Major League Baseball recently changed the rule on such slides, hoping to prevent a repeat of the takeout by Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley that broke the leg of New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada during last year’s playoffs.
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The Rockies were 2-8 at Arizona last season, so taking two of three at Chase Field to open the season meant something. Chatwood tossed 6.1 innings, giving up seven hits, one earned run, and walked nobody, and struck out three.
Story is only the second player in Major League Baseball history to follow a two-homer debut with a homer the next game, joining Charles Reilly of the 1889 Columbus Solons. Tulowitzki was 1-for-12 in his first three games with the Rockies.
“They kept battling. They kept grinding”, Arizona manager Chip Hale said. “Unfortunately the mistakes he did make went out of the ballpark and today we weren’t able to make up for it”.
With the Colorado Rockies’ 4-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon, the Rockies not only won the season-opening series, but also ensured they will take a 2-1 record and a lot of excitement into Friday’s home opener against the San Diego Padres.
Then Story homered again on Tuesday, his third in his first two games.
Anibal Sanchez (1-0) allowed two runs and four hits in five innings for Detroit, which completed an opening two-game sweep.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Robinson Cano had two home runs and four RBIs, including a two-run blast in Seattle’s decisive five-run ninth inning against Texas.
“It was good to get through seven”, he said.
“I talked to him before the game”.
On Wednesday, Patrick Corbin was simply out-dueled by the youngster Tyler Chatwood.
That was on April 29, 2014. He went on the disabled list the next day.
“I’m sure he had this date circled on the calendar”. “He’s on the fast track”, Weiss said. That’s the Chatwood that we all remember. We may end up losing a truckload of games this year, but damn if it isn’t going to at least be fun to watch with the younger guys coming through the ranks.
But Story’s development – if three days in the majors can be called that – gives a glimpse as to what the Rockies were really thinking when they dealt away the most accomplished and most popular player in the history of the franchise.
Story’s first home run came in a six-run third inning for the Rockies as Zack Greinke had a Diamondbacks debut to forget – the right-hander started with lofty expectations after signing a $206.5m (£145m) deal during the off-season. Story had also finished the past four seasons in the minor leagues by hitting double digit home runs. As the Isotopes get ready for their season opener on the road at Tacoma Thursday, the question is who will be the next big star going up to the big club to shine like Story?
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Rockies: RHP Jon Gray, on the 15-day DL with an abdomen injury, threw 30-35 pitches in the bullpen Wednesday.
