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Rockies 5, Nationals 1: Colvin and Pomeranz Best Best Team In NL, Quit Rockies, Go Into Business Together

By Andrew Martin
Jul 6, 2012; Washington, DC, USA; Colorado Rockies first baseman Tyler Colvin (21) hits a solo homer against the Washington Nationals during the second inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-US PRESSWIRE
Jul 6, 2012; Washington, DC, USA; Colorado Rockies first baseman Tyler Colvin (21) hits a solo homer against the Washington Nationals during the second inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-US PRESSWIRE

Drew Pomeranz finally looks to be meeting some of that hype that preceded him when he was traded to Colorado for Ubaldo Jimenez.

Over 6 innings of work and 81 pitches, Pomeranz held the Nationals to 1 hit and 2 walks while striking out 6 batters.

Tyler Colvin went 3-for-4 while almost going 4-for-4 with 3 bombs. Instead, he only hit 2 bombs and a single, notching 3 runs in the Rockies' total.

Rex Brothers had a real scary 9th, allowing a solo homer to Ryan Zimmerman and a couple of hits after that, but his shaky performance was bookended by the usual excellence we've come to expect out of Rafael Betancourt and Matt Belisle.

Outside of Colvin, Carlos Gonzalez, Dexter Fowler, and Johnny Herrera all had 2 hits.

Strasburg's final line was 6 innings, 8 hits, 3 runs (2ER), 2 HR (both to Colvin), 6 strikeouts and a walk.

That's 2 openers against Strasburg, and 2 wins for the Rockies. Nice work, team!

32 - 51

14.5

Won 1

79


Source: FanGraphs

Pitcher IP H HR ER BB SO pLI WPA
D Pomeranz 6.1 1 0 0 2 6 0.88 .306
R Betancourt 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1.36 .089
M Belisle 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0.25 .020
R Brothers 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0.37 -.079
Total 9.0 5 1 1 2 9 0.79 .335

Pitcher IP H HR ER BB SO pLI WPA
H Rodriguez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.02 .001
R Mattheus 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.07 -.005
T Gorzelanny 1.0 2 1 2 0 2 0.17 -.041
S Strasburg 6.0 8 2 2 1 6 0.75 -.121
Total 9.0 10 3 4 1 10 0.54 -.165

Batter AB R H HR RBI BB SO pLI WPA
D Fowler 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0.68 .034
M Scutaro 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.70 -.103
C Gonzalez 3 2 2 0 0 1 1 0.37 .053
M Cuddyer 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.77 -.049
T Colvin 4 2 3 2 3 0 0 0.60 .300
C Nelson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 -.001
J Pacheco 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.55 .003
W Nieves 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.41 -.072
J Herrera 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.39 .043
R Brothers 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.01 .000
R Betancourt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M Belisle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D Pomeranz 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.76 -.042
Total 33 5 10 3 5 1 10 0.54 .165
Batter AB R H HR RBI BB SO pLI WPA
D Espinosa 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.90 -.092
B Harper 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.57 .051
R Zimmerman 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0.88 -.068
M Morse 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.85 -.051
A LaRoche 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.98 .001
I Desmond 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.85 -.080
H Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R Mattheus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T Moore 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.63 -.045
R Bernadina 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.25 -.035
J Flores 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.48 .020
T Gorzelanny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S Lombardozzi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.13 .007
S Strasburg 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.13 -.043
Total 32 1 5 1 1 2 9 0.79 -.335

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