Sunday, August 14, 2011

Rock Solid Recap: I'm very happy for Jason Hammel






Anyway, the bottom line here is I like to see him do well. Hopefully he can back it up with another strong outing and hopefully he start regaining some support from the masses. We need him.

Rockies 6, Cardinals 1 (boxscore)

Three positives

1. The Bullpen!: The Josh Roenicke experiment continues to go well. As in, still perfect. Here's a guy that quite frankly I didn't know the Rockies had acquired off waivers from Toronto until he made his debut. I know he's had cups of coffee before, but he literally came out nowhere for us and it's nice to see him taking advantage of the opportunity he's getting.

And then more good stuff from Matt Reynolds, Matt Belisle and Rafael Betancourt. Great night for the 'pen.

2. CarGo: He's getting locked in. With Tulo hitting well himself and Helton providing protection for him now, the offense could really start clicking on this nine-game home stand. Or it might not.

3. Eric Young: If it does, it'll be because Eric Young had more games like this one where he reaches base multiple times and comes around to score multiple times. With his speed, every time he reaches early in an inning, there's no reason for that to not become a run. Better execution and smarter baserunning on his part will get that done.

And less contact plays.

Final thought(s)

Jaime Garcia is a really good left-handed pitcher. The Rockies haven't owned many of those in recent years, but they've owned Garcia this season: 0-2, 8 1/3 IP, 17 H, 16 ER, 8 BB, 9 K.

Just another case of baseball being baseball.

PS: It's Sunday, and for some odd reason the Rockies are on Sunday Night Baseball. Amazing. But wouldn't you know it comes at probably the most embarrassing possible time for the Rockies to get national exposure on a Sunday. That's just their luck.