Now he’s looking down at his mentor after another big night at the plate.
Advertisement
Tyler Chatwood allowed one hit over five erratic innings, Trevor Story lined his fourth homer in three games and the Colorado Rockies swept the Braves with a 7-2 win Sunday. So to break his record is pretty cool.
Story has said his success is due in part to Tulowitzki, the former fan favorite in Colorado who took Story under his wing after he was drafted in 2011. He tutored him in spring training and even worked with him in the offseason. “He helped me out a lot”.
“Normally, if you walk guys, you’re going to get hurt here”. “In just a minute, the sixth inning fell apart”.
Rockies rookie Trevor Story blasted a two-run homer off Atlanta right-hander Matt Wisler in the second inning Saturday night to break the National League record for home runs by a rookie shortstop. The Rockies were up 7-0 at that point, and Tyrell Jenkins left the game after learning firsthand just how much fun it is to be a pitcher at Coors Field. He now has four multi-homer games this season. Story also doubled and scored in the first inning, finishing 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI.
Go figure: The Atlanta Braves had traffic on the bases almost every inning and still lost.
“It seemed like we should’ve been the one running away with the game, really, with all the baserunners we had”, said Braves interim manager Brian Snitker, whose team was outscored 26-12 in the four-game series. “He’s getting the ball in on the hitter’s better”. “When we saw him a year ago in Albuquerque, we thought, ‘This guy’s a stud”‘.
A strong weather cell moved through the area and brought the tarp out after the second inning. Recker was sacrificed to third and scored on Chase d’Arnaud’s sacrifice fly.Freeman singled with one out in the third and ended up on third base when right fielder Carlos Gonzalez let the ball get past him. Braves RHP Shea Simmons allowed one hit and one run in one inning with one strikeout for the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Braves in his first rehab appearance since undergoing Tommy John surgery on February 12, 2015. During that span, Story has driven in 12 runs, giving him 69 RBIs for the season.
The Braves, meanwhile, were dealing with health questions about Teheran, who left the game after facing one batter in the fifth with what the team said was right lat tightness.
“That kid’s the real deal”, Snitker said.
“It’s just kind of been being a little bit more consistent with everything”, Oberg said of his success at Albuquerque that led to his promotion.
Advertisement
“We’re trying to get it back and get going and obviously haven’t been able to”, outfielder Jeff Francoeur said. RHP Scott Oberg was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque to begin his third stint with the Rockies this season. Rockies RHP Chad Qualls (colitis), who is 2-0 with a 5.61 ERA in 36 games, was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 16. Oberg tossed a ideal seventh in Saturday’s win. Arenado, who topped the NL past year with 42 homers, is tied for second with the Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant. He passed Todd Helton, who had 25 in 1998, and is two behind Wilin Rosario’s 28, reached in 2012. He drove in Colorado’s first two runs when he belted his 25th home run of the season in the second, following a walk to Nolan Arenado. The Braves cut the lead to 7-4 on first baseman Mark Reynolds’ error in the eighth. Chatwood is 1-2 with an 8.35 ERA in four career starts against the Braves but has not faced them since 2013.WALK-OFFS1.
