Colorado Rockies minor-league affiliates go 1-5 in rough day for pitching

In a day the Major League club suffered one of it’s most embarrassing losses in 2017, the minor league affiliates couldn’t find their pitching groove. In the six minor league games across the Rockies farm, the Rockies minor clubs lost five of them. In all but one game (a Boise 3-1 loss) the pitching gave up five or more runs.

The Isotopes were the lone winners on Sunday, exploding for 12 runs and pushing themselves back over .500 on the season. The ‘Topes got offensive production from up and down the lineup with eight players recording an RBI. Ryan McMahon added an RBI double and kept his average over .420 with the 1-for-4 night.

Asheville, Lancaster, Hartford, and Grand Junction saw their pitching staffs get blown apart on Sunday. Asheville had the best day only allowing seven runs. Score and highlights from the affiliates are below:

Triple-A: Albuquerque 12, El Paso 5

Ryan McMahon (no. 7 PuRP): 1-4, 2B, R, RBI
Jordan Patterson (no. 13 PuRP): 1-3, BB, 2 R, RBI
Harrison Musgrave (no. 25 PuRP): 6 IP, 5 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, 2K
Sam Moll (no. 28 PuRP): 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, K
Jerry Vasto: 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, BB
Carlos Estevez: 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, K

Double-A: Altoona 11, Hartford 9

Brendan Rodgers (no. 1 PuRP): 0-1
Brian Mundell (HM PuRP): 0-1
Jack Wynkoop (HM PuRP): 4 1/3 IP, 9 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, K
Drew Weeks: 2-3, HR, R, 2 RBI

High-A: Rancho Cucamonga 8, Lancaster 3

Garrett Hampson (no. 22 PuRP): 0-4
Sam Hilliard: 2-4, CS
Roberto Ramos: 1-3, BB
Craig Schlitter: 5 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 7 H, 3 BB, 3K

Low-A: Rome 7, Asheville 2

Jacob Bosiokovic: 2-4, HR, R, RBI
Taylor Snyder: 1-4, HR, R, RBI
Antonio Santos: 2 IP, 5 R, 2 ER, 6 H, 0 BB, 2 K

Short Season-A: Hillsboro 3, Boise 1

Daniel Jipping: 1-3, HR, R, RBI
Keinter Olivares: 4 2/3 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 7 H, 3K, 1 BB

Rookie: Idaho Falls 13, Grand Junction 4

Pedro Gonzalez (no. 16 PuRP): 1-4, BB
Hidekel Gonzalez: 1-4,
Casey Golden: 1-4, HR, R, 2 RBI

Dominican Summer League: DSL Rockies - Off Day

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Monday Probables

Triple-A Albuquerque: Carpenter @ Fresno, 8:05 MT

Double-A Hartford: French (no. 26 PuRP) @ Binghamton, 5:05 MT

High-A Lancaster: Lambert (no. 11 PuRP) @ Inland Empire, 8:05 MT

Low-A Asheville: Requena @ Greenville, 5:05 MT

Short Season-A Boise: Valek @ Salem-Keizer, 7:15 MT

Rookie Level Grand Junction: N/A @ Idaho Falls, 7:15 MT

Dominican Summer League Rockies: N/A @ DSL Angels, 8:30 AM MT