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Trevor Story enactment connected a amusement Saturday nighttime successful Philly.
The Rockies’ shortstop turned successful 1 of the champion antiaircraft plays of his vocation and besides deed a 441-foot location run. Those 2 moments were the highlights of Colorado’s 6-1 nonaccomplishment to the Phillies astatine Citizens Bank Park.
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In the archetypal inning, Philly’s Jean Segura rocketed a one-hop changeable that Story someway snagged with a diving grab. Then Story spun astir and, from his backside, threw a one-hopper to archetypal basal to nip Segura.
“He saved my (butt),” Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland said.
Added manager Bud Black: “That was an outstanding play. That shot was smoked. He made the play from his spot and had capable connected the propulsion to get the runner. Great play.”
Story’s two-out solo homer successful the sixth traveled 441 feet and landed successful the 2nd deck. It was his 21st homer of the season. After an 0-for-24 drought, Story has deed 14-for-48 (.292) with 5 homers, 3 doubles and 2 triples implicit his past 13 games.
Silver slugger? If, arsenic expected, the National League adopts the designated hitter opening successful 2022, this volition beryllium the past play for starting pitchers to deed connected a regular basis. German Marquez isn’t thrilled astir that, but he’s going to spell retired swinging.
The right-hander deed an RBI azygous Friday nighttime to springiness him 7 RBIs this season. Entering Saturday’s play, Marquez ranked 2nd among pitchers successful RBIs, trailing lone Dodgers lefty Julio Urias (eight). Marquez besides ranked 2nd among National League pitchers with a .245 mean (minimum 40 sheet appearances). He trailed Atlanta right-hander Max Fried.
“It would beryllium amusive to triumph the Silver Slugger again,” Marquez said. “You guys cognize that I emotion to hit. I emotion to get connected base.”
Marquez was awarded the 2018 NL Silver Slugger aft hitting .300 (18-for-60) with 5 RBIs and a .650 OPS.
Lambert update. Right-hander Peter Lambert is making dependable advancement arsenic helium returns from past year’s Tommy John surgery. Friday night, successful his sixth rehab start, Lambert struck retired 4 implicit 3 innings for Double-A Hartford.
Black said determination is simply a accidental Lambert volition transportation for the Rockies this play but volition apt marque 2 oregon 3 much minor-league starts earlier that.
“We some were connected the squad autobus today, and I brought him into my bureau erstwhile we got to the ballpark present successful Philadelphia. Peter feels good,” Black said. “I privation him to consciousness similar a regular pitcher; similar he’s not rehabbing anymore. I’d similar him to (put) the country and rehab down him, truthful he’s conscionable concentrating connected being a pitcher. And I deliberation he’s to that constituent mentally.”
Footnotes. Outfielder Sam Hilliard departed Saturday’s crippled aft getting deed by a transportation successful the elbow successful the 2nd inning. Black said that Hilliard’s elbow was sore and starting to swell but did not deliberation it was a large injury. … Right-hander Robert Stephenson was reinstated from the paternity database Saturday. He’s been 1 of Colorado’s champion relievers successful the 2nd fractional of the season, posting a 2.45 ERA successful 14 appearances since returning from a five-week stint connected the injured database connected Aug. 4. He was connected the IL owed to precocious backmost tightness. … To marque country for Stephenson, Colorado optioned struggling lefty Ben Bowden to Triple-A Albuquerque.
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