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Too little, excessively late, excessively familiar.
Yep, the Rockies mislaid connected the roadworthy again Tuesday night, falling 4-3 to Texas astatine Globe Life Field.
The Rockies took 2 of 3 games from the mighty Dodgers successful Los Angeles implicit the weekend, but that feels similar California dreamin’ now. They person present mislaid 2 successful a enactment to the Rangers, who ain a 47-85 record. The Rockies, however, slid to 17-50 connected the road.
Rangers journeyman right-hander Jordan Lyles, the erstwhile Rockie, who entered the crippled with a 5.70 ERA, morphed into Greg Maddux — astatine slightest for six innings. His lone blemish was a solo homer by Sam Hilliard successful the third.
But successful the seventh, Colorado’s dormant yet discourtesy stirred. Lyles had acceptable down 12 hitters successful a enactment until C.J. Cron deed an opposite-field, solo homer to right, his 11th homer and 34th RBI successful August. Then Ryan McMahon followed up with different solo blast to right. Suddenly, Colorado had chopped Texas’ pb to 4-3 and Lyles had served up his 36th homer of the season, the astir successful the American League.
But that was the extremity of Colorado’s surge.
Colorado left-hander Austin Gomber struggled again. In 4 1/3 innings, helium gave up 4 runs connected 4 hits, including 2 location runs: a leadoff changeable homer by Nathaniel Lowe successful the 2nd and a leadoff blast by Leody Taveras successful the fourth.
More disconcerting, Gomber walked six. The precision helium showed earlier this play has deserted him. How precise was helium before? From the 4th inning connected May 29 to the 2nd inning connected July 21, helium pitched 23 innings without issuing a walk, which was the longest specified streak successful Rockies past by a starter.
Gomber, who’s been truthful bully astatine Coors Field (nine starts, 2.09 ERA, 5 homers allowed) has truly struggled connected the roadworthy (14 starts, 5.97 ERA, 15 homers).
Roster expansion. Big-league teams tin grow their roster from 26 to 28 players connected Wednesday. Right-handed pitcher Peter Lambert, who’s coming backmost from Tommy John country past summer, is simply a possibility. So is lefty Ryan Rolison, though he’s not presently connected the 40-man roster.
The Rockies person indicated that they could spell to a six-man rotation for the last weeks of the play to springiness their regular starters a rest.
September utilized to beryllium the clip for teams to telephone up aggregate prospects (up to 40 connected a roster) truthful they could get a sensation of the large leagues and springiness the big-league squad a accidental to measure them.
That’s changed now, but the Triple-A play runs the aforesaid magnitude arsenic the large league season, making it imaginable for teams to callback and enactment players passim September.
Gray connected track. Right-hander Jon Gray had nary contented with his choky close foreman during his bullpen league connected Tuesday. Manager Bud Black said helium expects Gray to marque his scheduled commencement against the Braves connected Thursday astatine Coors Field.
“Once helium realized that helium felt good, determination were nary issues with the forearm, and helium worked connected his pitches,” Black said. “We worked connected fastball command, a accordant delivery, a accordant limb slot. He spun immoderate curveballs and worked connected his changeup.”
Boo birds. Black was asked Tuesday astir the contention successful New York connected Sunday erstwhile Mets players Javier Baez, Francisco Lindor and Kevin Pillar displayed a thumbs-down motion to the fans aft the players got hits. The players were reacting to the cascade of boos the struggling Mets person heard this month.
“I haven’t seen it oregon truly work overmuch astir it,” Black said. “My archetypal thought erstwhile I heard it was that if Mets players had it to bash implicit again, and rethink it, they would astir apt not bash it.”
Asked if he’d ever been booed during his 15-year vocation arsenic a large league pitcher, Black chuckled and said: “Yes, I’ve been booed arsenic a player. I’ve been booed arsenic a pitching manager and I’ve been booed arsenic manager. And you’ve heard maine speech astir erstwhile I travel location my woman (Nan) boos me.”
On Deck
Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (5-6, 4.17 ERA) astatine Rangers RHP Kohei Arihara (2-3, 6.59)
12:05 p.m. Wednesday, Globe Life Field
TV: AT&T SportsNet
Radio: KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM
Freeland is facing the Rangers for the 3rd clip successful his career. Across the archetypal 2 starts, the lefty was 1-0 with a 2.77 ERA, 8 strikeouts and 4 walks. Freeland has been precise crisp successful his past 12 outings, going 5-4 with a 2.57 ERA, striking retired 68 and walking conscionable 12. He’s coming disconnected a gem astatine Los Angeles wherever helium held the Dodgers to 2 runs connected six hits. He struck retired 7 and walked none. Arihara is expected to beryllium activated from the injured database Wednesday and marque his eighth commencement of the season. He was placed connected the 10-day injured database May 9 with a bruised close mediate digit but was transferred to the 60-day IL connected May 26 aft undergoing close enarthrosis country to repair an aneurysm. His past commencement for the Rangers was successful a 9-8 triumph implicit Seattle connected May 8. He got a no-decision, allowing 5 runs connected six hits successful 3 2/3 innings. Arihara has ne'er faced the Rockies. He is winless (0-2, 11.32) successful 3 starts astatine Globe Life Field, with opponents batting .326.
Trending: Entering Tuesday night’s game, Charlie Blackmon’s 12.7% strikeout complaint was the seventh-lowest successful the majors and the lowest for immoderate afloat play successful his career.
At issue: Outfielder Sam Hilliard is inactive searching for his swing. He entered Tuesday’s crippled hitting 3-for-18 (.166) connected the existent roadworthy travel with 9 strikeouts. His strikeout complaint for the play is 38.2%.
Pitching probables:
Thursday: Braves RHP Huascar Ynoa (4-4, 2.90) astatine Rockies RHP Jon Gray (7-10, 4.13), 6:40 p.m., ATTRM
Friday: Braves RHP Ian Anderson (6-5, 3.36) astatine Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela (3-9, 4.18), 6:40 p.m., ATTRM
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