TULO'S 2-HR, 7-RBI EFFORT PROPELS ROCKS' ROUT
Colorado scores 13 of 15 Runs with 2 Outs
DENVER, Apr. 23 (AP) - Troy Tulowitzki homered twice and drove in seven runs as
the Colorado Rockies pummeled the San Francisco Giants 15-2 at Coors
Field. Tulowitzki also tripled and singled, accounting for 12 total bases,
tying Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutcheon's April 8 effort against the Cubs at
Wrigley Field for the to-date season high in that category. The seven RBIs
also ties a big league high for the year, first set by Oswaldo Arcia of the
Twins against the White Sox on April 2 at U.S. Cellular Field. Perhaps the
most remarkable aspect of the game was the fact that the Rockies scored 13 of
their 15 runs with two outs.
The Giants actually scored first in this game, when Gregor Blanco led off the
contest with a walk and trotted home on Hunter Pence's home run into the left
field bleachers off Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood. The lead would be
short-lived.
Colorado tied the game in the bottom of the first when Nolan Arenado drew a
one-out walk from San Francisco starter Matt Cain and scored on the first of
Tulowitzki's home runs.
The Rockies quickly blew the game wide open, with a four-run, two-out rally in
the bottom of the second. Cain easily retired Brandon Barnes and D.J.
LeMahieu but struggled mightily to record the inning's third out. Chatwood
singled and took second on a wild pitch, then advanced to third on Charlie
Blackmon's single to center. Arenado followed with a double to the gap in
left-center, scoring both runners, and Tulowitzki capped the inning with his
second home run of the game, giving Colorado a 6-2 lead.
If there was any question about the outcome the Rockies put it to rest in the
third, driving Cain from the game in the process. For the second time in
as many innings, the Rockies did all of their damage with two outs. Corey
Dickerson singled with one out and took second on Barnes' ground out.
LeMahieu followed with a triple off the wall in right-center, scoring Dickerson
to make it 7-2. Chatwood then applied the coup de grace with a home run,
giving Colorado a 9-2 lead and ending Cain's day.
The game was effectively over but the scoring wasn't. The Rockies added a
run in the fourth on consecutive two-out doubles by Justin Morneau and Willin
Rosario. In the fifth, LeMahieu singled with one out and advanced to
second one out later when Blackmon walked. Arenado then cracked his second
two-bagger of the contest, scoring both runners, and then came home himself on
Tulowitzki's single to right. Colorado capped the scoring in the seventh
when pinch hitter Charlie Culberson singled with one out, took third out later
on Arenado's base hit and both runners scored when Tulowitzki tripled to
left-center.
In all, 10 of the 17 Rockies hits went for extra bases.
Chatwood scuffled a bit with his control, walking four, but gave his team six
effective innings, allowing only the two first inning runs and striking out
nine. Boone Logan and Matt Belisle combined to toss three innings of
shutout relief.
The loss snapped a four-game Giants winning streak and the Rockies got some
revenge for the 10-1 pasting they absorbed at the hands of San Francisco the day
before.
4/23/2014, SF14-Col14, Coors Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2014 Giants 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 10 0 2014 Rockies 2 4 3 1 3 0 2 0 x 15 17 0 4 0 Giants AB R H BI AVG Rockies AB R H BI AVG Blanco,G cf 4 1 0 0 .226 Blackmon cf 4 2 1 0 .253 Pence rf 4 1 3 2 .354 Stubbs cf 0 0 0 0 .297 Belt 1b 4 0 0 0 .250 Arenado 3b 4 4 3 4 .298 Morse lf 2 0 2 0 .338 Rutledge ss 0 0 0 0 .308 Casilla,S p 0 0 0 0 .000 Tulowitzki ss 5 2 4 7 .443 Sandoval 3b 4 0 0 0 .289 Belisle p 0 0 0 0 .000 Sanchez,H c 4 0 0 0 .100 Morneau 1b 5 1 1 0 .270 Crawford,B ss 4 0 0 0 .164 Rosario c 5 0 2 1 .260 Hicks,B 2b 2 0 0 0 .174 Dickerson,Co lf 5 1 1 0 .321 Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0 .000 Barnes,B rf 5 0 0 0 .150 Perez,J lf 1 0 1 0 .286 LeMahieu 2b 4 2 2 1 .188 Cain,M p 1 0 0 0 .333 Chatwood p 3 2 2 2 .500 Petit,Y p 1 0 0 0 .000 Logan p 0 0 0 0 .000 Adrianza 2b 2 0 0 0 .194 Culberson ph 1 1 1 0 .316 33 2 6 2 41 15 17 15 Giants INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Cain,M L 0-4 2.2 9 9 9 1 1 66 42 8.87 Petit,Y 2.1 5 4 4 1 3 52 32 4.91 Gutierrez 2.0 3 2 2 0 1 31 19 2.79 Casilla,S 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 10 8 1.00 8.0 17 15 15 2 7 159 101 Rockies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Chatwood W 2-0 6.0 3 2 2 4 9 107 59 3.57 Logan H 7 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 17 12 6.14 Belisle 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 33 20 12.00 9.0 6 2 2 5 14 157 91 SF : Adrianza inserted at 2b in the 6th Perez,J inserted at lf in the 8th Col: Culberson batted for Logan in the 7th Rutledge inserted at ss in the 8th Culberson moved to 3b in the 8th Stubbs inserted at cf in the 9th 2B-Pence(2), Morse(5), Arenado 2(8), Morneau(5), Rosario 2(10). 3B-Tulowitzki(1), LeMahieu(4). HR-Pence(5), Tulowitzki 2(5), Chatwood(2). RBI-Pence 2(11), Arenado 4(17), Tulowitzki 7(16), Rosario(11), LeMahieu(4), Chatwood 2(5). K-Blanco,G 3, Pence, Belt 3, Sanchez,H, Crawford,B, Hicks,B, Cain,M, Petit,Y, Adrianza 2, Tulowitzki, Rosario, Dickerson,Co 2, Barnes,B 2, Chatwood. BB-Blanco,G, Pence, Belt, Morse, Hicks,B, Blackmon, Arenado. HBP-Morse. PB-Rosario. HB-Chatwood. WP-Cain,M, Chatwood. GWRBI: Arenado Temperature: 59, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 14 MPH. Attendance: 22,491 Game Time: 2:56