Rockies 6, Athletics 6: Jorge De La Rosa sharp in final Spring start

by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2010 5:17 PM MDT in Rockies Game Wraps

Calm, cool, even-keeled, consistent. These are new words we should get used to using when describing Jorge De La Rosa.

In light of personal and professional announcements for the Rockies lefty recently, De La Rosa forged ahead, polishing off a fantastic spring in the Cactus League. The Athletics managed one solo home run, six singles and a walk against three strikeouts in 5.2 IP, dropping de la Rosa's spring ERA to 1.80.

The bats took advantage of Brett Anderson, tallying six runs in five innings, highlighted by Troy Tulowitzki's 3-run home run, his team-leading fourth.

In the relief competition department:

Randy Flores relieved De La Rosa and nearly walked in a run before achieving a flyout.
Justin Speier was on the mound for two errors, leading to two earned runs and two unearned runs. His Spring ERA is now 4.09. Even though he was hurt by errors, Troy Renck said that Speier hurt his roster chances and was not sharp.
Manny Corpas' scheduled appearance was scratched before the game.
Matt Daley got out of a jam by retiring both batters he faced.

Other highlight: Dexter Fowler pulled a brilliant play in the field. After a Rajai Davis single, Fowler observed Davis taking a large turn around first. A quick throw behind him to Brad Eldred resulted in a rundown and an out.

Other lowlight: Eric Young Jr. dropped a routine fly ball in center field, eventually leading to the Athletics' second run.

Box Score

As I mentioned in the game thread, today marks the final Sunday Spring Training game this year.

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by Hollidayrain on Mar 28, 2010 5:20 PM MDT reply actions

Hey, ST baseball IS real baseball!

They just don’t go to extra innings…

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by LACK on Mar 28, 2010 6:00 PM MDT up reply actions

Just think of ST baseball as a whole lot of AS games....

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by Mondogarage on Mar 28, 2010 9:10 PM MDT up reply actions

Hey PF

The line about Justin Speier is all kinds of messed up. You might want to fix it.

by controlled_slide on Mar 28, 2010 5:21 PM MDT reply actions

Thanks

Sometimes my cursor jumps all around while I’m typing.

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2010 5:23 PM MDT up reply actions

I have no idea what you're talking about... :p

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by Jeff Aberle on Mar 28, 2010 7:25 PM MDT up reply actions

Your rollcall made me laugh.

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 28, 2010 5:24 PM MDT reply actions

So people actually do read through them?

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Mar 28, 2010 6:07 PM MDT up reply actions

It was luck.

I happened to see “Lady Gaga”, and thought for a moment somebody registered as Lady Gaga just for the thread as a joke, but then I saw “Bacon”, and got it.

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by Greg Stanwood on Mar 28, 2010 6:52 PM MDT up reply actions

I just look through for my name

Then go “Eeeeee, that’s me!!!”

by controlled_slide on Mar 28, 2010 7:00 PM MDT up reply actions

I look for mine,

and if I see it bolded I don’t whether to be happy or appalled

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by SDcat09 on Mar 28, 2010 8:02 PM MDT up reply actions

With Redding and Speier performing badly

I’m guessing if Beimel looks good in game action, it’s his job to lose. Part of me is also rooting for Matt Reynolds to get the spot if he isn’t ready, but he hasn’t pitched for a while, so I think he might be going to Triple A.

Impossible not to have positive thoughts.

I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.

by bballrox4717 on Mar 28, 2010 6:03 PM MDT reply actions

if Beimel**

Impossible not to have positive thoughts.

I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.

by bballrox4717 on Mar 28, 2010 6:03 PM MDT up reply actions

Speier isn't out yet.

Renck admitted he wasn’t close to sharp, but the poorness his outing was also inflated by external factors. They’re probably going to want to evaluate him again before they all but close the door on him like they did with Redding. Reynolds will not make the team.

by Greg Stanwood on Mar 28, 2010 6:53 PM MDT up reply actions

I severely doubted he would

Impossible not to have positive thoughts.

I want Sam Deduno to pitch already.

by bballrox4717 on Mar 28, 2010 7:42 PM MDT up reply actions

If the final spot is between Speier & Beimel

we’re doing okay.

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by phishbate on Mar 28, 2010 6:10 PM MDT via mobile reply actions

Beimel

By the sounds of it, Beimel is going to do good Mon and take the spot. They said he was sharp in live Bp and in the minor league game his ball was down in the zone even though he gave up a couple hits. I guess he wasn’t lying when he said he was ready to go! We need someone to come in and take over. Fear the Bathrobe!

by Big Dizzy on Mar 28, 2010 9:35 PM MDT reply actions