CHICAGO -- Colorado Rockies
manager Walt Weiss expected his team would rebound less than 24 hours
after taking a tough loss and trading away their star shortstop.
They did just that.
D.J. LeMahieu had three hits and scored twice to help the Rockies get a win in their first game after trading Troy Tulowitzki, beating Chicago 7-2.
"We've done it all year. We've played some of our best games after some of our toughest nights," Weiss said. "We talked before the game today and I had a good feeling that our guys would play a nice bounce-back game. That's exactly what we did."
The Rockies were coming off a loss in which they rallied with four runs in the ninth to take the lead, only to lose when Chicago's Kris Bryant hit a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the inning.
Then, Tulowitzki was traded along with right-handed reliever LaTroy Hawkins to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jose Reyes and a package of prospects in a deal reported after Monday night's game and officially announced earlier Tuesday. Reyes could make his Rockies debut Wednesday in the series finale.
LeMahieu extended his hitting streak to 18 games with an RBI double as part of a four-run first, tripled in the fifth and singled in the ninth to help Colorado won for the third time in five games.
Daniel Descalso, who started at shortstop in this game, made a leaping grab of a line drive by Bryant to end the seventh inning and strand two runners.
"I think everyone was just excited to play baseball again, take our minds off of what's been going on," LeMahieu said. "Walt just said we've got a lot of distractions going on right now -- not that there isn't always in this game -- but there's a lot right now, so just to focus on baseball right now. We played really well."
Yohan Flande (1-1) got his first career victory, giving up a run and four hits while walking three and striking out four in five innings. He came in 0-7 with a 4.97 ERA and was making his first start since Sept. 24.
Nolan Arenado had a two-run double and Nick Hundley added a run-scoring groundout in the first against Dallas Beeler (0-1). Recalled earlier Tuesday from Triple-A Iowa, Beeler lasted 1 1/3 innings and allowed four runs and four hits while walking three and striking out one.
"We just got off to a bad start -- pitcher got off to a bad start -- but listen, we have to do better offensively," Chicago manager Joe Maddon said.
Dexter Fowler had three hits, Jorge Soler had two, including a run-scoring single in the first, and Chris Coghlan had a pinch-home run in the seventh for Chicago, which has lost four of five.
"Joe warned us about it early in spring -- we're going to hit a bad patch and we just need to battle through it and do everything we can," said Travis Wood, who allowed one run over 3 2/3 innings of relief. "We'll come out of it."
Colorado was better, despite what it's gone through recently.
"Last night was one of the toughest nights of the year but we've been punched in the gut several times this year," Weiss said. "About every time we've come back the very next day and played some of our best baseball."
BUSINESS AS USUAL
After Tulowitzki was dealt, speculation shifted to OF Carlos Gonzalez, who said before Tuesday's game he wouldn't allow the rumors to get to him. "I'm not waiting for anything to happen," said Gonzalez, who went 0 for 4.
LOST IN SONG
Broadway star Shoshana Bean was unable to sing the national anthem after multiple microphones didn't work for her. Instead, Wrigley Field organist Gary Pressy performed the anthem and many of the fans sang along.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: RHP Christian Bergman (right shoulder) was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Cubs: LHP Tsuyoshi Wada (left shoulder) threw six innings and allowed two unearned runs Monday for Triple-A Iowa.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Eddie Butler (3-6, 4.77) will make his first career start against the Cubs.
Cubs: LHP Jon Lester (5-8, 3.32) has faced Colorado only once in the regular season, but beat the Rockies in Game 4 of the 2007 World Series to clinch a title for Boston.
They did just that.
D.J. LeMahieu had three hits and scored twice to help the Rockies get a win in their first game after trading Troy Tulowitzki, beating Chicago 7-2.
"We've done it all year. We've played some of our best games after some of our toughest nights," Weiss said. "We talked before the game today and I had a good feeling that our guys would play a nice bounce-back game. That's exactly what we did."
The Rockies were coming off a loss in which they rallied with four runs in the ninth to take the lead, only to lose when Chicago's Kris Bryant hit a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the inning.
Then, Tulowitzki was traded along with right-handed reliever LaTroy Hawkins to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jose Reyes and a package of prospects in a deal reported after Monday night's game and officially announced earlier Tuesday. Reyes could make his Rockies debut Wednesday in the series finale.
LeMahieu extended his hitting streak to 18 games with an RBI double as part of a four-run first, tripled in the fifth and singled in the ninth to help Colorado won for the third time in five games.
Daniel Descalso, who started at shortstop in this game, made a leaping grab of a line drive by Bryant to end the seventh inning and strand two runners.
"I think everyone was just excited to play baseball again, take our minds off of what's been going on," LeMahieu said. "Walt just said we've got a lot of distractions going on right now -- not that there isn't always in this game -- but there's a lot right now, so just to focus on baseball right now. We played really well."
Yohan Flande (1-1) got his first career victory, giving up a run and four hits while walking three and striking out four in five innings. He came in 0-7 with a 4.97 ERA and was making his first start since Sept. 24.
Nolan Arenado had a two-run double and Nick Hundley added a run-scoring groundout in the first against Dallas Beeler (0-1). Recalled earlier Tuesday from Triple-A Iowa, Beeler lasted 1 1/3 innings and allowed four runs and four hits while walking three and striking out one.
"We just got off to a bad start -- pitcher got off to a bad start -- but listen, we have to do better offensively," Chicago manager Joe Maddon said.
Dexter Fowler had three hits, Jorge Soler had two, including a run-scoring single in the first, and Chris Coghlan had a pinch-home run in the seventh for Chicago, which has lost four of five.
"Joe warned us about it early in spring -- we're going to hit a bad patch and we just need to battle through it and do everything we can," said Travis Wood, who allowed one run over 3 2/3 innings of relief. "We'll come out of it."
Colorado was better, despite what it's gone through recently.
"Last night was one of the toughest nights of the year but we've been punched in the gut several times this year," Weiss said. "About every time we've come back the very next day and played some of our best baseball."
BUSINESS AS USUAL
After Tulowitzki was dealt, speculation shifted to OF Carlos Gonzalez, who said before Tuesday's game he wouldn't allow the rumors to get to him. "I'm not waiting for anything to happen," said Gonzalez, who went 0 for 4.
LOST IN SONG
Broadway star Shoshana Bean was unable to sing the national anthem after multiple microphones didn't work for her. Instead, Wrigley Field organist Gary Pressy performed the anthem and many of the fans sang along.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: RHP Christian Bergman (right shoulder) was sent on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Cubs: LHP Tsuyoshi Wada (left shoulder) threw six innings and allowed two unearned runs Monday for Triple-A Iowa.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Eddie Butler (3-6, 4.77) will make his first career start against the Cubs.
Cubs: LHP Jon Lester (5-8, 3.32) has faced Colorado only once in the regular season, but beat the Rockies in Game 4 of the 2007 World Series to clinch a title for Boston.
8:05PM,EDT,July 28,2015
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Beeler pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Blackmon doubled to deep left center. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu doubled to deep right, Blackmon scored. | 1 | 0 |
| González walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Arenado doubled to left, LeMahieu and González scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Dickerson singled to left, Arenado to third. | 3 | 0 |
| Paulsen grounded out to first, Dickerson to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Hundley grounded out to third, Arenado scored. | 4 | 0 |
| Descalso intentionally walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Flande struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Yohan Flande pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Fowler struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Schwarber walked. | 4 | 0 |
| Bryant walked, Schwarber to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Rizzo struck out looking. | 4 | 0 |
| Soler singled to right, Schwarber scored, Bryant to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Denorfia grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Dallas Beeler pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Blackmon popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 1 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 4 | 1 |
| Wood relieved Beeler. | 4 | 1 |
| González grounded into fielder's choice to second, LeMahieu out at second. | 4 | 1 |
| González to second on passed ball by Schwarber. | 4 | 1 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Yohan Flande pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Castro grounded out to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Wood walked. | 4 | 1 |
| A. Russell grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Wood out at second. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Travis Wood pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| Paulsen lined out to center. | 4 | 1 |
| Hundley popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Yohan Flande pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Fowler singled to left. | 4 | 1 |
| Fowler to second on balk by Flande. | 4 | 1 |
| Schwarber struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| Bryant flied out to center, Fowler to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Rizzo grounded out to first. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Travis Wood pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Descalso grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 1 |
| Flande struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| Blackmon struck out looking. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Yohan Flande pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Soler doubled to deep left. | 4 | 1 |
| Denorfia grounded out to shortstop, Soler to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Castro struck out looking. | 4 | 1 |
| Wood grounded out to second. | 4 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Travis Wood pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| LeMahieu tripled to deep right center. | 4 | 1 |
| González struck out swinging. | 4 | 1 |
| Arenado intentionally walked. | 4 | 1 |
| Dickerson grounded out to first, LeMahieu scored, Arenado to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Paulsen struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Yohan Flande pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| A. Russell grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Fowler doubled to deep center. | 5 | 1 |
| Schwarber popped out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| Bryant grounded out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Justin Grimm pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Grimm relieved Wood. | 5 | 1 |
| Hundley singled to left. | 5 | 1 |
| Hundley to second on wild pitch by Grimm. | 5 | 1 |
| Descalso popped out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Stubbs hit for Flande. | 5 | 1 |
| Stubbs struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Blackmon grounded out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Germen relieved Flande. | 5 | 1 |
| Rizzo walked. | 5 | 1 |
| Soler grounded into fielder's choice to second, Rizzo out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| Denorfia grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Soler out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Justin Grimm pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| J. Russell relieved Grimm. | 5 | 1 |
| González struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Arenado grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Gonzalez Germen pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Castro grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 1 |
| Coghlan hit for J. Russell. | 5 | 1 |
| Coghlan homered to right (421 feet). | 5 | 2 |
| A. Russell singled to right. | 5 | 2 |
| Fowler singled to right, A. Russell to second. | 5 | 2 |
| Logan relieved Germen. | 5 | 2 |
| Schwarber grounded into fielder's choice to third, A. Russell out at third, Fowler to second. | 5 | 2 |
| Bryant lined out to shortstop. | 5 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Rafael Soriano pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Soriano relieved J. Russell. | 5 | 2 |
| Coghlan at second base. | 5 | 2 |
| A. Russell at shortstop. | 5 | 2 |
| Dickerson doubled to deep right. | 5 | 2 |
| Paulsen singled to right center, Dickerson scored. | 6 | 2 |
| Hundley lined out to left. | 6 | 2 |
| Descalso doubled to left, Paulsen scored, Descalso to third advancing on throw. | 7 | 2 |
| Barnes hit for Logan. | 7 | 2 |
| Barnes popped out to third. | 7 | 2 |
| Blackmon lined out to third. | 7 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Justin Miller pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Miller relieved Logan. | 7 | 2 |
| Barnes in left field. | 7 | 2 |
| Rizzo popped out to second. | 7 | 2 |
| Soler lined out to first. | 7 | 2 |
| Denorfia struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jason Motte pitching for Chicago | COL | CHC |
| Motte relieved Soriano. | 7 | 2 |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 7 | 2 |
| González popped out to second. | 7 | 2 |
| Arenado grounded out to third, LeMahieu to second. | 7 | 2 |
| Miller struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Chicago - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Justin Miller pitching for Colorado | COL | CHC |
| Herrera hit for Motte. | 7 | 2 |
| Herrera struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| Coghlan lined out to left. | 7 | 2 |
| A. Russell struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .291 | .361 | .460 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .324 | .381 | .423 |
| González RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | .275 | .331 | .514 |
| Arenado 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .283 | .322 | .576 |
| Dickerson LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .315 | .347 | .510 |
Miller P
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Paulsen 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .291 | .346 | .500 |
| Hundley C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .302 | .345 | .460 |
| Descalso SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .212 | .268 | .339 |
| Flande P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Stubbs PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .205 | .283 | .446 |
Germen P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Logan P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-Barnes PH-LF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .282 | .361 | .374 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 149 | |||
| a-struck out looking for Y Flande in the 6th b-popped out to third for B Logan in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Blackmon (17, Beeler); LeMahieu (15, Beeler); Arenado (25, Beeler); Dickerson (9, Soriano); Descalso (2, Soriano) 3B: LeMahieu (4, Wood) RBI: LeMahieu (42), Arenado 2 (76), Hundley (34), Dickerson (17), Paulsen (27), Descalso (18) Rockies RISP: 4-17 (Stubbs 0-1, LeMahieu 1-1, Hundley 0-1, Paulsen 1-3, Arenado 1-2, Barnes 0-1, Miller 0-1, Flande 0-1, Descalso 0-1, Blackmon 0-2, González 0-1, Dickerson 1-2) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (Descalso-LeMahieu-Paulsen, Descalso-Paulsen). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL |
| Attendance | 36,747 (89.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:11 |
| Weather | 84 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 3 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Gabe Morales, First Base - Tripp Gibson, Second Base - Brian Gorman, Third Base - Mark Carlson |
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