Homers Trump Singles, Rockies Lose 6-5

If Colorado had managed to win this game, it would have been a serious BABIP Luck Dragon victory. Of the Rockies' 12 hits in this one, only DJ LeMahieu's 3rd inning double was hit hard. The other 11 hits were a motley collection of seeing eye singles, infield hits, and bloopers. Five Rockies had 2 hits on the night, and 4 of them were among the top 5 hitters in the lineup. Heck, if Dexter Fowler weren't bunting with runners on 1st and 3rd and nobody out in the 5th, they might have pulled it out. After all, it seemed like every ground ball was finding a hole.

It appeared like Lady Luck was on the Rockies' side in this one, but all good things must come to an end, and this nice winning streak was certainly one of them. Still, this game was much more enjoyable to watch than many of the others that preceded it in 2012.

Outside of a mammoth Giancarlo Stanton homer and a high flyball off the bat of Jose Reyes that barely escaped Carlos Gonzalez's glove for a 3 run homer, the Marlins didn't muster much offense in the game. Besides the Reyes homer, Jeff Francis pitched 5 decent innings, allowing 4 runs on 5 hits, striking out 3. Josh Roenicke had an outing to forget in relief, first allowing the Stanton bomb and then two doubles to bring around the go-ahead run.

45 - 72

Games Back: 18.5

Streak: Lost 1

Games Left: 45

Don't fret though, the Rockies have the recently ascendant Tyler Chatwood going tomorrow evening against the former Dodger Nathan Eovaldi.

Source: FanGraphs

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We Are Disappointed In: Roenicke (-.307), Francis (-.189), Tyler Colvin (-.169)

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Ned's Lineup Tinkering Gets Results - Royals Win
4-2

All afternoon the doom-and-gloom Royals Review crowd was getting their panties in a bunch over Ned's lineup tinkering, shuffling Alex Gordon out of the leadoff spot and replacing him with Chris "Chris Sale-killer" Getz. Well I think you all owe Ned an apology. Yes, Chris Getz went 0-3 in the leadoff spot, and yes, Alex Gordon went 0-4 in the #3 spot in the lineup, but the only stat you nerds should concentrate is WINS and LOSSES. The Royals were victorious. Do you know why? They scored first! This logic is unassailable!

It also might have helped that the Royals flexed up and hit the ball out of the ballpark. Lorenzocaine hit a solo home run in the second (the first run of the game! Victory was locked up then!). Billy Boy slammed another one in the sixth. But it was Sal Perez smashing a two-run double in the seventh, his second hit of the game, to put the good guys on top for good. Sal is looking like such an impressive player right now. We're all kind of at the edge of our seat wondering how the Royals are going to screw this one up.

Luis Mendoza lowered his ERA to 4.26. He is now 24th in the league in ERA (min. 100 IP), ahead of guys like Max Scherzer, Dan Haren, Yu Darvish, Josh Beckett, and Jon Lester. Luis allowed just four hits, walked one, and most surprisingly struck out six batters. BELIEVE.

Oh, and the rumor is Johnny Giavotella has been promoted from Omaha. So, happy Fridays all around.

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Astros Lose 3-1: Recap by TCB Readers

Tonight, the Astros lost to the Diamondbacks by a score of 3 to 1. The game featured a nice but squandered start by Dallas Keuchel, another Jose Altuve multi-hit game (plus some really great defensive plays by the 2nd-baseman), a sac fly by Tyler Greene to score Marwin Gonzalez, and a few cheap runs scratched through by the Diamondbacks.

But I was mentioned by name on the TV broadcast, and that made my week. Thanks to the awesome FS Houston team for the shout-out!

I am feeling particularly lazy tonight, so tonight's recap will be brought to you by the readers of The Crawfish Boxes.

First!!

by ASTROnomical on Aug 17, 2012 5:08 PM PDT

Strong start by the Astros faithful.

First Inning

Goldschmidt vs. soft tossin’ LHP…..don’t like the match up for the Stros.

by clack on Aug 17, 2012 5:11 PM PDT

Keuchel wins with K. So it’s a good top of first.

by clack on Aug 17, 2012 5:12 PM PDT

clack speaketh of Arizona rookie leftie Wade Miley. This season Miley's ERA is 3.02 and his FIP backs his success up. So the Astros hitters should try to take advantage of any fortunate situations they come upon.

Hit it to CJ if all else fails.

by nobody23 on Aug 17, 2012 5:17 PM PDT

Then, Steve Pearce lined it right to Johnson at Third.

Well that’s poor luck.

by Sputnix on Aug 17, 2012 5:18 PM PDT

LD single to CF by JMax….bases loaded.

by clack on Aug 17, 2012 5:21 PM PDT

Followed by an infield fly by Ben Francisco. Suddenly two outs...c'mon Astros!

I love CRPerry13.

#LOVE

by ccislanders on Aug 17, 2012 5:21 PM PDT

campaigning to get your comments featured, huh?

by clack on Aug 17, 2012 5:22 PM PDT

I am not immune to brown-nosing.

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 5:23 PM PDT

Argh...the Astros leave the bases loaded..

Second Inning

Barnes rolls the ball to 2d….hmm, that sounds familiar.

by clack on Aug 17, 2012 5:24 PM PDT

Nice

CJ shatters his bat on an inside pitch.

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 5:31 PM PDT

Booyah, CJ.

by Sputnix on Aug 17, 2012 5:31 PM PDT

Ausmus in the booth

Sounded like they were interviewing him for the job of Astros manager next year.

by doorknob47 on Aug 17, 2012 5:33 PM PDT

Keuchel gets out of the inning with no harm done.

by numbersensei on Aug 17, 2012 5:37 PM PDT

I don't recognize the Astros' players

First major league hit by a guy with facial hair who they say is Dallas Keuchel.

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 5:42 PM PDT

Third Inning

Nothing exciting happened in the top, and that's a good thing. Keuchel has a no-hitter through three. And in the bottom, nothing happened. I got no comments worth copy/pasting here. I am sad.

Fourth Inning

I love fresh warm biscuits.

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 5:59 PM PDT

That was random.

Channeling Busta?

by chilam balam on Aug 17, 2012 6:00 PM PDT

In case any reader is wondering what happened in the game so far, the answer is nothing. Still 0-0. A few singles but not much action.

We all know how CJ has no range! Lets Bunt every play!

by orangeblood kid on Aug 17, 2012 6:06 PM PDT

Fifth Inning

Moving right along. The game is nice and quick so far. I'm ok with a 1-0 Astros win. I need sleep.

With this team drinking is allowed..

by ASTROnomical on Aug 17, 2012 6:11 PM PDT

Dang!

Bummer. Safety squeeze scores a diamondback from 3rd.

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 6:19 PM PDT

Astros 0 Diamondbacks 1

Followed by a long double by Chris Young. Astros 0 Diamondbacks 2

In the bottom, Marwin Gonzalez hits a double to right, then Altuve advances him with an infield single.

Another multi hit game for altuve!

by Woodlands'stro on Aug 17, 2012 6:33 PM PDT

What the heck kind of pitch selection is this to Tyler Greene?

Result is a sac fly to center. Astros 1 Diamondbacks 2

Sixth Inning

Busta' was born after me.

For me: April 4th, 1995. Busta’: May 6, 1995.

by ccislanders on Aug 17, 2012 6:46 PM PDT

You guys are so lucky that you barely remember the 90’s.

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 6:48 PM PDT

Los Angeles riots.

by BustaPozee on Aug 17, 2012 6:49 PM PDT

The sixth ends with two Astros left on base.

Seventh Inning

Schafer gives me gas

by orangeblood kid on Aug 17, 2012 6:53 PM PDT

You've earned a rec.

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 6:54 PM PDT

I wish it was a joke

by orangeblood kid on Aug 17, 2012 6:54 PM PDT

I refrained from asking orangeblood kid the obvious question, which is, "How?"

Wow! Fantastic diving play on a liner by Jose Altuve. Saves a run and now there are two outs with men on 2nd and 3rd. Keuchel coming out after 6-2/3 IP and only 2 ER (so far). A very nice outing by Keuchel.

I want to grow my own peanuts.

by BustaPozee on Aug 17, 2012 7:17 PM PDT

Now we know!

According to Brita, the United States generates enough plastic bottles to stretch 4,611,534,650 Altuves.

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 7:20 PM PDT

And Fernando Rodriguez makes an absolutely terrible catch to end the inning with no damage done. Keuchel has a Game Score of 56.34. Very nice.

Eighth Inning

CHRIS JUST GOT A SHOUT OUT ZOMG! HE IS FAMOUS!

by orangeblood kid on Aug 17, 2012 7:39 PM PDT

Ok, now that is cool

Thanks, Greg! [Lucas]

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 7:40 PM PDT

So that is you? I was wondering.

by clack on Aug 17, 2012 7:41 PM PDT

Yeah! I just tweeted that to him

http://www.crawfishboxes.com/
@CRPerry13

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 7:42 PM PDT

Holy @#$* they just quoted me on TV

http://www.crawfishboxes.com/
@CRPerry13

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 7:39 PM PDT

Best thing EVER

http://www.crawfishboxes.com/
@CRPerry13

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 7:40 PM PDT

What was the quote?

I can’t watch tonight.

"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year." - Mark Twain

by chilam balam on Aug 17, 2012 7:42 PM PDT

He was talking about a study about how athletes perform their best when eating kiwis and strawberries. I replied that somebody should have told Melky Cabrera that.

http://www.crawfishboxes.com/
@CRPerry13

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 7:44 PM PDT

Goldschmidt just doubles in a run, but I don't care because my name was said on TV. Astros 3 Diamondbacks 1.

Ho hum.

by numbersensei on Aug 17, 2012 7:51 PM PDT

Actually, that sums this game up really well.

Ninth Inning

Quick somebody say something funny I can quote for the ninth inning.

by CRPerry13 on Aug 17, 2012 8:13 PM PDT

Astros win!

by chilam balam on Aug 17, 2012 8:14 PM PDT

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2012 Rockies Game #118: Nathan Eovaldi vs Tyler
Chatwood

Two pitchers developed by Los Angeles area farm systems square off. Eovaldi was traded by the Dodgers to the Marlins with others for Hanley Ramirez, Chatwood was received by the Rockies from the Angels in exchange for Chris Iannetta. Are the Angels and Dodgers that much better at developing pitchers than the two 1993 expansion teams that the latter have to outsource to them for their leftovers? It seems that way...

Anyway,

GO ROCKIES!!!

Next Game

Miami Marlins
@ Colorado Rockies

Saturday, Aug 18, 2012, 6:10 PM MDT
Coors Field

Nathan Eovaldi vs Tyler Chatwood

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 75.

Complete Coverage >

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