Rockies 4, Diamondbacks 0: Friedrich Marvelous, Rosario
Huge

post from Purple Row on 05 June 2012 01:01:52 AM. © Purple Row

I don't know what you've heard about me, but you ain't gettin' no runs outta me...

Christian Friedrich wasn't perfect tonight, and he wasn't blowing down Diamondbacks hitters, per se. What Christian Friedrich did tonight was go 7 shutout innings, threw 113 pitches, struck out 4, walked 2, induced 9 groundball outs, and limited Arizona to a mere 4 hits. It wasn't quite "The Distance", but when you consider that the Rockies have had a starter go 7 innings a total of 4 times in 2012 (one of them being a Christian Friedrich Loss where he allowed 1 run and struck out 10), it's a pretty impressive start.

At the plate, Wilin Rosario was 2-4 along with his 9th HR of the season and 2 RBI on the night. It may have been an infield single, but it was totally an RBI hit.

DJ LeMahieu and Jordan Pacheco also had 2 hits on the night. Dexter Fowler, Marco Scutaro, Carlos Gonzalez, Todd Helton, Michael Cuddyer, and Eric Young Jr. all had a hit apiece - in fact, that's all of the position players in this game. I'd like to see a few more runs off of 12 hits and a walk, but whatever, a shutout is a shutout.

Matt Belisle allowed a bit more 8th inning traffic than we're accustomed to, and while Adam Ottavino allowed a single to CF to Ryan Roberts, this was a well pitched game.

Honestly, I'm most excited by Friedrich in this game. While Chase Field isn't Coors Field, it's hardly PetCo Park either, and Friedrich had everything working. He located his fastball well, still hitting 92-93 in the 7th, and was dropping his curveball in for strikes everywhere. The punchout totals may not have been as high as other dominant starts of his, but Diamondbacks hitters were not picking up the 25th overall pick in the 2008 draft's pitches whatsoever.

Oh, and Helton, Fowler, Cargo, and Rosario all extended their hitting streaks another game.

Great way to follow a strong homestand.

Graphs, etc, post-jump.

Source: FanGraphs

PitcherIPHHRERBBSOpLIWPAC Friedrich7.0400240.97.304M Belisle1.0100111.03.029A Ottavino1.0100010.23.019Total9.0600360.89.353
PitcherIPHHRERBBSOpLIWPAC Breslow0.1000000.47.014B Ziegler1.0000010.11.008B Shaw1.0100100.07.004J Saunders6.21113130.59-.174Total9.01213240.49-.147
BatterABRHHRRBIBBSOpLIWPAD Fowler41100100.51.017M Scutaro40101000.54-.047C Gonzalez50100000.34-.008M Cuddyer40100010.40-.050T Helton41100000.46.028J Pacheco41200000.68.091W Rosario41212010.56.103D LeMahieu30200100.49.066M Belisle0000000 E Young10100000.08-.002A Ottavino0000000 C Friedrich20000020.59-.050Total3541213240.49.147BatterABRHHRRBIBBSOpLIWPAW Bloomquist30000101.03-.065A Hill30100101.00.015J Upton40000011.18-.105P Goldschmidt40100020.80-.039C Young30000121.03-.040J Kubel40000001.11-.114R Roberts40200010.42.022H Blanco40000000.67-.066C Breslow0000000 J Saunders10100000.84.002B Ziegler0000000 B Shaw0000000 G Parra10100000.62.037Total310600360.89-.353