The home stretch
September 1st, 2013
W - 71 / L - 66 / GB -12 / Wild card GB - 3
The Rockies went 15-13 in the month of August dropping further back in the NL West standings but there is still good news as they sit 3 games back in the Wild Card standings with 25 games to go. The 2 wild card spots currently belong to the Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants with the Diamonbacks, Phillies and Rockies right on their heels. In September the Rockies do not play Philadelphia but they do play divisional rival Arizona 6 times as well as 3 games against the Giants so they have some say in their fate. It will take some strong performances though as 2 players went down with injuries this month in addition to Dexter Fowler's injury last month.
2B Josh Rutledge fractured his foot and should be back in a few days, in his absence Kolten Wong has hit .241/.333/.276 in 35 games but has not been great with only 4 RBIs. Also out for a couple of weeks was 5th starter
Felix Doubront. Josh Outman came out of the bullpen to pitch in his spot and has done very well going 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in 2 starts. In Dexter Fowler's absence Tyler Colvin has filled in well and is hitting .272/.323/.481 with 12 HR and 32 RBI over the whole season.
As always on September 1st the roster expands and we get our chance to see if some young players can pitch in during key times.
Call ups:
SP Chris Volstad
RP Adam Ottavino
3B Wilmer Flores (tearing it up in AAA - .390/.431/.538 5 HR 22 RBI in 37 games)
CF Hernan Iribarren
LF Corey Dickerson
Top Team Performances
MLB Hitter - LF Carlos Gonzalez - .346/.418/.645 8 HR 23 RBI
MLB Pitcher - RP Rex Brothers - 13.1 IP 0.68 ERA 0.60 WHIP
AAA Hitter - 3B Wilmer Flores - .400/.449/.568 4 HR 17 RBI
AAA Pitcher - SP Chris Volstad - 2-0 1.71 ERA 1.06 WHIP
AA Hitter - SS Trevor Story - .361/.417/.565 4 HR 18 RBI
AA Pitcher - RP Joe Gardner - 14.1 IP 3.14 ERA 0.98 WHIP