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Wednesday Pebble Report: Rockies farmhands fare well in All-Star games

2013-06-19T20:29:27Z

The California and South Atlantic leagues each participated in All-Star games on Wednesday. The CAL League, which did not feature any Modesto Nuts in its starting lineup, was overmatched by the Carolina League, while the North Division -- which is not where the Asheville Tourists reside -- emerged victorious from the SAL League's version of the midsummer classic.

Daniel Winkler was one of three Nuts pitchers to appear for the California League in its 12-2 loss to the Carolina League at Municipal Stadium in San Jose, Calif. Winkler was inserted into the game in the third innings and emerged perfect, compiling a pair of strikeouts in a 1-2-3 inning.

Chris Jensen and Scott Oberg were given the seventh and eighth innings, respectively, to work their craft. Jensen struck out a batter and induced a pair of groundouts to set the Carolina League All-Stars down in order, while Oberg worked around a walk to get three outs via a strikeout and a double play in the following frame.

Across the country at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, N.J., four Tourists position players saw action in a rain-shortened 2-1 defeat. Rosell Herrera led off and singled as part of his 1-for-2 evening. Derek Jones also started the game and finished 0-for-2 with a strikeout.

Tom Murphy and Francisco Sosa came off the bench and each player got one at-bat. Murphy popped out for the second out in the sixth inning, but the next batter, Sosa, scorched a double to left field. He would be stranded at second as Mets prospect Brandon Nimmo grounded out to end the inning.

The Nuts and Tourists are both scheduled to be back in action tomorrow.

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AAA Colorado Springs: W 4-1 (39-31, 2nd, 2.5 GB)

Chris Volstad seems to be much more comfortable starting games for the Sky Sox than he has shown in a relief role in limited duty with the Rockies this season. Volstad turned in another effective outing on Tuesday, lasting 6.1 innings and allowing just one run on four hits and a pair of walks to earn the victory. He struck out just one batter, but induced 11 ground outs.

Matt McBride and Charlie Culberson each finished 2-for-4 with an RBI. Hernan Iribarren doubled, walked, scored and drove in a run.

AA Tulsa: L 3-0 (34-35, t-1st)

The Drillers were held to five singles on offense, spoiling a quality start from Christian Bergman. Bergman allowed four hits and a pair of walks in six innings, striking out three and surrendering a three-run homer for the game's only scoring.

Cristhian Adames went 0-for-1 but drew three walks from the No. 2 spot in the lineup.

Short-Season A Tri-City: W 8-4 (3-2, 2nd, 1 GB)

Wilfredo Rodriguez had two hits and walked twice to pace the Dust Devils' offense, which racked up 16 hits against first-place Everett. Ben Waldrip and Michael Tauchman also finished with a pair of hits apiece while Waldrip and Alec Mehrten each drove in two runs.

Jonathan Vargas earned the victory by tossing five innings of one-run ball. He gave up four hits and a walk and struck out four.

DSL Rockies: W 5-2 (8-7, 3rd, 5 GB)

Omar Carrizales and Hamlet Marte had three hits a piece for the Rockies, whose 12 knocks were all of the one-base variety. Luis Jean added two hits and an RBI.

Julian Fernandez picked up the win by tossing two innings of scoreless relief, striking out two. Starter Andres Matos surrendered a hit and a walk in three innings of work. He also struck out a pair of hitters.

Tuesday Pebble Report: Tulsa clinches first-half title despite rainout

2013-06-18T14:25:08Z

AA Tulsa: PPD (34-34, 1st)

The Tulsa Drillers clinched the first-half title in the Texas League's North Division on Monday despite not playing due to inclement weather.

Tulsa, which sits at 34-34, finished a half-game ahead of Springfield, which could have tied or overtaken the Drillers had the two teams played their scheduled games on Monday. However, 10 inches of rain dumped on the area, forcing the cancellation of both games of a doubleheader, one of which was a make-up for Sunday's rainout.

The Drillers are scheduled to begin the second half today in Springfield with Christian Bergman, who is coming off a solid start against the Cardinals after allowing seven home runs in his previous two outings, set to take the hill for one of the league's hottest teams. Tulsa has won 11 of 15 during the month of June.

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AAA Colorado Springs: L 12-7 (38-31, 2nd, 3.5 GB)

Corey Dickerson added three hits to his tally and Ben Paulsen and Matt McBride homered for the Sky Sox, but it wasn't enough to get past Las Vegas, which took advantage of 10 walks issued by Colorado Springs pitching.

Dickerson increased his batting average to .382, which leads the Pacific Coast League, and now has 102 hits on the season, second only to Reno's Chris Owings. Paulsen's homer was his 10th of the year, while McBride cleared the wall for the 15th time, moving into a tie for second in the league with Memphis' Brock Peterson.

Unfortunately none of that mattered as the Sky Sox were battered around on the mound, starting with Jeff Manship, who allowed nine runs -- seven earned -- on 11 hits in five innings. Brett Jacobson was especially ineffective in two-thirds of an inning of work, surrendering three runs on a hit and five walks.

Short-Season A Tri-City: L 5-4 (2-2, 2nd, 2 GB)

2013 draftee Sean Dwyer doubled and drove in a run, but he also struck out three times in the loss. That was a pattern for the Dust Devils, who were punched out 13 times by Everett pitching. Michael Benjamin doubled twice and Ben Waldrip added a pair of hits.

Colorado native Ryan Warner allowed four runs on seven hits 5.1 innings. He struck out four and walked two while taking the loss. Bruce Kern worked a scoreless eighth with a pair of strikeouts as he works his way back to Modesto.

DSL Rockies: L 13-7 (7-7, 4th, 6 GB)

The Rockies were taken care of by the Dominican Summer League's best team, the 13-1 Rangers, thanks to a five-run ninth inning. The Rangers have another Profar working his way through the system; Juremi Profar was a thorn in the side of the Rockies, going 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI.

Luis Brito Jr. singled twice and drove in four for the Rockies, while Luis Castro added a pair of hits, including a triple, and drove in two.

Starting pitcher Carlos Polanco lasted just three innings and surrendered seven runs -- four earned -- on five hits and a pair of walks.

Blue Jays hope to continue streaking vs. Rockies

2013-06-17T19:41:56Z

The Toronto Blue Jays made a host of high-profile acquisitions prior to the season, trading for R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle and Jose Reyes, to name a few. But, as was the case when the Miami Marlins (from whom the Jays acquired Buehrle and Reyes) made a big splash a year ago, the moves have not paid dividends for Toronto, which sits in last place in the American League East.

The Jays' holdovers such as Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Bautista and Adam Lind have outperformed the new guys, but all three are offensive players. Meanwhile, the team's starting pitching has been nowhere to be found, pretty much since day one of the 2013 season.

With most things, however, there are silver linings, and the Jays definitely have some of those. After falling to a season-worst 11 games under .500 on May 10, Toronto has rebounded to 32-36 thanks to a sweep of the Texas Rangers, who have lost six of seven to the streaking Blue Jays over the past couple of weeks.

It has taken some work to get to this point, though, and the Jays still aren't quite back to even. And, even if they do get there, is that what they are? A .500 club? I asked Tom Dakers, who runs SB Nation's Blue Jays community Bluebird Banter, that and more. I also answered a few of Tom's questions about the Rockies, which you can see here.

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Bryan Kilpatrick: When I look at the Blue Jays' overall hitting and pitching stats, the team appears to be right at league average. Is that a good way to summarize this team, or is there more to it?

Tom Dakers: Yeah there is more to it. At the start of the season, for reasons that I can't even fake an explanation, we couldn't hit, pitch or play defense. Almost no one on the team was performing the way even the most pessimistic of Blue Jay fans could have thought they would. The only batter that was hitting at all was Jose Reyes and he wrecked his ankle on a very awkward looking slide on April 12, and has just started a rehab stint. I've never seen anything like it before. Normally the season starts and some guys are hot, some are cold, but for us everyone was cold.

Then the injuries started. Starting pitchers Brandon Morrow, Josh Johnson and J.A. Happ hit the DL. Josh is back, Morrow will be another week or two and Happ will be at least another month. We have used 29 pitchers and 12 starting pitchers this season, and it is only the middle of June. On the batting side, Brett Lawrie has kept Reyes company on the DL for most of the season. Several others have had nagging injuries that haven't been quite enough to put them on the DL, but have slowed them.

For the past month or so the batters have been much better. We have averaged 5.25 runs per game over the last 24 games and a batting line of .268/.325/.430.

More recently, the pitching seems to have come around. We have a 2.21 ERA in June. The bullpen, despite being over worked, has been lights out, putting up a 0.75 ERA in June. The rotation has been slower to get it all together, but the last couple of times through, they have been much better. Mark Buehrle hit a high point of a 7.02 ERA on May 6, but since then he has brought it down to 4.66. R.A. Dickey has a 3.79 mark over his last 3 starts. Josh Johnson had a 6.86 ERA when he went on the DL but in his two starts since coming back, has brought it down to 5.40. Former middle reliever Esmil Rogers has a 1.26 ERA in 3 starts since being put in the rotation in a "someone has to start" move. Even recent signee Chien-Ming Wang has surprised, pitching 14.1 decent innings in 2 starts.

So, while our stats may, on the whole, be very average, the way we've got there has been anything but average. Hopefully the recent good play will continue.

BK: J.P. Arencibia's batting line is mind-blowing. He has walked just six times and struck out 78, leading to a .238 on-base percentage, but he packs quite a bit of power, as his 14 homers would suggest. Can the Blue Jays live with the low OBP because of Arencibia's ability to hit the ball over the wall?

TD: J.P. drives me crazy. In his rookie season he hit 23 home runs in not quite a full season. He took a walk 7.4% of the time, not quite league average but not terrible either. I kind of figured that with normal progression, as he learned in the majors, he could be an All-Star at a relatively weak position.

Last year his walk rate dropped to a poor 4.8% and this season it's an unacceptable 2.5%. There isn't a pitch so far off the plate that he won't chase. What makes it worse is that he wears the "I don't walk" label as a badge of honor. He'll say "I'm not paid to walk, I'm paid to get RBI" and then he'll have a game like the one last week, where he comes up 3 times with a runner on third and less that two outs and he strikes out three times. If you are an RBI guy, you have to score that runner.

Being fair, he is a streak hitter. When he's hot, he's great, but when he's cold, like he has been for most of the last month, he's the easiest out in the majors. If he would learn to take a walk occasionally, he'd get more pitches in the strike zone and he'd hit more homers. As it is, he's a mistake hitter.

Last week I wrote that he should be sent to the minors to work on his approach at the plate. Of course, since then he's hit a home run in both of the games he's played. I'm hoping it is the start of another hot streak.

BK: One of the bright spots hidden in the Jays' mediocre season thus far has been the resurgence of Adam Lind, albeit in limited duty. How sustainable is that success, particularly the on-base portion?

Adam Lind

#26 / Designated Hitter / Toronto Blue Jays

Height: 6-2

Weight: 220

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Jul 17, 1983

	AVG	OBP	SLG
2013 - Adam Lind	.350	.417	.561

TD: Adam has always been pretty good against RHP, it's the lefties he hasn't been able to hit. So John Gibbons did something that seemed obvious to all of us, except former manager John Farrell: platoon him. It has worked well. But he's improved his approach at the plate so much that he is hitting lefties at a .520/.520/.660 rate (small sample size warning, 25 at-bats), so Gibbons has began giving him some starts against lefties.

Last year, in a great example of tough love, the Jays outrighted him to the minors and told him to fix his approach at the plate, and he seems like he did. He's not going to finish the season with the .417 OBP he's sporting now, but I think he'll keep his OPS above .900 for the season.

BK: Like Arencibia, Colby Rasmus has shown some power but is dragged down by a poor OBP. Knowing that he's only 26, will he ever put it all together, or is this just who he is?

TD: Like just about everyone on the team, Colby had a slow start to the season. So far in June he's hitting .250/.321/.563. I think that's about the top we can hope for from Colby. He strikes out too much to put up a good batting average, but he has power, he will take his share of walks and his defense is pretty good, so we can live with a .250-ish batting average.

BK: Do the Jays have any help on the way in terms of prospects?

TD: No, not really. Well, Anthony Gose is playing in Triple-A and he can come up and lend a hand if there is an injury, but he still has work to do on his swing. Alex Anthopoulos spent most of the offseason trading away most of our closest to ready prospects to go all-in on this season. At this point it looks like it hasn't paid off. The Jays do have some good prospects but most of them are in the lower levels of the system.

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Probable pitchers

Game 1: Monday, June 17 at 5:07 p.m. MT (ROOT Sports)

Jorge De La Rosa (7-4, 3.49 ERA) vs. Josh Johnson (0-2, 5.40 ERA)

Game 2: Tuesday, June 18 at 5:07 p.m. MT (ROOT Sports)

Jeff Francis (2-4, 5.87) vs. Esmil Rogers (2-2, 3.21)

Game 3: Wednesday, June 19 at 5:07 p.m. MT (ROOT Sports)

Juan Nicasio (4-2, 4.86) vs. Mark Buehrle (3-4, 4.66)

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Batting

	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
Jose Reyes	10	38	5	15	2	0	1	5	5	4	5	0	.395	.465	.526
Adam Lind	55	180	30	63	14	0	8	24	23	36	1	0	.350	.417	.561
R.A. Dickey	15	6	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.500
Anthony Gose	13	23	4	7	2	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	.304	.385	.391
Rajai Davis	35	96	14	29	4	1	1	6	3	17	11	1	.302	.333	.396
Melky Cabrera	68	274	29	76	13	2	3	25	17	37	2	2	.277	.317	.372
Edwin Encarnacion	68	266	43	71	12	0	18	55	33	38	3	0	.267	.350	.515
Jose Bautista	61	238	44	63	12	0	15	37	37	52	5	0	.265	.362	.504
Colby Rasmus	65	227	30	57	10	1	13	36	20	81	0	1	.251	.316	.476
Mark DeRosa	40	90	14	21	6	0	4	21	10	21	0	0	.233	.311	.433
Munenori Kawasaki	53	137	18	30	4	3	0	14	23	21	7	1	.219	.337	.292
Maicer Izturis	55	189	14	41	7	0	3	8	9	17	0	2	.217	.253	.302
J.P. Arencibia	62	236	27	51	12	0	14	33	6	79	0	1	.216	.238	.445
Emilio Bonifacio	59	177	22	37	11	1	2	11	6	45	8	3	.209	.237	.316
Brett Lawrie	37	139	11	29	4	2	5	14	9	36	2	1	.209	.268	.374
Henry Blanco	15	38	3	7	3	0	0	0	4	10	0	0	.184	.262	.263
Josh Thole	5	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.154	.214	.154
Andy LaRoche	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Mark Buehrle	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Chad Jenkins	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Esmil Rogers	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Josh Johnson	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000
Todd Redmond	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Brad Lincoln	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Ramon Ortiz	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J.A. Happ	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Mickey Storey	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Justin Germano	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Sean Nolin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Thad Weber	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Dave Bush	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Steve Delabar	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Darren Oliver	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Jeremy Jeffress	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Casey Janssen	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Brandon Morrow	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Ricky Romero	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Aaron Loup	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Dustin McGowan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Neil Wagner	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Juan Perez	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Edgar Gonzalez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Aaron Laffey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Brett Cecil	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Sergio Santos	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Chien-Ming Wang	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Pitching

	W-L	G	GS	SV	BS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP
Juan Perez	1-0	5	0	0	1	10.0	5	3	0	0	3	10	0.00	.80
Neil Wagner	1-1	9	0	0	0	9.1	6	1	1	1	3	6	0.96	.96
Brett Cecil	2-0	30	0	0	0	35.1	17	6	6	1	9	40	1.53	.74
Steve Delabar	4-1	29	0	0	2	34.0	25	11	7	1	19	41	1.85	1.29
Aaron Loup	3-3	29	0	2	1	35.2	31	12	8	3	5	27	2.02	1.01
Sergio Santos	0-1	6	0	0	0	4.1	3	1	1	1	1	6	2.08	.92
Thad Weber	0-1	4	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	1	2	2	2.25	1.50
Casey Janssen	1-0	22	0	14	1	21.2	13	6	6	1	3	21	2.49	.74
Darren Oliver	2-1	19	0	0	1	19.0	20	9	6	2	7	11	2.84	1.42
Chien-Ming Wang	1-0	2	2	0	0	14.1	17	5	5	2	5	8	3.14	1.53
Esmil Rogers	2-2	27	3	0	1	42.0	41	15	15	3	13	25	3.21	1.29
Chad Jenkins	1-0	3	3	0	0	15.0	18	7	6	1	4	6	3.60	1.47
Dustin McGowan	0-0	3	0	0	0	2.1	2	1	1	1	2	2	3.86	1.71
Brad Lincoln	0-1	13	0	0	0	21.2	19	13	10	3	13	19	4.15	1.48
Mark Buehrle	3-4	14	14	0	0	87.0	91	48	45	12	24	58	4.66	1.32
R.A. Dickey	6-8	15	15	0	0	93.2	92	55	51	14	38	67	4.90	1.39
J.A. Happ	2-2	8	7	0	0	33.0	32	19	18	3	19	26	4.91	1.55
Josh Johnson	0-2	6	6	0	0	31.2	39	21	19	5	13	29	5.40	1.64
Brandon Morrow	2-3	10	10	0	0	54.1	63	39	34	12	18	42	5.63	1.49
Todd Redmond	0-1	2	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	3	1	2	2	5.79	1.29
Ramon Ortiz	1-2	7	4	0	0	25.1	34	17	17	7	11	8	6.04	1.78
Aaron Laffey	0-0	1	1	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	0	5	0	6.75	2.63
Mickey Storey	0-0	2	0	0	0	3.2	6	3	3	0	1	5	7.36	1.91
Edgar Gonzalez	0-0	3	0	0	0	8.0	9	7	7	2	5	3	7.88	1.75
Justin Germano	0-0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	2	2	1	0	1	9.00	3.00
Jeremy Jeffress	0-0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	1	9.00	3.00
Ricky Romero	0-2	2	2	0	0	4.1	7	6	6	1	5	4	12.46	2.77
Dave Bush	0-0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	4	1	1	15.00	2.00
Sean Nolin	0-1	1	1	0	0	1.1	7	6	6	1	1	0	40.50	6.00

Toronto Blue Jays Injuries

15-Day

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Brandon Morrow	forearm	05/29/2013
Ramon Ortiz	elbow	06/03/2013
Brett Lawrie	ankle	05/28/2013

60 Day DL / Out for the season

Player	Injury Type	Injury Date
Drew Hutchison	elbow	03/22/2013
Luis Perez	elbow	02/23/2013
Sergio Santos	elbow	04/14/2013
Jose Reyes	ankle	04/13/2013
J.A. Happ	head	05/08/2013
Kyle Drabek	elbow	02/25/2013

Rockies OF Carlos Gonzalez named National League Player of the Week

2013-06-17T19:06:41Z

Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez was named the National League Player of the Week after hitting .476/.522/1.095 in games against the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field.

Gonzalez worked around a minor foot injury, which was the result of getting hit with a foul ball off the bat of Jordan Pacheco while standing in the on-deck circle on Thursday, to help the Rockies to a 3-3 record in six contests. Gonzalez hit three home runs, collected seven RBI and totaled six extra-base hits over the course of the week.

With his two-run blast on Sunday, Gonzalez became the first NL player to reach 20 homers this season.

CarGo also made a pair of stellar defensive plays during the week. He laid out to make a diving catch on a sinking liner off the bat of Washington's Jeff Kobernus on Wednesday and threw out Philadelphia's Michael Young at the plate from about 325 feet away on Saturday.

Gonzalez was approached in production only by one other teammate during the week. Tyler Colvin also homered three times during the week and drove in seven runs but had a less-impressive line of .316/.350/.789.

This marks the fourth time CarGo has received NL Player of the Week honors and first since August of 2011.

MLB scores: Wilin Rosario, Nolan Arenado lead Rockies to 10-5 win over Phillies

2013-06-16T00:54:34Z

The Colorado Rockies' running total of runs allowed in the sixth inning or later grew on Saturday, but Wilin Rosario, Nolan Arenado and the rest of the offense made it clear early on that the questionable pitching wasn't going to matter.

Rosario and Arenado had three hits a piece and the Rockies picked up 18 total knocks to cruise to a 10-5 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field. Rosario did his damage with a double and two triples, while Arenado's three singles plated two runs.

Tyler Chatwood certainly wasn't dominant in his first start since June 3, but he worked around seven hits and three walks to earn his fourth win of the season. Chatwood helped himself by going 2-for-2 with an RBI at the plate, and was assisted by a pair of incredible defensive plays.

In the first inning, Carlos Gonzalez hurled a two-bouncer from deep in the left field corner to home plate, where Wilin Rosario scooped up the ball and tagged Michael Young for the third out. The next inning, Nolan Arenado, who was playing about 60 feet from home plate due to there being a bunting situation with Phillies pitcher Jonathan Pettibone at the plate, dove to his right to snag a hard grounder and fired to first from his bottom to get the out.

Adam Ottavino pitched a clean sixth and seventh, walking two and striking out two but not allowing a hit. However, Chris Volstad gave up three runs on four hits, including a home run, in the eighth inning to cut an eight-run lead to five.

Fortunately, Colorado getting hits out of every position player who appeared in the game sans Josh Rutledge, who was 0-for-6 with nine runners left on base from the lead-off spot, was enough to overcome another shaky performance from a reliever.

The Rockies, now 36-33 and tied with the Giants for second place in the National League West, will have Jhoulys Chacin on the hill on Sunday as they attempt to win their first regular-season series over the Phillies since July of 2007. Cole Hamels is scheduled to take the mound for Philadelphia.

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Source: FanGraphs

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2013 Colorado Rockies Game No. 69: Jonathan Pettibone vs. Tyler Chatwood.

2013-06-15T19:48:36Z

Current Series

Phillies lead the series 1-0

Fri 06/14	WP: Michael Stutes (2 - 0) SV: Jonathan Papelbon LP: Wilton Lopez (1 - 3)	7 - 8 loss
Philadelphia Phillies The Good Phight @ Colorado Rockies Purple Row Saturday, Jun 15, 2013, 2:10 PM MDT Coors Field Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. Phillies vs. Rockies preview: Tyler Chatwood returns to the mound posted by Bryan Kilpatrick 34 minutes ago 2 comments \| 0 recs Rock Mining Week 11: Corey Dickerson's rise posted by Kevin V. Minor about 2 hours ago 0 comments \| 0 recs Phillies look to continue dominance over Rockies posted by Bryan Kilpatrick about 21 hours ago 0 comments \| 0 recs Complete Coverage >
Sun 06/16		2:10 PM MDT

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Lineups

Phillies

Ben Revere CF
Michael Young 3B
Jimmy Rollins SS
Ryan Howard 1B
Domonic Brown LF
John Mayberry RF
Freddy Galvis 2B
Humberto Quintero P
Jonathan Pettibone P

Rockies

Josh Rutledge SS
Jordan Pacheco 1B
Carlos Gonzalez LF
Michael Cuddyer RF
Wilin Rosario C
Tyler Colvin CF
Nolan Arenado 3B
DJ LeMahieu 2B
Tyler Chatwood P

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Phillies lead the series 1-0

Fri 06/14	WP: Michael Stutes (2 - 0) SV: Jonathan Papelbon LP: Wilton Lopez (1 - 3)	7 - 8 loss
Philadelphia Phillies The Good Phight @ Colorado Rockies Purple Row Saturday, Jun 15, 2013, 2:10 PM MDT Coors Field Partly cloudy. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. Phillies vs. Rockies preview: Tyler Chatwood returns to the mound posted by Bryan Kilpatrick 34 minutes ago 2 comments \| 0 recs Rock Mining Week 11: Corey Dickerson's rise posted by Kevin V. Minor about 2 hours ago 0 comments \| 0 recs Phillies look to continue dominance over Rockies posted by Bryan Kilpatrick about 21 hours ago 0 comments \| 0 recs Complete Coverage >
Sun 06/16		2:10 PM MDT

How many sixth-inning-or-later runs will the Rockies allow today? Better check in and find out!

Lineups

Phillies

Ben Revere CF
Michael Young 3B
Jimmy Rollins SS
Ryan Howard 1B
Domonic Brown LF
John Mayberry RF
Freddy Galvis 2B
Humberto Quintero P
Jonathan Pettibone P

Rockies

Josh Rutledge SS
Jordan Pacheco 1B
Carlos Gonzalez LF
Michael Cuddyer RF
Wilin Rosario C
Tyler Colvin CF
Nolan Arenado 3B
DJ LeMahieu 2B
Tyler Chatwood P

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Phillies vs. Rockies preview: Tyler Chatwood returns to the mound

2013-06-15T19:10:23Z

Tyler Chatwood will make his first start in 12 days against the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday at Coors Field in Denver, Colo.

Chatwood left his start against the Cincinnati Reds on June 3 after four innings with an injury to his right triceps, putting a damper on what was a solid outing. At the time, Chatwood described the pain as "startling."

The setback gave Chatwood his second unwanted break from the Rockies' rotation this season. After a pair of decent starts in April by the 23-year-old righty which resulted in Rockies wins, Chatwood was demoted to Triple-A Colorado Springs before returning to the Rockies when Jeff Francis was injured in mid-May.

Chatwood has turned a corner in his third big-league season, posting a 2.14 ERA/214 ERA+ in 33.2 innings. He has struck out 30 batters and walked only 10, a big turnaround from his past two seasons, in which he walked almost as many hitters as he punched out.

While the Rockies have one of their better pitchers returning today, one of their best offensive players is still out of the lineup. Dexter Fowler will sit for the second straight game after being hit in the right hand by a pitch while attempting to bunt in a loss to the Washington Nationals on Thursday.

Fowler pinch-ran last night and stole a base in the eighth inning of the Rockies' soul-crushing loss to the Phillies in the series opener.

The win for the Phillies was their 30th in their last 37 regular-season and playoff games against the Rockies.

Lineups

Phillies

Ben Revere CF
Michael Young 3B
Jimmy Rollins SS
Ryan Howard 1B
Domonic Brown LF
John Mayberry RF
Freddy Galvis 2B
Humberto Quintero P
Jonathan Pettibone P

Rockies

Josh Rutledge SS
Jordan Pacheco 1B
Carlos Gonzalez LF
Michael Cuddyer RF
Wilin Rosario C
Tyler Colvin CF
Nolan Arenado 3B
DJ LeMahieu 2B
Tyler Chatwood P

Mark Appel, Astros reportedly reach deal worth more than $6 million; Houston denies report

2013-06-15T18:40:03Z

The Houston Astros and No. 1 overall draft pick Mark Appel have agreed to a deal worth more than $6 million, according to CBS Sports' Jon Heyman. The Astros have denied the report, per Brian T. Smith of the Houston Chronicle.

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If the deal is done, Appel will nearly double what the Pittsburgh Pirates offered after selecting the right-handed pitcher from Stanford with the No. 8 overall pick a year ago. The Pirates offered Appel $3.3 million, which he turned down in favor of another year with the Cardinal.

Appel finished the 2013 season with a 10-4 record and a 2.12 ERA. He struck out 130 batters and walked 23 in 106 ⅓ innings while allowing 80 hits.

Appel stated last week that he would not sign a deal until he graduates from the university, according to Smith. Stanford's commencement ceremony is set for Sunday.