Rockies' Comeback Falls Just Short In 5-4 Loss
Those pesky Padres kept to their winning ways in taking tonight's series opener 5-4. The Rockies had 9 hits in this one including 3 home runs, yet they only managed 4 runs in a losing effort.
| Final - 8.31.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Padres | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Colorado Rockies | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Colorado | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| San Diego Padres | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everth Cabrera, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .235 |
| Will Venable, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 |
| Chris Denorfia, ph,9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| Chase Headley, 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Carlos Quentin, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
| Alexi Amarista, LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .253 |
| Yasmani Grandal, C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .275 |
| Yonder Alonso, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 |
| Logan Forsythe, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .270 |
| Cameron Maybin, CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| Clayton Richard, P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .082 |
| Brad Brach, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jesus Guzman, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .254 |
| Tom Layne, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Dale Thayer, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Luke Gregerson, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
Batting
Home runs - Quentin
Triples - Venable
Doubles - Headley, Quentin, Maybin
Sacrifices - Richard
Stolen Bases - Maybin
Team LOB - 10
Fielding
Errors - Cabrera, Alonso
Home runs - Quentin
Triples - Venable
Doubles - Headley, Quentin, Maybin
Sacrifices - Richard
Stolen Bases - Maybin
Team LOB - 10
Fielding
Errors - Cabrera, Alonso
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Richard (W, 12-12) | 6.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.74 | 1 | 88-56 |
| Brad Brach (, 1-3) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 0 | 13-8 |
| Tom Layne (, 0-0) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3-3 |
| Dale Thayer (, 2-2) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.69 | 0 | 9-6 |
| Luke Gregerson (S, 2-0; S,3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.39 | 0 | 15-11 |
| Colorado Rockies | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Rutledge, SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .345 |
| Jordan Pacheco, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .306 |
| Carlos Gonzalez, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .309 |
| Wilin Rosario, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .255 |
| Chris Nelson, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
| Andrew Brown, RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .265 |
| Tyler Colvin, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .291 |
| DJ LeMahieu, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Alex White, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .130 |
| Matt Reynolds, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Josh Roenicke, P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 |
| Dexter Fowler, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .308 |
| Tyler Chatwood, PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Rex Brothers, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Will Harris, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Charlie Blackmon, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .146 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Batting
Home runs - Pacheco, Rosario, Brown
Doubles - Rutledge
Grounded into DP - LeMahieu
Stolen Bases - Brown
Team LOB - 6
Home runs - Pacheco, Rosario, Brown
Doubles - Rutledge
Grounded into DP - LeMahieu
Stolen Bases - Brown
Team LOB - 6
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex White (L, 2-7) | 3.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5.58 | 1 | 76-49 |
| Matt Reynolds | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.56 | 0 | 11-7 |
| Josh Roenicke | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.73 | 0 | 36-20 |
| Rex Brothers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.36 | 0 | 21-11 |
| Will Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.45 | 0 | 10-7 |
Pitching
IBB - Guzman by Brothers
IBB - Guzman by Brothers
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Paul Nauert, First Base Umpire - Dana DeMuth, Second Base Umpire - Doug Eddings, Third Base Umpire - Kerwin Danley
Duration: 2:54
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Paul Nauert, First Base Umpire - Dana DeMuth, Second Base Umpire - Doug Eddings, Third Base Umpire - Kerwin Danley
Duration: 2:54
