldo, Biz Marquis) fare better for the Rockies. I’m sorta looking at Thurs-Sat as its own 3 game set where the Rox need to take 2 of 3, and take their best shot on Sunday.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
Chipper's not going to be playing much, which helps,
That offense still has some pretty substantial holes. I think it will be a tough series, but the team should really be gunning for three wins. I hate four game home series for this reason. As a road team, you look at the split as a win or an acceptable outcome, but a playoff contending home team would have to consider .500 as a missed opportunity.
Is it just me
or does anyone else still feel dread of the Braves? I remember back in the early days and certainly through the first wildcard, the Braves seemed to just kill us every year. I used to always watch on TBS or whatever and got so sick of Skip Caray and the other Braves dudes constantly crowing about their dominance of us. The upshot of all of that is the Braves becoming my most despised NL team. Let’s kill these guys.
Since they ran the table on us in our first year, 13-0
And of course after giving us our first taste of losing in the postseason, they’ve kind of had that vibe. The only three seasons that the Rockies have had a winning record against the Braves were two during the Blake St. Bomber years, 1996 and 1997 and then in 2005 oddly enough. I would love very much to add a fourth.
What a game for CarGo
I think he’ll be out of the 8 hole soon…
if you're reading this, it means my undying support for your team will result in its failure.
I just have to ask...
…what, exactly, was the logic behind pulling your long reliever for a (really baaad) pinch hitter with a 5-run lead in the bottom of the 7th? Is Fogg in the doghouse after all?
MLB.tv
RRRRGGHHHHH….
I didn’t check the score all day at work so i could come home and watch the archive. after waiting for 3 hours i decided to just check the score. They put up the archive 10 minutes later. but still, go rox.
The poster formerly known as Blake20th.
by NewMexicanSteven on Jul 8, 2009 7:21 PM MDT reply actions
Did ya all see Spiily's game today
The PO the catch the triple, why oh why does he get the short end. What’s to prove- he hits, catches and throws. PLAY THIS GUY!!!
Did you see my man G-Los
came within a HR of the cycle! He’s starting to figure out MLB pitchers & deserves just as much playing time.
"DAMMIT! No, calm down. Learn to enjoy losing." --Hunter S. Thompson
can we play little league style?
Four outfielders!
but in all seriousness, Spilly has been more consistent than CarGo. Spilly (and Seth [and Murton]) have earned their playing time. CarGo’s shown one game with offense. If he keeps it up, then fine, let him start. But if he’s back to Karlos tomorrow, well…
He's been playing better his last 9 games
witha .290 BA and a 518 obp since his last 2 game “break”. He has raised his average 45 points and his obp 80+ points.
Awesome
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to watch or listen, as I had a 875-mile road trip today, and I don’t have satellite radio. Sounds like the offense woke up. Great to see.
"Horton is win."
--Horvil Tiki
All starters got a hit...
…. all starters except Barmes scored a run, and all starters except Atkins got an RBI.
Very encouraging.
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