Colorado 4, Miami 1
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, June 14, 2015
Where: Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Fieldin Culbreth, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Manny Gonzalez, 3B -
Paul Schrieber
Attendance:
20879
By The Sports Xchange
MIAMI -- He does not have overwhelming career numbers -- just a 73-47 record -- but Jorge De La Rosa became the Colorado Rockies franchise leader in wins on Sunday.
He broke the previous record set by Aaron Cook, helping the Rockies defeat the Miami Marlins 4-1 at Marlins Park.
"Hopefully I can win some more games and put some more separation between me and (Cook)," De La Rosa said in Spanish. "I'm excited. I'm really glad to win all those games for the team."
The Rockies (28-34) broke their four-game losing streak.
Miami (27-37) had its three-game win streak snapped. The Marlins were looking for their first four-game home sweep since 2011. They haven't swept the visiting Rockies in four games since 1996.
De La Rosa (4-2) pitched seven innings and allowed four hits, four walks and one run. After being slowed earlier in the season by a groin pull and a cut on his left middle finger, De La Rosa is now 4-1 in his past eight starts.
"I know it was bothering him," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said of the injuries. "We've seen Jorgie when he is right -- this is how he throws. That looked like vintage Jorge."
On Sunday, De La Rosa was backed by two first-inning homers -- a solo shot down the line in right by center fielder Charlie Blackmon and a two-run blast to left by third baseman Nolan Arenado.
"It was nice to get out to an early lead," Weiss said. "Charlie and Nolan gave us what we needed. (The Marlins) have a good bullpen. Playing from behind against them is tough."
For Blackmon, who got a breaking pitch that was down and in, it was his eighth homer of the season. It was also the eighth time in his career that he has led off a game with a homer.
"It's a tough park to hit it out because it's so big," Blackmon said. "I was running hard just in case."
Arenado, meanwhile, hit his 16th homer of the season, smacking the ball off the Clevelander sign beyond the left-field fence.
That made up for Arenado's two-error performance in the field. Arenado, who has won Gold Gloves in each of the past two seasons, had never previously had a two-error game in his three-year big-league career.
Rockies second baseman D.J. LeMahieu got an RBI groundout in the seventh inning.
The only negative for the Rockies was that shortstop Troy Tulowitzki went 0-for-2 with two walks and had his 12-game hit streak -- which had been the longest active mark in the majors -- snapped.
Miami starter Dan Haren (6-3) took the loss, allowing just three hits, two walks and three runs in six innings. Unfortunately for Haren, he has been vulnerable to the long ball, giving up 13 homers in 13 starts this season.
"Dan labored through that first inning," Marlins manager Dan Jennings said of Haren. "But then he pitched five scoreless innings and gave us a chance to win. He's a true professional."
The last time Miami gave up more than one homer at Marlins Park was on August 12, 2014.
Miami's offense was shut down for most of Sunday, but finally got on the board in the seventh on a two-out, pinch-hit RBI single by Ichiro Suzuki, who hit a soft fly ball that fell in shallow center field.
But the Rockies closed it out with scoreless relief pitching from Boone Logan, Tommy Kahnle and John Axford, who worked the ninth inning for his 12th save.
"We had some opportunities," Jennings said. "Unfortunately, we were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position."
NOTES: Marlins 3B Martin Prado left Sunday's game in the first inning when he tumbled while running to first. Prado has a sprained right shoulder and is day to day. ... Rockies LF Corey Dickerson, who came off the disabled list Thursday, re-aggravated his left-foot injury on Saturday and was not in Sunday's lineup. LF Brandon Barnes replaced Dickerson. ... Marlins RF Giancarlo Stanton is the first major-leaguer to h
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Colorado |
|
Miami |
Jorge De La Rosa
|
Player |
Dan Haren |
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
7.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
4 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
4 |
Hits |
3 |
1.29 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Colorado
|
5 |
2 |
12 |
.156 |
19 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
Miami
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
.161 |
21 |
8 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |