Box Score Bytes - Game 85

- Game 20 of the Great Tracy Experiment: Record 8-12.  Guthrie goes 6.0 IP.  Throws 83 pitches.  Left the game with a loss but Rox came back and got him a no decision.  Nice relief performance and a nice way to end the first half.  With Guthrie on display I will find it hard to believe he will be pitching for the Rox much longer.  Guthrie has a 3.70 ERA his demotion and rebirth. It was 7.02 before.


- Nats were 40-2 leading after seven before yesterdays loss.

- Rockies won their first series in over a month and had their second comeback win of the season.

- EY Jr had gone 179 games without a homer before getting a dinger.

Box Score Bytes - Game 84

- Game 19 of the Great Tracy Experiment: Record 7-12.  Francis goes 5.0 IP.  Throws 77 pitches.  Left the game tied but with two men on.  Bullpen couldn't hold on and that was the game.

- Rox had four errors which probably didn't help either

- Rox have lost six of eight and totaled 14 runs in their last seven games.

- Dex had three of the Rox six hits.  Why does it seem Dex plays OK when there isn't reason to?  Where was he in June?

Box Score Bytes - Game 83

- Game 18 of the Great Tracy Experiment: Record 7-11.  Pomeranz pitched probably the best Rox game of the year.  He pitched 6.1 innings, threw 81 pitches, , allowed one hit, and had a game score of 75.  Bullpen held together, Rox won, and Pomeranz got his first win.

- In just one of those baseball quirks this was the third game in which Rox offense saw 153 pitches...go figure


- Tyler Colvin hit two home runs off of Stephen Strasburg. First batter ever to do that.  Rox beat Strasburg for the second time and he only has 4 losses.

Box Score Bytes - Game 75

- Rox scraped to a 2-2 series split.  Today's game should have been easier when they got out to a 7-0 lead but as with anything Rox this year, nothing comes easy.

- Nationals scored 35 runs in the series and split the series.  Make any conclusion you desire from that bit of info...

- Rox Roenicke gave up a homer to his brother-in-law Ian Desmond, sure holidays will be fun for Josh.  Hope is wife made it up to him ;)

- Colvin will be an every day player from here on out.  He has earned it.  Only a double away from a Cycle. Someone needs to talk with the veteran Helton and tell him the facts.  He is not the future and we need to start finding it.

- Ottavino was light's out.  Struck out 5 batters in two innings of work in extra innings and got the win.  Huge, huge appearance.

- Four hour game on a getaway day...yikes!

- Betancourt blew his fourth save chance this year.  Interesting to see if he stays or goes...

- Really Roenicke gets on base for getting hit by a pitch?  What exactly was the Nats pitcher throwing up there?

Box Score Bytes - Game 74

- You know it is just one of those days when you have 14 hits, 4 walks, and only 2 strikeouts and you lose by 6 runs.  Oh yeah you hit into four double plays too

- The last time a Rockies starter won a game, it was June 4.

- Rox are 4-16 in their last 20 games.  Can we wave the white flag now?  Will GenR2 commence shortly?  Also announced today was that de la Rosa is pretty much shut down for the year.  All signs point to 2013...

- Game 9 of the Great Tracy Experiment: Record 3-6.  Cabrera got Rox'd in his MLB debut.  Not for sure why they started a rookie at home.  Let him get his feet wet somewhere else...

Box Score Bytes - Game 73

- Apodaca Era is over.  Kind of fitting that Rox give up 21 hits, 12 runs, and 4 dingers in his exile.  Team calls it a transfer.  He is now a special assistant to the GM.  Can't wait for the GM to go next...Apodaca was hired in October of 2002.  Rox went 725 - 806 in his tenure...

- Game 8 of the Great Tracy Experiment: Record 3-5.  Friedrich threw 70 pitches in a 4.1 inning outing. He was actually doing OK.  Only down one run when he left.  Moscoso came in and promptly gave up 8 runs in 1.2 innings.  Nights like tonight you have to wonder if starter should have gone a bit longer...also have to wonder if this experiment was the cause of demise of Apodaca

- A Coors Field kind of night.  87 plate appearances, 33 hits, 17 runs, and 6 home runs.  Yikes!

- Interesting tid bit but at one point there were four Rox with socks showing tonight...I love the old school look.  Glad to see Nats' Harper do the high sock thing.

- How often do player's match up at the plate and on the mound with the last name?  CarGo and Gio, both Gonzalez's, did tonight.

Box Score Bytes - Game 72

- I break the Rox season into nine 18 games stretches.  With 72 games played, Rox just finished their 4th inning of the season.  This 18 game sequence was just plain awful.  Rox were 4-14.  Worse stretch of baseball since the last 18 games of 2010 (when I started tracking this).  The most shocking aspect of this stretch was that the Starters went 0-12.  Simply unfathomable in today's game.  With an average of 14 outs per outting and a game score of 33 this has to be the bottom right?

- At least Rox ended this stretch on a high note.  Probably not a whole lot of people gave our Rox a chance going against best pitcher on the best pitching team in baseball.  Maybe Coors Field effect played some mind games with Strasburg.  It was his first appearance in the thin air although having come from San Diego State I bet he must have pitched at the Air Force Academy during MWC play?

- Don't believe the hype?  Bryce Harper goes 0-4 with 3 strikeouts in his Coors Field debut...where was Moyer, Rox could have written history again...

- Game time temperature was 100 degrees.  First triple digit reading in 1,406th regular-season contests.  More excuses for Dismal Dan...

Box Score Bytes - Game 115

1) Rox unable to win a 4 game series and settle for a split

2) Hard to watch a pitcher who has given so much to the organization start to flounder. Been a tough grind this year and will probaby be Cook's last as a Rox

3) Got to love a reliever who has 9 decisions which Belisle has (5-4)

4) Who is Eliezer Alfonzo and how do you pronouce is name? Did get 3 hits today

Box Score Bytes - Game 114

1)  Hit parade leading to 15 runs (18th time this has happened, second time this year, and we are 18-0!)

2)  Chacin goes to 9-8...some smoke and mirrors with his pitching (high walk rate and low ERA....)

3)  Rox got seven hits in the 5th inning (sometimes that is a game!)

Box Score Bytes - Game 113

1)  Awful sight with Nicasio getting hit in the head with a line drive...

2)  Tough to win on a night like tonight

Box Score Bytes - Game 91

1) All Star Break...whoopee

Split 1st Half 2nd Half
2011 43-48
2010 49-39 34-40
2009 47-41 45-29
2008 39-57 35-31
2007 44-44 46-29
2006 44-43 32-43
2005 31-56 36-39
2004 36-51 32-43
2003 50-47 24-41
2002 42-46 31-43
2001 39-48 34-41
2000 45-40 37-40
1999 40-46 32-44
1998 37-52 40-33
1997 43-45 40-34
1996 42-44 41-35
1993 33-54 34-41

2) Chacin loves his offensive...NOT...gives up 1 run and four hits in seven innings and gets nothing to show for it

Box Score Bytes - Game 90

1) Return of U-Ball?

2) Who replaced Helton with this machine of yesteryear?

3) Will Tulo get healthy?

4) Tracy gets win number 200 as a Rox

Box Score Bytes - Game 89

1) Welcome to Mr Hyde/Dr Jekyll Hammel.  Guy gets shelled last outing then pitches a decent game...I think it was the socks...he wore them high like U-Ball...

2)  CarGo got back into the groove although it would appear his wrists are giving him discomfort.

3)  Compare and contrast...Rox can't beat the Braves but are 85 - 59 against Nats/Expos in their history.  Best average against any NL opponent...