Tulo back on the DL
June 1st, 2013
W - 28 / L - 28 / GB - 5.5
The Colorado Rockies finished the month of May with a 13-15 record for the month. The teams offense and pitching could not be any more of polar opposites as the team leads the NL in Batting Average (.277), OBP (.339), Slugging (.465), OPS (.803), runs (291), hits (545), and extra base hits (204). Meanwhile their pitching is dead last in almost every single category with a team ERA of 4.80.
Coach Walt Weiss discussed the team with the media telling us "We knew coming into this year that we would be able to hit and you can see how well CarGo is hitting (.327/.388/.571 10 HR 39 RBI) and Tulo was really heating up this month until his wrist got sore on him and he couldn't get it to heal up the way we wanted to. Dexter is also really performing well out of the leadoff spot for us (.338/.410/.517 4 HR 18 RBI, 37 runs scored). When it comes to our pitching we just absolutely have to get better, I mean the back end of our bullpen is doing well with Rex, Wilton and Rafael all having ERA's under 2.50 but it's telling that even with them doing that our bullpen's ERA is 5.19. I'd really like to see these guys gets more focused and let our setup guys get a little time to breathe.
Injury Notes
- Eric Young Jr was injured with a sprained knee and spent 2 weeks on the DL (Reid Brignac activated from AAA)
- Troy Tulowitzki injured in a collision, wrist tendinitis out 2 weeks. 2B Kolten Wong activated from AAA.
- RP Edwar Cabrera and RP Edgmer Escalona returned to action from long DL stints and are now in AAA on rehab assignments.
Top Team Performances
MLB Hitter - LF Carlos Gonzalez - .343/.418/.565 4 HR 19 RBI (21 runs scored)
MLB Pitcher - RP Rafael Betancourt - 12.2 IP 0.00 ERA 0.32 WHIP
AAA Hitter - 2B Charlie Culberson - .362/.397/.536 3 HR 8 RBI
AAA Pitcher - SP Christian Friedrich - 3-1 3.26 ERA 1.27 WHIP
AA Hitter - 1B Ben Paulsen - .369/.445/.532 4 HR 16 RBI
AA Pitcher - SP Rob Scahill - 2-4 3.68 ERA 1.17 WHIP