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Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson stepped into the batter’s container successful the sixth inning Sunday day astatine Coors Field to look Rockies right-hander Julian Fernandez, who was making his large league debut.
First pitch: Swanson fouled disconnected a 101.4 mph four-seam fastball. Second pitch: Swanson swung done a 100.7 four-seam fastball. Third pitch: Swanson struck retired swinging connected Fernandez’s 102.4 mph four-seam fastball.
Colorado lost, 9-2, but Fernandez’s fastball was impressive.
Rockies person Carlos Estevez, who acted arsenic the interpreter for Fernandez during the postgame Zoom telephone with the media, was amused by each of the questions astir Fernandez’s heat. Both men are from the Dominican Republic.
“I started seeing him erstwhile I was conscionable signed with the Rockies (in 2011),” Estevez said. “I was 18. He’s 3 years younger than me, and erstwhile helium signed implicit (in the Dominican), I was already successful the States. He told me, ‘When I’m 18, I privation to propulsion 100 similar you guys. And helium went implicit that. I cognize he’s been throwing similar that for a agelong time.”
Fernandez, who was called up from Triple-A Albuquerque, finished his archetypal big-league outing giving up 3 earned runs connected 3 hits, nary walks, 1 strikeout. Austin Riley deed a solo homer disconnected him successful the seventh.
Injury update. Lefty Kyle Freeland, who departed his past commencement aboriginal due to the fact that of a near hep impingement, is doing good and is connected way to commencement Monday’s crippled against the Giants astatine Coors Field.
Right-hander Jon Gray (forearm tightness) is doing amended each time and is connected way to commencement Wednesday afternoon’s crippled against the Giants.
Footnotes. The 9 runs the Rockies gave up Sunday were the astir they person allowed astatine location since July 17 against the Dodgers. … Right-hander Jordan Sheffield pitched a cleanable ninth inning successful his archetypal quality since going connected the injured database connected June 5 with a close lat strain.
On Deck
Giants RHP Kevin Gausman (12-5, 2.52 ERA) astatine Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (5-6, 4.22)
2:10 p.m. Monday, Coors Field
TV: ATTRM
Radio: 630 AM/94.1 FM
Two homegrown Colorado pitchers look disconnected Monday astatine Coors Field. Freeland, a 2011 postgraduate of Thomas Jefferson High School, is making his 19th commencement of the season. His past outing was chopped abbreviated by a near hep impingement that constricted him to 1 inning against Texas. Freeland is 5-4 with a 2.77 ERA implicit his past 12 starts since June 28. He’s 3-1 with a 2.91 ERA successful six starts astatine Coors implicit that span. Freeland bushed the Giants astatine San Francisco connected Aug. 14, allowing 1 tally connected 5 hits successful six innings successful Colorado’s 4-1 win. In 16 vocation starts vs. the Giants, Freeland is 7-3 with a 3.41 ERA, including a 5-1 grounds with a 3.99 ERA successful 9 location starts. Gausman, a 2010 postgraduate of Grandview High School, didn’t get a determination successful his past start, but helium pitched good against Milwaukee, tossing 5 innings of two-run ball, allowing 4 hits with a locomotion portion striking retired seven. Gausman has fixed up 3 oregon less runs successful each of his past 7 appearances. The right-hander is 1-1 with a 5.06 ERA successful 4 starts against the Rockies, including a 1-1 grounds and a 4.35 ERA successful 2 starts astatine Coors Field.
Trending: Raimel Tapia deed 2-for-4 with a triple Sunday, improving his Coors Field mean to .304.
At issue: Braves seasoned pitcher Charlie Morton threw 7 innings of two-hit shot Sunday for a prime start. When the opposing hitter throws a prime start, the Rockies’ grounds is 3-35.
Pitching probables
Tuesday: Giants RHP Logan Webb (8-3, 2.56) astatine Rockies RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez (3-6, 6.13), 6:40 p.m., ATTRM
Wednesday: Giants RHP Anthony DeSclafani (11-6, 3.24) astatine Rockies TBA, 1:10 p.m., ATTRM
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