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Troy Tulowitzki Leads Majors
May 3rd
Troy Tulowitzki leads the Majors in batting at .385, and is hitting .575 in his 12 home games.
Charlie Blackmon is at .380, with at least one hit in 11 of his 13 games at Coors, and Justin Morneau has a 13-game home hit streak and a .365 home batting average.
Then again, Nolan Arenado is hitting everywhere as evidenced by a 22-game hit streak. The run, during which he is batting .352 with two home runs, six doubles and 10 RBIs, is tied for third-longest in franchise history.
The Rockies have made a party of it the last two nights against the Mets, with 17 runs and 24 hits in two wins. The Mets will call upon righty Jenrry Mejia (3-0, 3.49 ERA) to slow that offense in Saturday night’s third game of a four-game set.
Rockies lefty Franklin Morales (3-1, 4.40 ERA) will try to continue the success of the rotation, which is 10-2 with a 3.08 ERA since April 15 and is a key reason the club entered Saturday a game behind the National League West-leading Giants.
The Mets have their own hot hitter. Juan Lagares went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored in the Rockies’ 10-3 victory on Friday. Lagares has an 11-game hit streak, during which he has hit .333 (15-for-45) with four doubles, six RBIs and five runs scored.
Source: MLB
Gonzalez Left Finger Contusion
May 2nd
Before hit his sixth home run of the season, a foul ball dealt him what was later diagnosed as a left index finger contusion.
Gonzalez was replaced with pinch-hitter Brandon Barnes in the fourth inning of the Rockies’ eventual 7-4 victory over the Mets, but neither he nor the Rockies believe the injury to be serious. The finger was still swollen by game’s end, but it had already improved.
Gonzalez suffered a ligament strain of his right middle finger last July, and it severely curtailed his playing time and effectiveness. Thursday’s injury, he said, was nothing like that.
The Rockies announced that his availability would be assessed day to day, but manager Walt Weiss doesn’t think the outfielder will be out of the lineup for long.
The home run, off Mets starter Bartolo Colon with two out in the first inning, was Gonzalez’s second in the last two games — after he had gone homerless since April 11. But the finger was already becoming a problem.
Gonzalez has been trying to climb out of a slump. He left the game with a .245 batting average.
Source: MLB.com
Rockies vs Mets
May 1st
The Rockies have a winning record at Coors Field this season, and they are trying to put their road woes in the rearview mirror.
The Rockies are 8-4 at home entering Thursday’s series opener against the Mets. They are 8-8 in their first 16 road games of the season. Last season, the Rockies finished 45-36 at home and 29-52 on the road.
So far, the strategy has worked, and it will be up to starter Juan Nicasio to add to Colorado’s win total when he takes the mound on Thursday. In his last outing, Nicasio struggled with his fastball and gave up eight hits, two home runs and five runs in 4 1/3 innings in a loss to the Dodgers. In his last two games, he’s worked just 9 1/3 innings and has a loss and a no-decision.
Because of Wednesday’s rainout in Philadelphia, the Mets will shift their rotation back one day, pushing right-hander Bartolo Colon, who was scheduled to start Wednesday’s game, to Thursday. Colon will be followed by Zack Wheeler, Jenrry Mejia and Dillon Gee in the four-game series.
More than half of Colon’s runs allowed came in one start, and that’s a big reason why his ERA sits at 4.50. He holds a 2.33 ERA with 23 strikeouts and one walk in his other four outings.
The Mets are 7-3 on the road this season.
Source: MLB