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With its 13-8 triumph implicit Miami Sunday, Colorado improved its grounds astatine Coors Field to 38-21. Since May 21, it is 25-9 successful LoDo, a .735 location winning percent that is the champion successful the majors.
That’s the benignant of home-field vantage Bud Black envisioned erstwhile helium took implicit arsenic Rockies manager earlier the 2017 season.
“Talking with different players, coaches and managers, it’s benignant of a double-edged sword for opposing teams,” Black said. “The offense, for the opponents, likes coming present to hit. For 4 games, they tin person a heyday.
“Pitchers connected the opposing broadside person nightmares, astir perchance pitching here. You tin spot it successful however they pitch. We person to usage that to our advantage, due to the fact that it’s real.”
Tap’s toe. Left fielder Raimel Tapia departed the crippled successful the 2nd inning, replaced by Connor Joe. Tapia has been dealing with a achy sprained large toed connected his close foot. He’s tried to play done the symptom but it was intelligibly bothering him erstwhile helium ran connected Sunday. The Rockies are hoping Tapia tin debar a travel to the injured list.
“That toed benignant of reared its disfigured caput today,” Black said.
Black added that Tapia had scans taken of the toed but said the Rockies had not received the results yet.
“I’m reasoning he’ll beryllium OK. I’ll cognize much connected Tuesday,” Black said.
Go, Joe. Joe deed his 4th and 5th location runs of the play Sunday for the archetypal multi-homer crippled of his career. He besides deed his archetypal vocation pinch-hit location tally successful the 2nd inning erstwhile helium came successful for Tapia. In 14 games since helium was called up from Triple-A, he’s slashed .378/.396/.778 with 5 location runs, 3 doubles and 16 RBIs.
Rodgers update. Second baseman Brendan Rogers, who was hit by a transportation successful his close hand successful Saturday night’s game, was overmuch improved Sunday. He didn’t commencement but would person been disposable to pinch-hit had helium been needed. With an off-day connected Monday, helium should beryllium bully to spell for Tuesday’s crippled astatine Houston.
Footnotes. The Rockies scored 34 runs successful the three-game series, the astir since scoring 36 runs against the Padres connected July 17-20, 2017. … Right-hander Chi Chi Gonzalez is acceptable to travel disconnected the COVID injured list. He’s headed to Arizona to transportation and past marque a rehab commencement earlier helium rejoins the Rockies.
The Rockies are disconnected connected Monday
Trending: Shortstop Trevor Story was 2-for-4 Sunday to widen his season-high hitting streak to 11 games. During the streak, Story is hitting .381 (16-for-42) with 7 doubles and 3 location runs.
At issue: Colorado heads to Houston connected Tuesday to unfastened a six-game roadworthy travel against the Astros (two games) and past the Giants (four games). The Rockies’ roadworthy grounds is 13-40.
Pitching probables
Monday: Off
Tuesday: Rockies RHP Jon Gray (7-7, 3.67) astatine Astros RHP Jake Odorizzi (4-6, 4.95), 6:10 p.m., ATTRM
Wednesday: Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-8, 4.73) astatine LHP Astros Framber Valdez (7-3, 3.22), 12:10 p.m., ATTRM
Thursday: Rockies RHP German Marquez (10-8, 3.42) astatine Giants RHP Logan Webb (5-3, 3.19), 7:45 p.m., ATTRM
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