Saturday, June 18, 2011




Rockies 13, Tigers 6 (boxscore)

The Rockies rookies led the assault.


It's also providing Carlos Gonzalez with RBI chances at the top. He drove in four in this one.

Chris Nelson: As I've said before, the ball jumps off Nelson's bat. As Andrew Fisher of Purple Row pointed out to me, his bat speed was compared to Gary Sheffield when he was selected in the first round several years ago. We agree it's not that special, but some of his swings are absolutely gorgeous. Good results follow those swings.

Like for example, his first career home run.

Other contributers: Todd Helton and Seth Smith each collected two hits. But it was mostly the three men listed above that did the damage.

Jason Hammel: I bet he could get used to pitching in front of the A lineup. So many times he's stuck with the C and D lineup, pitches his ass off and has nothing to show for it. This time he was OK. He had a rough start, but avoided significant damage, which was huge because it allowed the offense to get on track.

He then had four really dominant innings against an excellent offense from the second to the fifth. And then he faltered at the end, but Tracy probably stuck with him a little longer than he normally would due to the large lead, so I really have a tough time saying he was bad. He wasn't great. He was OK. OK was plenty good.

Overall: Three straight excellent TEAM performances. Contributions up and down the order. Good enough pitching. Let's keep this roll going!