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For 8 innings, the roadworthy Rockies portended misery. The wretched day – headlined by an wounded to starter Kyle Freeland – appeared destined to extremity successful different roadworthy loss.
But 3 outs from a roadworthy sweep, the Rockies rallied Wednesday afternoon, with assistance from the Rangers. After 1 retired consecutive walks, shortstop Brendan Rodgers ripped a first-pitch treble to left-center field, scoring 2 and making it 6-5 Rockies.
Four errors later, yes, 4 errors, including 3 by Rangers archetypal baseman Nathaniel Lowe, and the Rockies had tacked connected 3 much runs.
Colorado’s chaotic 9-5 triumph successful Arlington staved disconnected a expanse and momentarily distracted from Freeland, who exited with a near hep impingement.
Rodgers finished with 2 runs, 2 hits and 3 RBIs. Reliever Jhoulys Chacin picked up the win.
The five-run ninth ended Colorado’s nine-game roadworthy travel connected a flimsy high, though the presumption of Freeland was acold much pressing. Freeland, who started the game, lasted lone an inning earlier exiting with hep tightness. After getting done the first, Freeland offered up a leadoff locomotion – his 2nd of the crippled – earlier Rockies manager Bud Black approached him connected the mound. Without overmuch statement and without immoderate denotation of what was ailing him, Freeland was done aft 21 pitches.
“He noticed warming up that helium truly couldn’t propulsion disconnected the rubber and thrust down the mound,” Black said of Freeland. “He thought it mightiness progressively get amended arsenic helium got into his warmups and erstwhile helium got into the crippled with immoderate crippled adrenaline but it ne'er happened.”
Black, who noted Freeland had ne'er had a akin injury, said helium was removed for “precautionary reasons.”
Colorado’s alleviation pitchers provided nary assistance successful the 2nd inning arsenic Texas took a 5-0 lead.
Ironically, it was their alleviation pitching that kept the Rockies wrong striking distance, however.
The Rockies utilized six alleviation pitchers to support the Rangers scoreless aft the 2nd inning. Robert Stephenson gave Colorado 2 prime innings, and Daniel Bard worked retired of a bases-loaded jam successful the sixth. Chacin worked cleanable seventh and eighth innings. And Carlos Estevez closed the ninth.
Sam Hilliard walked to commencement the fifth, and Connor Joe sent him into scoring presumption connected a one-out treble to left. Hilliard scurried location and Joe moved to 3rd connected a passed ball, arsenic the Rockies gained momentum. After different walk, Charlie Blackmon bushed retired a imaginable double-play portion Joe raced home, cutting the borderline to 5-4.
On Deck
Braves TBD vs. Rockies TBD, 6:40 p.m., Thursday, Coors Field
TV: AT&T SportsNet
Radio: KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM
Trending: C.J. Cron didn’t privation August to end. Cron mashed 11 location runs and 34 RBIs successful August portion hitting .387 with a slugging percent of .828. Cron led the National League successful each 4 categories. He’s besides reached basal safely successful 25 consecutive games, which ties the longest of his career. His 34 RBIs are the astir successful immoderate period by immoderate subordinate successful the majors this season.
At issue: Having dropped the archetypal 2 games of the bid against the Rangers, the Rockies had already mislaid this roadworthy bid entering Wednesday’s game. Their caller 2-1 bid triumph implicit the Dodgers, which besides came connected this existent roadworthy trip, was conscionable their 2nd roadworthy bid triumph of the season.
Pitching probables
Friday: Braves RHP Huascar Ynoa (4-4, 2.90) astatine Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela (3-9, 4.18), 6:40 p.m., ATTRM
Saturday: Braves RHP Ian Anderson (6-5, 3.36) astatine Rockies RHP German Marquez (11-10, 4.10), 6:10 p.m., ATTRM
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