MILWAUKEE -- Kyle Kendrick got off to a fine start with the Colorado Rockies, punctuating his pitching with two hits.
For the Milwaukee Brewers, the loss hurt even more when Ryan Braun was injured.
Kendrick threw seven sharp innings and also helped with his bat Monday as the Rockies trounced Milwaukee 10-0 on opening day.
"I wanted to build off what I did in Philly, just make my starts and give my team a chance to win," Kendrick said. "You don't think about the results."
Rockies manager Walt Weiss did.
"He's a smart pitcher," Weiss said. "He can execute a game plan."
Braun, slowed by a thumb injury much of last season, exited early with an injury to his lower right side, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said.
The injury occurred in the fourth inning when Braun crashed into the right-field wall while making a catch of a drive by Justin Morneau. The former NL MVP was replaced by Gerardo Parra to start the sixth.
"He strained his lower right side," Roenicke said. "We'll check and see how he is tomorrow."
The Brewers didn't announce the injury during the game.
"I was reaching to catch a fly ball that Justin Morneau hit in the fourth inning, and felt it a little bit," Braun said. "With these things, you always know more the next day."
"Hopefully, tomorrow morning I wake up and feel OK. We'll see how it feels tomorrow and go from there."
Braun was impressed with Kendrick.
"Had a really good changeup/splitter going," said Braun, who went 0 for 2. "He threw any pitch in any count."
Kendrick came in 2-5 with a 4.98 ERA in seven starts against Milwaukee, including 2-2 with a 4.11 ERA in five starts at Miller Park.
Corey Dickerson and Nolan Arenado each homered and drove in four runs. Troy Tulowitzki doubled twice, singled and scored three times.
There were eight extra-base hits in the game, all by Colorado. Kendrick, Dickerson and Carlos Gonzalez contributed doubles.
Kendrick (1-0), who left Philadelphia after last season, excelled in his first opening day start. He gave up seven singles, walked none and struck out six.
After former commissioner Bud Selig lobbed in the ceremonial first ball, the Rockies teed off against Kyle Lohse (0-1).
Gonzalez, Tulowitzki and Arenado doubled in the first inning and Dickerson hit a two-run homer for a 4-0 lead.
Arenado hit a two-run shot into the bleachers off Lohse in the third. The right-hander gave up eight runs on 10 hits before Gonzalez ended Lohse's third career opening day start with an RBI single in the fourth.
Rockies relievers Rafael Betancourt and Christian Friedrich each pitched a scoreless innings.
The Brewers' best scoring chance came in the second when with one out they loaded the bases on two singles and a hit batter. Kendrick got Jean Segura to ground into a double play.
Adam Lind had three singles in his Milwaukee debut.
The Rockies had to be happy with how their two key veterans played, especially after last season.
Gonzalez had multiple injuries, each requiring surgery, and ended the season on the 60-day disabled list. Tulowitzki injured his hip the second game after the All-Star break and missed the remainder of the season.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa, last year's opening day starter for Colorado, was limited in spring training with a groin injury. Placed on the disabled list Sunday, he is scheduled to make a rehab start for Triple-A Albuquerque on Thursday and is limited to 65-70 pitches.
Brewers: Commenting on the pitching staff, general manager Doug Melvin said, "We were very healthy during the spring. That's a positive to open up the season with all our guys healthy."
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Jordan Lyles makes his first start since June 4 when he broke his left hand covering home on a wild pitch. He landed on the disabled list June 5 and missed 54 games before being activated off the 60-day DL on Aug. 6.
Brewers: RHP Matt Garza, who starts Tuesday, has beaten the Rockies his last two starts.
SELIG'S DOUBLEHEADER
Selig threw the ceremonial first pitch to Brewers owner Mark Attanasio. The crowd gave him a nice round of applause. After a short visit at Miller Park, he left for Arizona to throw out the first pitch as the Diamondbacks host the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.
SWINGING
The Rockies' 16 hits equal the team's most in Milwaukee, a mark set on May 20, 2011.
For the Milwaukee Brewers, the loss hurt even more when Ryan Braun was injured.
Kendrick threw seven sharp innings and also helped with his bat Monday as the Rockies trounced Milwaukee 10-0 on opening day.
"I wanted to build off what I did in Philly, just make my starts and give my team a chance to win," Kendrick said. "You don't think about the results."
Rockies manager Walt Weiss did.
"He's a smart pitcher," Weiss said. "He can execute a game plan."
Braun, slowed by a thumb injury much of last season, exited early with an injury to his lower right side, Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said.
The injury occurred in the fourth inning when Braun crashed into the right-field wall while making a catch of a drive by Justin Morneau. The former NL MVP was replaced by Gerardo Parra to start the sixth.
"He strained his lower right side," Roenicke said. "We'll check and see how he is tomorrow."
The Brewers didn't announce the injury during the game.
"I was reaching to catch a fly ball that Justin Morneau hit in the fourth inning, and felt it a little bit," Braun said. "With these things, you always know more the next day."
"Hopefully, tomorrow morning I wake up and feel OK. We'll see how it feels tomorrow and go from there."
Braun was impressed with Kendrick.
"Had a really good changeup/splitter going," said Braun, who went 0 for 2. "He threw any pitch in any count."
Kendrick came in 2-5 with a 4.98 ERA in seven starts against Milwaukee, including 2-2 with a 4.11 ERA in five starts at Miller Park.
Corey Dickerson and Nolan Arenado each homered and drove in four runs. Troy Tulowitzki doubled twice, singled and scored three times.
There were eight extra-base hits in the game, all by Colorado. Kendrick, Dickerson and Carlos Gonzalez contributed doubles.
Kendrick (1-0), who left Philadelphia after last season, excelled in his first opening day start. He gave up seven singles, walked none and struck out six.
After former commissioner Bud Selig lobbed in the ceremonial first ball, the Rockies teed off against Kyle Lohse (0-1).
Gonzalez, Tulowitzki and Arenado doubled in the first inning and Dickerson hit a two-run homer for a 4-0 lead.
Arenado hit a two-run shot into the bleachers off Lohse in the third. The right-hander gave up eight runs on 10 hits before Gonzalez ended Lohse's third career opening day start with an RBI single in the fourth.
Rockies relievers Rafael Betancourt and Christian Friedrich each pitched a scoreless innings.
The Brewers' best scoring chance came in the second when with one out they loaded the bases on two singles and a hit batter. Kendrick got Jean Segura to ground into a double play.
Adam Lind had three singles in his Milwaukee debut.
The Rockies had to be happy with how their two key veterans played, especially after last season.
Gonzalez had multiple injuries, each requiring surgery, and ended the season on the 60-day disabled list. Tulowitzki injured his hip the second game after the All-Star break and missed the remainder of the season.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: LHP Jorge De La Rosa, last year's opening day starter for Colorado, was limited in spring training with a groin injury. Placed on the disabled list Sunday, he is scheduled to make a rehab start for Triple-A Albuquerque on Thursday and is limited to 65-70 pitches.
Brewers: Commenting on the pitching staff, general manager Doug Melvin said, "We were very healthy during the spring. That's a positive to open up the season with all our guys healthy."
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Jordan Lyles makes his first start since June 4 when he broke his left hand covering home on a wild pitch. He landed on the disabled list June 5 and missed 54 games before being activated off the 60-day DL on Aug. 6.
Brewers: RHP Matt Garza, who starts Tuesday, has beaten the Rockies his last two starts.
SELIG'S DOUBLEHEADER
Selig threw the ceremonial first pitch to Brewers owner Mark Attanasio. The crowd gave him a nice round of applause. After a short visit at Miller Park, he left for Arizona to throw out the first pitch as the Diamondbacks host the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.
SWINGING
The Rockies' 16 hits equal the team's most in Milwaukee, a mark set on May 20, 2011.
2:10PM,EDT,April 6,2015
Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle Lohse pitching for Milwaukee | COL | MIL |
| Blackmon flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| C. González doubled to deep center. | 0 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki doubled to left, C. González scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Morneau popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Arenado doubled to deep center, Tulowitzki scored. | 2 | 0 |
| Dickerson homered to right (369 feet), Arenado scored. | 4 | 0 |
| Hundley lined out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | MIL |
| C. Gómez struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Lucroy grounded out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Braun struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Lohse pitching for Milwaukee | COL | MIL |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Kendrick sacrificed to pitcher, LeMahieu to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Blackmon safe at first on error by second baseman Gennett, LeMahieu to third. | 4 | 0 |
| C. González grounded into double play, first to catcher, LeMahieu out at home, Blackmon to second. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | MIL |
| Ramírez singled to center. | 4 | 0 |
| Lind singled to left, Ramírez to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Davis struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Gennett hit by pitch, Ramírez to third, Lind to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Segura grounded into double play, third to second to first, Gennett out at second. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Lohse pitching for Milwaukee | COL | MIL |
| Tulowitzki doubled to deep right center. | 4 | 0 |
| Morneau lined out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki to third on wild pitch by Lohse. | 4 | 0 |
| Arenado homered to left center (397 feet), Tulowitzki scored. | 6 | 0 |
| Dickerson lined out to right. | 6 | 0 |
| Hundley singled to left. | 6 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded into fielder's choice to third, Hundley out at second. | 6 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | MIL |
| Lohse singled to right. | 6 | 0 |
| C. Gómez struck out swinging. | 6 | 0 |
| Lucroy grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Lohse out at second. | 6 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Lohse pitching for Milwaukee | COL | MIL |
| Kendrick doubled to deep left. | 6 | 0 |
| Kendrick to third on wild pitch by Lohse. | 6 | 0 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 6 | 0 |
| C. González singled to shallow right center, Kendrick scored. | 7 | 0 |
| Blazek relieved Lohse. | 7 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki singled to shallow left, C. González to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Morneau lined out to right, C. González to third. | 7 | 0 |
| Arenado singled to center, C. González scored, Tulowitzki to second, Tulowitzki to third, Arenado to second on error by center fielder C. Gómez. | 8 | 0 |
| Dickerson hit a ground rule double to deep center, Tulowitzki and Arenado scored. | 10 | 0 |
| Hundley grounded out to shortstop. | 10 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 5 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | MIL |
| Braun fouled out to first. | 10 | 0 |
| Ramírez singled to left. | 10 | 0 |
| Lind lined out to right. | 10 | 0 |
| Davis reached on infield single to second, Ramírez to third. | 10 | 0 |
| Gennett struck out looking. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Michael Blazek pitching for Milwaukee | COL | MIL |
| LeMahieu singled to shallow left. | 10 | 0 |
| Kendrick grounded into fielder's choice to second, LeMahieu out at second. | 10 | 0 |
| Blackmon singled to shallow center, Kendrick to second. | 10 | 0 |
| C. González grounded out to third, Kendrick to third, Blackmon to second. | 10 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki lined out to right. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | MIL |
| Segura struck out looking. | 10 | 0 |
| Schafer hit for Blazek. | 10 | 0 |
| Schafer popped out to second. | 10 | 0 |
| C. Gómez lined out to left. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Neal Cotts pitching for Milwaukee | COL | MIL |
| Morneau grounded out to second. | 10 | 0 |
| Arenado grounded out to third. | 10 | 0 |
| Dickerson grounded out to pitcher. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | MIL |
| Lucroy lined out to left. | 10 | 0 |
| Parra lined out to shortstop. | 10 | 0 |
| Ramírez grounded out to shortstop. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Neal Cotts pitching for Milwaukee | COL | MIL |
| Hundley struck out looking. | 10 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out looking. | 10 | 0 |
| Kendrick singled to shallow left. | 10 | 0 |
| Blackmon struck out looking. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Kyle Kendrick pitching for Colorado | COL | MIL |
| Lind singled to shallow center. | 10 | 0 |
| Davis grounded into fielder's choice to first, Lind out at second. | 10 | 0 |
| Gennett flied out to right. | 10 | 0 |
| Segura singled to right, Davis to second. | 10 | 0 |
| Jiménez popped out to shortstop. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Will Smith pitching for Milwaukee | COL | MIL |
| Stubbs struck out swinging. | 10 | 0 |
| Tulowitzki struck out swinging. | 10 | 0 |
| Morneau lined out to left. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Rafael Betancourt pitching for Colorado | COL | MIL |
| C. Gómez popped out to second. | 10 | 0 |
| Lucroy struck out swinging. | 10 | 0 |
| Parra struck out swinging. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Jeffress pitching for Milwaukee | COL | MIL |
| Arenado walked. | 10 | 0 |
| Dickerson grounded into fielder's choice to second, Arenado out at second. | 10 | 0 |
| Hundley safe at first on error by first baseman Lind, Dickerson to third. | 10 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Hundley out at second. | 10 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Milwaukee - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Christian Friedrich pitching for Colorado | COL | MIL |
| Maldonado grounded out to third. | 10 | 0 |
| Lind reached on infield single to shortstop. | 10 | 0 |
| Davis lined out to right. | 10 | 0 |
| Gennett struck out swinging. | 10 | 0 |
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF-RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| González RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .500 | .500 | .750 |
a-Stubbs PH-CF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Tulowitzki SS | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .600 | .600 | 1.000 |
Descalso SS
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Morneau 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Rosario 1B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Arenado 3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .750 | .800 | 1.750 |
Ynoa 3B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Dickerson LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .400 | .400 | 1.200 |
| Hundley C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .400 | .400 | .400 |
| Kendrick P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
| Totals | 42 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 162 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for C Gonzalez in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: González (1, Lohse); Tulowitzki 2 (2, Lohse 2); Arenado (1, Lohse); Kendrick (1, Lohse); Dickerson (1, Blazek) HR: Dickerson (1, 1st inning off Lohse 1 on, 2 Out); Arenado (1, 3rd inning off Lohse 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: Tulowitzki (1), Arenado 4 (4), Dickerson 4 (4), González (1) S: Kendrick 2-out RBI: Arenado 2, Dickerson 4 GIDP: LeMahieu Rockies RISP: 7-17 (LeMahieu 0-1, Hundley 0-1, Arenado 3-3, Tulowitzki 1-2, Morneau 0-3, Blackmon 0-2, Dickerson 2-2, González 1-3) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (Arenado-LeMahieu-Morneau, LeMahieu-Tulowitzki-Morneau). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI |
| Attendance | 46,032 (109.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:00 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Dale Scott, First Base - Dan Iassogna, Second Base - CB Bucknor, Third Base - Lance Barrett |
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