“I asked (catcher Wilson) Ramos, ‘What do you think of those pitches?’ And he said, ‘Right down the middle, a lot of them”.
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“I’m looking at this as that last piece before we take the reins off”, Weiss said.
LeMahieu hit four singles for the Rockies, his fourth career four-hit game and third this season.
Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado throws to first base after fielding an infield single off the bat of Washington Nationals’ Trea Turner in the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016 in Denver.
LeMahieu’s batting average is up 14 points over his past four games to.342.
“I feel comfortable, relaxed, confident”, the soft-spoken LeMahieu said after raising his average to.343, second in the NL. “It seems like there’s nothing you can throw over the plate or around the plate that he’s not going to hit pretty solid”, Gonzalez said. Blackmon was selected the NL player of the week after leading the majors with seven home runs last week.
The Rockies ended a four-game losing streak with just their third victory in 13 games. The bullpen did a really good job, it was nice to see the bullpen step up. “We didn’t have to use that many (relievers) and saved some arms for tomorrow”. Dusty Baker would go to Blake Treinen after that walk, but Treinen walked LeMahieu to load the bases. All three runners moved up on the sacrifice fly to center that made it 4-2, and Dahl’s two-out double gave the Rockies a four-run cushion. Carasiti, making his second career appearance and Coors Field debut, began that inning by walking pinch hitter Brian Goodwin.
Every Rockies pitcher allowed at least one run, except Boone Logan (2-2). After a Daniel Murphy single, Bryce Harper hit a groundout to short, which scored Werth. Scott Oberg came in for the Rockies in the ninth and allowed a two-out home run to Chris Heisey, which put the Nationals behind by just two runs. “But they had to go to the bullpen (too), and we had ample opportunities to try to strike against their bullpen”. “Unfortunately, offensively we weren’t able to do so tonight”. Once the rain stopped, Yusmeiro Petit was the pitcher for the Nationals.
NOTES: The seven runs in the bottom of the first are the most the Rockies have scored since they erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the first on September 17, 2014, against the Dodgers.Rockies CF Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to 12 games.Nationals LF Jayson Werth extended his Nationals-record on-base streak to 45 games, one short of the Nationals/Expos franchise record set by Rusty Staub in 1969-1970.Rockies RHP Christian Bergman, who threw 23 pitches, or RHP prospect Jeff Hoffman are the candidates to start Saturday, taking the turn of RHP Tyler Chatwood (mid-back strain), who is on the disabled list. He has reached base in 43 consecutive games, tying Ryan Zimmerman for the Nationals’ longest on-base streak. Nationals LHP Sammy Solis (left shoulder inflammation) was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Tuesday and has been sent back to Washington to undergo an MRI. RHP Christian Bergman was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque.
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Postgame analysis of the Nats’ 12-10 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field. Just because the Nationals went from bad to great in two years doesn’t make the Rockies failures if they don’t win 98 games next year.
