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Cold Brewed Baseball: Redemption for the Rockies

Posted on July 27, 2015 at 12:46 PM.

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Hey all, before I get into the game action for the Rockies v. Dodgers series I have a league update to announce. Every time a trade goes down I'll do one of these in the future going forward. I'll put the trade down and also give a small analysis of the deal (Also I'll be doing an minor league update today so stay tuned!)

TRADE ALERT 4/15 The Rays and the White Sox have agreed to swap players. The transaction details are below:

White Sox- GETTING: SP Grayson Garvin (25 years old. 64 overall (C)) Assigned to AAA Charlotte Knights

Rays- GETTING: C Geovany Soto (32 years old. 73 overall (C)) Backup catcher on Tampa Bay Rays.

This is a fairly good deal for both teams. The Rays needed a backup catcher as John Jaso went down this week with a broken hand he suffered during this weeks series against the Jays. He'll be down for 1-2 months and Soto/Rivera platoon is serviceable until he gets back.

The White Sox had both Flowers and George Kottaras as a catcher on the major league team so Soto was the odd man out in Chicago so there was no major loss on that front. Garvin fills in nicely at the back end of the their AAA team's rotation and takes over for a struggling Kyle Drabek. Garvin could be used potentially as a reliever also on the major league level should Chicago choose to go that route or just release him without much loss as he is only making 60K this year.

Onward now to the games!

Game One: The Rockies had off on Thursday and took the time to recuperate and figure out ways to end this 6 game losing streak. The Dodgers got the scoring started on a Yasmani Grandal solo shot to left in the 2nd which put them up 1-0. The Rockies though would answer scoring runs in the 4th and 5th thanks to an RBI single by Justin Morneau and an RBI double by rookie Kyle Parker that made the score 2-1.

De La Rosa would load the bases in the 6th but escape giving up only 1 run and left with the score knotted up at 2-2. The Rockies would push across the winning run in the 8th on a long fly ball by Drew Stubbs who was pinch hitting for Brandon Barnes (who was 0-3 on the day and had a 0.76 average) with runners on 2nd and 1st. Puig tracked the ball and got under it for the final out but then inexplicably dropped the ball and was charged with an error which allowed Nick Hundley to score from 2nd and make it 3-2 in favor of Colorado.

Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers
Apr 17,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colorado (3-6)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	0
Los Angeles (7-2)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	1
W: Butler (3-0) L: Hatcher (0-1) S: Axford (3)

Game Notes: Eddie Butler once again came to the rescue out of the bullpen for the Rockies throwing 1.2 and struck out 2 while yielding 2 hits. Kyle Parker went 1-4 with the RBI double to extend his hitting streak to 4 games. Nick "Heavy Hittin'" Hundley went 2-4 with 2 runs scored to raise his average to .428 on the young season.

Game Two: Fresh off a win in the first game of the series the Rockies look to make it 2 in a row here at Chavez Ravine. Jordan Lyles took the mound and it was not a happy game for the usually strong starter. Lyles would only last 4+ innings giving up 5 runs and 8 hits. His ERA swelled to 4.11 as a result of the startling start. The Rockies though would not go down. Colorado scored 5 runs through the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings thanks to home runs by Blackmon, Tulo, and Rosario. With the game tied 6-6 going in the 10th the Rockies catcher Mike McKenry came through again launching a solo homer, his 2nd of the year into left field at Dodger Stadium to make it 7-6 Rockies. John Axford pitched the bottom half of the frame for his 4th save of the year and the Rockies won their second in a row!

Rockies at Dodgers \|
Apr 18,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Colorado (4-6)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	7	8	1
Los Angeles (7-3)	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	11	0
W: Hawkins (1-1) L: Rodriguez (0-1) S: Axford (4)

Game Notes: Clayton Kershaw had everything going for him until the 8th inning when Kyle Parker drove in 2 runs which came on Rosario having homered the inning before and made this good start a mess. He finished with 7.2, 4 runs scored, 3 walks, and 7 K's. Casey Jansen blew his first save of the year after Tulo homered in the 9th. Kyle Parker went 1-3 with a walk, double, and 2 RBI's on the day to push his average to .305 and his hitting streak to 5 games.

Game Three: The Rockies entered this game hoping for a sweep of their divisional rival from LA but left with a realization that the team was really out performing these past 2 games. Matzek surrendered 3 runs over 6 innings while walking 2 and striking out 4. That was not a good enough line as Zack Greinke was on the mound for the Dodgers and was he masterful as ever. Greinke threw a complete game scattering 6 hits and striking out 6 while walking only 1 (Kyle Parker) for his 3rd win of the year.

Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers
Apr 19,	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Colorado (5-6)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Los Angeles (7-4)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	X	4	8	0
W: Greinke (3-0) L: Matzek (1-2)

Game Notes: Greinke now has lowered his ERA to an astounding 0.33 on the season through his first 3 starts. Tulowitzki was given the day off but did pinch hit in the 9th grounding out for the final out. Kyle Parker was inserted into the 5 hole in the lineup due to injuries/scheduled days off. It did not suit him as he went 0-3 with a walk which snapped his hitting streak at 5 games.

Up next on the docket are the San Diego Padres as the Rockies head home to Coors Field for a 4 game set against the Padres and then a 3 game set against the Giants. Here are the matchup's for the series against San Diego:

Game 1: Kendrick (0-0, 3.97 ERA) vs. Kennedy (1-0, 2.08 ERA)
Game 2: Hale (0-2, 8.59 ERA) vs. Morrow (1-1, 7.71 ERA)
Game 3: De La Rosa (0-1, 2.25 ERA) vs. Shields (1-1, 5.71 ERA)
Game 4: Lyles (0-1, 4.12 ERA) vs. Cashner (0-2, 10.80 ERA)

Hope all of you stay tuned as we take on the friars next and coming up at some point today will be an update on the first few games and progress of the Minor Leagues for the Rockies!