The Colorado Rockies are 45-25 at home this season. Their 18-50 road record has them on the brink of elimination, but the fact is they have been playing well in Denver. So it's a good thing Kevin Gausman was on his game this afternoon, and it's a good thing the lineup was primed to hit. Gausman went seven and whiffed nine, giving up five hits and a walk. Two of the hits were solo shots and that bumped the score to 10-3 when he left the game. That's right, 10 runs on 15 hits--two doubles, a triple, and four homers. Thairo Estrada went all superhero-mode and jacked two of the bombs, one in the 4th and one in the 5th to chase Rockies starter Kyle Freeland. Leadoff hitter Darin Ruf opened the game with a homer and Buster Posey followed him. Ruf also had the triple and Buster one of the doubles. Mauricio Dubon joined the fun with three hits (one of the doubles), a walk, and two RBI. Steven Duggar had two hits, too. In the 4th Gausman pulled off the butcher-boy, faking a bunt and pulling the bat back for an RBI single. It was a good day for the orange-and black.
Caleb Baragar had an ugly 8th, giving up two runs. He had to be rescued by John Brebbia. Dominic Leone threw five pitches to get his three outs in the 9th.
Logan Webb goes tomorrow at 5:40 PT.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
2 comments:
The offense was sweet but I need to shout out to Gausman. That is what an Ace looks like! We needed many innings, even if they were mediocre. Nothing mediocre there. Seemed like a lot of fastballs this time out, perfectly placed fastballs. Especially after the dogger dude FAILED so distinctly. And today it’s Webb…nice.
I can’t remember such a big home away thing. Wow. Have our boys ever done that kind of a Jeckyl and Hyde thing? Another weirdness of Coors Field I guess?
Coors is a tough place to pitch. Anytime a starter can come away with only three runs allowed he's doing great. I don't know why the Rockies are so bad on the road. The Diamondbacks are worse: 17-52.
Webb's sinker/slider combo will be interesting in the thinner air. The last time he pitched in Colorado (May 5th) he only lasted 3-2/3 but that's before he went on the IL.
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