Tuesday’s Pitching Matchup
Rockies at Padres
Petco Park
8:10 p.m, MDT
KOA-AM (850) and FSN Rocky Mountain
Rockies (Aaron Cook, 1-1, 7.11) vs. Padres (Josh Geer, 0-0, 5.29).
Cook has always enjoyed Petco Park, where he is 5-1 with a 1.69 earned run average in seven career starts. He is 12-4 with a 2.80 ERA in 21 games, 19 starts, lifetime against the Padres. His only win this year was his last start against the Padres at Coors Field. He has worked six innings and seven innings in his last two starts.
Cook’s headache: Brian Giles is hitting .354 against Cook in his career, and Adirano Gonzalez has hit .385 with two home runs off Cook.
Cook’s relief: Jody Gerut has hit .125 lifetime against Cook.
Geer is 1-1 with a 2.70 ERA in two career starts against the Rockies, both last year. He is 2-0 but has a 4.29 lifetime earned run average at Petco Park. Geer is coming off a no decision against the Dodgers in which he allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings at Dodger Stadium last Thursday.
Geer’s headache: Troy Tulowitzki is 2-for-4, Chris Iannetta 2-for-2 and Clint Barmes 2-for-5 lifetime against Geer.
Geer’s relief: Brad Hawpe is 0-for-5 with three strikes in his career against Geer.
COMING UP
Wednesday: Ubaldo Jimenez (1-4, 6.58) vs. Giants (Randy Johnson, 2-2, 4.50), 6:40 p.m., MDT. Coors Field. FSN Rocky Mountain. KOA-AM (850).
Thursday: Jason Marquis (4-1, 3.31) vs. Giants (Matt Cain, 2-1, 3.09), 1:10 p.m, MDT. Coors Field. FSN Rocky Mountain. KOA-AM (850).
Friday: Jason Hammel (0-0, 3.45) vs. Marlins (Ricky Nolasco, 1-3, 7.03), 7:10 p.m., MDT. Coors Field. FSN Rocky Mountain. KOA-AM (850).
Saturday: Jorge De La Rosa (0-2, 3.90) vs. Marlins (Josh Johnson, 2-0, 2.57), 6:10 p.m, MDT. Coors field. FSN Rocky Mountain. KOA-AM (850).
Good road win last night! It’s always nice to see the Rox score runs on the road and especially at Petco. We need one more win tonight to make this a good trip. Winning road trips are always nice even when it is only a 5 gamer!
Good win, nice to watch! I have a question that’s a bit off the beaten track. I noticed there’s been a change in the announcing booth the last couple of games? Not a good or bad thing in my opinion, I like all the announcers we have, but just curious as to why. Any reason?
Thanks and GO ROCKIES!
For Cook to succeed tonight he has to have the sinker working and keeping the ball down in the zone. He also needs some run support and hopefully Iannetta and Tulo can continue to improve at the plate.
Wait a minute…wasn’t there just a comment about George Frazier here?
TJ, it isn’t really a change. Drew Goodman took a few days off. As has been the case in recent years, when that happens, Jack Corrigan and Jeff Kingery from the radio team fill in on TV doing the play-by-play with Mark Johnson helping on the radio.
Maybe I wasn’t supposed to say anything about Frazier? LOL
Tracy,
I seem to recall that Cook was “working on things” in spring training like working on other pitches. I can understand a little tinkering but do you think this could have contributed to his “good stuff” like his sinker to not be as good as it should be.
Derrek, I can only apologize. Meant to reply and hit a wrong button. I am computer illiterate. You are welcome to post.
Interesting–3 straight lefties in the order (2. Smith, 3. Helton, 4. Hawpe).
Only lefty in the Pads’ pen: Arturo Lopez, whom the Rockies roughed up during the 4/29 win.
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