Rookie shortstop Trevor Story (left) continued his early tear for the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday with his third home run in two games against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Greinke actually drove in the D-backs’ first run of the season with an infield single in the second inning, but the tides turned a half inning later with the Rockies putting up six runs highlighted by Story’s three-run homer. The other time the Rockies did it was on April 4-6 in 1997 at Montreal. “I know he was probably frustrated, but to me those were probably the biggest innings when he went back in there the fifth and sixth and put up zeros”. The ball will go over the fence if you hit the ball hard and I’m just trying to hit the ball hard.
Tyler Chatwood will make his season debut when he toes the rubber today for the Rockies. He struck out three and did not walk a batter.
After blanking Colorado the first two innings, Greinke had a 25 1/3-inning scoreless streak at Chase Field before things fell apart.
Story has homered in the first three games of his career – something that had never been done before. He was acquired in a winter trade that sent Corey Dickerson to Tampa Bay. “It’s tough to be positive about a start like that, you give up six runs in one inning, but those kind of innings are going to happen”. Manager Chip Hale was pretty critical after the game, blaming the media for hyping up Greinke so much during the off season.
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The Rockies scored five runs in the third before Greinke could get anyone out.
The Arizona Diamondbacks surprised more than a few people this offseason by moving aggressively to bolster their starting rotation.
“We were able to pick him up tonight”, Paul Goldschmidt said of Miller.
“I didn’t mean to be harsh in any way”, Hale said. Fortunately, the Arizona offense bailed him out on the way to an 11-6 victory. “He’s on the fast track”, Weiss said. The Rockies have not determined where he will begin his rehab assignment or how many starts he will need….
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Colorado’s Tyler Chatwood (1-0) pitched a strong 6 1-3 innings in his first big-league appearance since recovering from a second Tommy John surgery.
