Rockies’ Raimel Tapia goes on injured list with toe strain

One of the Rockies’ astir accordant players each play is headed to the 10-day injured list.

Outfielder Raimel Tapia is hampered by a lingering close large toed sprain, manager Bud Black confirmed. Tapia was removed from the lineup anterior to Tuesday night’s crippled astatine the Houston Astros.

“Where it is (located) doesn’t person a batch of humor flow. It’s a pugnacious healing injury,” Black said. “Our aesculapian unit thought the champion happening to bash was to enactment him connected the IL. He wasn’t going to beryllium acceptable to play successful a fig of days. … When his clip is up, he’ll beryllium fine. Pretty overmuch 100 percent acceptable to go. But this was a nagging wounded that conscionable wasn’t going to heal successful a abbreviated play of clip to support him active.”

Tapia has a career-high 24 doubles this season. His 7 games with aggregate doubles pb each MLB players. Tapia is batting .288 with 19 steals.

Motter called up. The Rockies promoted inferior antheral Taylor Motter from Triple-A Albuquerque connected Tuesday, the squad announced, with Tapia going connected the IL.

Motter was precocious named Triple-A West subordinate of the week (July 26 to Aug. 1) portion hitting .450 with 4 homers, 14 RBI and 5 walks. In July, helium led each insignificant leaguers successful full bases (79), location runs (15), RBI (35) and OPS (1.578).

“I’m conscionable different feline who is versatile and tin hopefully grip myself with the bat,” Motter said. “I privation to beryllium a bully squad feline … successful the clubhouse. Get on with everyone and assistance guys up.”

Motter, 31, appeared successful 141 MLB games from 2016-18 betwixt the Rays, Mariners and Twins. He was the Rockies’ designated hitter connected Tuesday against the Astros.

“There’s nary uncertainty he’s enactment unneurotic a bully year,” Black said. “Here’s a feline who played himself backmost to the large leagues based connected performance. It’s been a bully communicative to ticker him and this play unfold.”

On Deck

Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-8, 4.73 ERA) astatine Astros LHP Framber Valdez (7-3, 3.22)
12:10 p.m. Wednesday, Minute Maid Park
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Senzatela is acceptable to marque his 19th commencement of the season. Last Thursday against the Cubs, the right-hander made his archetypal quality since being reinstated from the COVID-IL. Senzatela allowed 4 runs connected 7 hits with 1 locomotion and six strikeouts successful a no-decision.  He has struggled mightily implicit 7 roadworthy starts this play astatine 0-5 with a 6.03 ERA. Colorado is 0-7 successful those games. But Senzatela was phenomenal successful 1 erstwhile vocation commencement against the Astros past year. He tossed 8 scoreless innings successful a 2-1 roadworthy loss. Framber has been fantabulous since coming disconnected the IL successful precocious May. The southpaw enters the crippled with 3 consecutive victories.

Trending: The Rockies are coming disconnected a 5-1 homestand successful which they swept the Miami Marlins successful 3 games. It marked Colorado’s sixth expanse of the season.

At issue: Entering Tuesday night, the Rockies were 5-17 vs. the Astros since 2013 erstwhile they moved to the AL. Colorado is 2-8 astatine Minute Maid Park implicit that span.

Pitching probables

Thursday: Rockies RHP German Marquez (10-8, 3.42) astatine Giants RHP Logan Webb (5-3, 3.19), 7:45 p.m., ATTRM
Friday: Rockies LHP Austin Gomber (9-6, 3.79) astatine Giants RHP Anthony DeSclafani (10-5, 3.28), 7:45 p.m., ATTRM
Saturday: Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (3-6, 4.65) astatine Giants RHP Johnny Cueto (7-6, 3.89), 7:05 p.m., ATTRM