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Sunday 18th April — New York Mets vs Colorado Rockies @ Coors Field
Sunday night was the final game of the home series against the New York Mets and the Rockies were hoping to carry the momentum from their first win in nearly a week through to clinch a series victory.
Antonio Senzatela was back out on the mound for the Rockies, continuing his strong start to the season. Senza pitched 6 innings, allowing 5 hits, 2 runs (one earned) and 4 strikeouts. He started the night with a 6 pitch inning, but followed up in the 2nd inning by allowing a run (he did leave runners stranded to finish the inning however). Although Senza was assessed the loss on the night, he pitched pretty well for the Rockies. He kept the score low and gave the Rockies offence every opportunity to seize the game. Unfortunately for Senza, the Mets starting pitching was having himself quite a game also…
Marcus Stroman pitched a wonderful game for the Mets. He threw 90 pitches through 8 innings, allowing only one earned run. By the end of the 6th inning, Stroman had dropped 11 in a row. The Rockies didnt get a man in scoring position until the 7th inning and the Rockies made the most of that opportunity with a Charlie Blackmon RBI to halve the Met’s lead.
One exemplary play of Stroman’s was a wonderful defensive play made in the bottom of the 8th. He caught a ball spinning behind his back and threw a multi-hopper to 1st base — much to the amusement of Pete Alonso. Stroman was a Gold Glover in Toronto and it was on show for all to see on Sunday night.
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Offensively, the Rockies were lacklustre. Story continued on his terribly unlucky warning track streak, hitting a bomb that was only a few feet short of a HR in the 4th. Cron, Hampson, Fuentes and McMahon didn’t make it on base all evening, which typified the Rockies performance.
For the Rockies, the most positive aspect of the game by far was the pitching. The bullpen held up for once and didnt allow a single run, so hats off to Robert Stephenson, Mychal Givens and Daniel Bard for a strong performance.
The Rockies end up losing this series to the Mets 2–1. On the whole it was quite disappointing, but with Stroman’s performance today and DeGrom’s on Saturday, it was always going to be difficult for the Rockies to generate much offence. At least we’ve managed to break the losing streak!
Next, a 2-game home series with the most reviled team in baseball; The Houston Astros.
Final Score — New York Mets 2 — Colorado Rockies 1
Rockies MVP — The entire pitching staff
Rockies Record — 4–12
