PITTSBURGH -- Jorge De La Rosa was happy with the game's outcome but a little embarrassed by how his day ended.
De La Rosa pitched into the seventh inning before being ejected, and Ben Paulsen hit a two-run triple as the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Sunday.
De La Rosa (8-6) allowed four hits in six-plus innings while striking out seven and walking one. The left-hander's only other win since July 11 -- a span of 10 starts -- came Aug. 7 at Washington.
Scott Oberg, Christian Friedrich, Jairo Diaz and John Axford completed the four-hit shutout.
De La Rosa and manager Walt Weiss were ejected for arguing with home plate umpire Jeff Nelson as Weiss went to the mound to remove De La Rosa from the game.
De La Rosa gave up a double to Aramis Ramirez to start the inning, then walked Francisco Cervelli. De La Rosa began yelling and gesturing at Nelson following the walk.
"I got crazy there and started screaming at the ump," De La Rosa said. "He missed a couple of pitches but the umpires are human, too. I can't react like I did. I can't be out there screaming out at them."
However, De La Rosa didn't lose the respect of Pirates manager Clint Hurdle.
"He stayed out of the middle of the plate," Hurdle said. "Added and subtracted velocity and spin. It's what he does and the record's indicative of it. I've seen this guy pitch for years and he challenges your discipline. He didn't leave a lot of hittable pitches."
Paulsen, a rookie first baseman, and Charlie Blackmon each had two hits for the Rockies, who won for just the fifth time in 19 games while avoiding being swept in the three-game series.
The Pirates had their four-game winning streak snapped and lost for just the fourth time in 18 games.
Paulsen's triple came in the fourth off Charlie Morton (8-6) immediately after Nolan Arenado snapped a scoreless tie with an RBI double. Arenado had gone 1 for 15 in his previous four games.
"He is showing a knack for getting big hits, especially for a young player," Weiss said of Paulsen.
A throwing error by Morton in the sixth enabled the Rockies to scored two runs and extend their lead to 5-0.
Morton allowed five runs -- three earned -- and six hits in six innings with six strikeouts and two walks.
Jordy Mercer had two of the Pirates' four hits.
"I've been pitching pretty well lately but we just haven't been winning the games I've been pitching," De La Rosa said. "It feels good to have that win next to my name."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Pirates: RHP A.J. Burnett (strained flexor tendon in right elbow) threw a 71-pitch bullpen session prior to the game and said he hopes to be activated from the disabled list sometime during the four-game home series against the Chicago Cubs from Sept. 15-17.
DAY OF REST
Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was not in the lineup as he was rested in a day game following a night game. It was the fourth time he did not start in 30 games since being acquired from Toronto in a trade July 26.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis (6-4, 4.69 ERA) will face Arizona LHP Robbie Ray (3-10, 3.86) on Monday night in the opener of a four-game home series. Bettis has allowed six runs in 2 1/3 relief innings in his career against the Diamondbacks.
Pirates: Following Monday's off day, RHP Gerrit Cole (15-7, 2.44) will start Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series at Milwaukee against RHP Jimmy Nelson (10-10, 3.81). Cole was originally scheduled to pitch Wednesday but was moved up a day so he can start next Sunday night against the NL Central-leading Cardinals at St. Louis.
De La Rosa pitched into the seventh inning before being ejected, and Ben Paulsen hit a two-run triple as the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Sunday.
De La Rosa (8-6) allowed four hits in six-plus innings while striking out seven and walking one. The left-hander's only other win since July 11 -- a span of 10 starts -- came Aug. 7 at Washington.
Scott Oberg, Christian Friedrich, Jairo Diaz and John Axford completed the four-hit shutout.
De La Rosa and manager Walt Weiss were ejected for arguing with home plate umpire Jeff Nelson as Weiss went to the mound to remove De La Rosa from the game.
De La Rosa gave up a double to Aramis Ramirez to start the inning, then walked Francisco Cervelli. De La Rosa began yelling and gesturing at Nelson following the walk.
"I got crazy there and started screaming at the ump," De La Rosa said. "He missed a couple of pitches but the umpires are human, too. I can't react like I did. I can't be out there screaming out at them."
However, De La Rosa didn't lose the respect of Pirates manager Clint Hurdle.
"He stayed out of the middle of the plate," Hurdle said. "Added and subtracted velocity and spin. It's what he does and the record's indicative of it. I've seen this guy pitch for years and he challenges your discipline. He didn't leave a lot of hittable pitches."
Paulsen, a rookie first baseman, and Charlie Blackmon each had two hits for the Rockies, who won for just the fifth time in 19 games while avoiding being swept in the three-game series.
The Pirates had their four-game winning streak snapped and lost for just the fourth time in 18 games.
Paulsen's triple came in the fourth off Charlie Morton (8-6) immediately after Nolan Arenado snapped a scoreless tie with an RBI double. Arenado had gone 1 for 15 in his previous four games.
"He is showing a knack for getting big hits, especially for a young player," Weiss said of Paulsen.
A throwing error by Morton in the sixth enabled the Rockies to scored two runs and extend their lead to 5-0.
Morton allowed five runs -- three earned -- and six hits in six innings with six strikeouts and two walks.
Jordy Mercer had two of the Pirates' four hits.
"I've been pitching pretty well lately but we just haven't been winning the games I've been pitching," De La Rosa said. "It feels good to have that win next to my name."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Pirates: RHP A.J. Burnett (strained flexor tendon in right elbow) threw a 71-pitch bullpen session prior to the game and said he hopes to be activated from the disabled list sometime during the four-game home series against the Chicago Cubs from Sept. 15-17.
DAY OF REST
Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was not in the lineup as he was rested in a day game following a night game. It was the fourth time he did not start in 30 games since being acquired from Toronto in a trade July 26.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Chad Bettis (6-4, 4.69 ERA) will face Arizona LHP Robbie Ray (3-10, 3.86) on Monday night in the opener of a four-game home series. Bettis has allowed six runs in 2 1/3 relief innings in his career against the Diamondbacks.
Pirates: Following Monday's off day, RHP Gerrit Cole (15-7, 2.44) will start Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series at Milwaukee against RHP Jimmy Nelson (10-10, 3.81). Cole was originally scheduled to pitch Wednesday but was moved up a day so he can start next Sunday night against the NL Central-leading Cardinals at St. Louis.
1:35PM,EDT,August 30,2015
PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie Morton pitching for Pittsburgh | COL | PIT |
| Blackmon fouled out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| González struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | PIT |
| Polanco struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Marte grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| McCutchen singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Ramírez flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Charlie Morton pitching for Pittsburgh | COL | PIT |
| Arenado grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Paulsen grounded out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Parker grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | PIT |
| Cervelli struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Morse grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Charlie Morton pitching for Pittsburgh | COL | PIT |
| Descalso grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Garneau struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| De La Rosa safe at first on error by third baseman Ramírez. | 0 | 0 |
| Blackmon flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | PIT |
| Mercer singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Morton bunted into fielder's choice to third, Mercer out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Polanco struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Marte grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Charlie Morton pitching for Pittsburgh | COL | PIT |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 0 | 0 |
| González singled to right, LeMahieu to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado doubled to deep right, LeMahieu scored, González to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Paulsen tripled to deep right center, González and Arenado scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Parker grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Descalso lined out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Garneau intentionally walked. | 3 | 0 |
| De La Rosa struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | PIT |
| McCutchen grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Ramírez flied out to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Cervelli struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Charlie Morton pitching for Pittsburgh | COL | PIT |
| Blackmon singled to right. | 3 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| González grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Blackmon out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | PIT |
| Morse struck out swinging. | 3 | 0 |
| Harrison lined out to first. | 3 | 0 |
| Mercer singled to right. | 3 | 0 |
| Morton grounded out to third. | 3 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Charlie Morton pitching for Pittsburgh | COL | PIT |
| Arenado grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Paulsen reached on infield single to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Parker struck out looking. | 3 | 0 |
| Paulsen to second on wild pitch by Morton. | 3 | 0 |
| Descalso intentionally walked. | 3 | 0 |
| Garneau safe at second on throwing error by pitcher Morton, Paulsen and Descalso scored. | 5 | 0 |
| De La Rosa struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 2 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | PIT |
| Barnes in left field. | 5 | 0 |
| Polanco lined out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| Marte grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| McCutchen struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Bastardo pitching for Pittsburgh | COL | PIT |
| Bastardo relieved Morton. | 5 | 0 |
| Blackmon singled to center. | 5 | 0 |
| LeMahieu struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Blackmon stole second. | 5 | 0 |
| González struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jorge De La Rosa pitching for Colorado | COL | PIT |
| Ramírez doubled to deep left. | 5 | 0 |
| Cervelli walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Oberg relieved De La Rosa. | 5 | 0 |
| Álvarez hit for Morse. | 5 | 0 |
| Álvarez struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Harrison grounded out to shortstop, Ramírez to third, Cervelli to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Mercer struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Antonio Bastardo pitching for Pittsburgh | COL | PIT |
| Álvarez at first base. | 5 | 0 |
| Paulsen walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Barnes struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Descalso struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Garneau popped out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Christian Friedrich pitching for Colorado | COL | PIT |
| Walker hit for Bastardo. | 5 | 0 |
| Friedrich relieved Oberg. | 5 | 0 |
| Walker lined out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Polanco grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Marte safe at second on error by right fielder González. | 5 | 0 |
| Díaz relieved Friedrich. | 5 | 0 |
| McCutchen lined out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joe Blanton pitching for Pittsburgh | COL | PIT |
| Blanton relieved Bastardo. | 5 | 0 |
| Harrison in left field. | 5 | 0 |
| Walker at second base. | 5 | 0 |
| McBride hit for Díaz. | 5 | 0 |
| McBride popped out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| Blackmon grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Pittsburgh - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| John Axford pitching for Colorado | COL | PIT |
| Axford relieved Díaz. | 5 | 0 |
| Ramírez lined out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| Cervelli grounded out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Álvarez struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Blackmon CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .288 | .350 | .456 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .309 | .368 | .400 |
| González RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .271 | .330 | .538 |
| Arenado 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .275 | .313 | .545 |
| Paulsen 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .280 | .331 | .483 |
| Parker LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .188 | .246 | .328 |
Barnes LF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .260 | .324 | .361 |
| Descalso SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .211 | .293 | .340 |
| Garneau C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .167 | .286 | .333 |
| De La Rosa P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .070 | .070 | .070 |
Oberg P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | |
Díaz P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-McBride PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .176 | .200 | .176 |
Axford P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 129 | |||
| a-popped out to first for J Diaz in the 9th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Arenado (32, Morton) 3B: Paulsen (4, Morton) RBI: Arenado (93), Paulsen 2 (42) GIDP: González Rockies RISP: 2-9 (Paulsen 1-1, De La Rosa 0-2, Parker 0-1, Arenado 1-2, Descalso 0-1, Garneau 0-1, González 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Blackmon (35, 2nd base off Bastardo/Cervelli) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: González (6, fly ball) | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| P DE LA ROSA EJECTED BOT 7TH (ARGUING BALLS & STRIKES) |
Game Information
| Stadium | PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Attendance | 36,271 (94.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:55 |
| Weather | 83 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jeff Nelson, First Base - Laz Diaz, Second Base - Chris Guccione, Third Base - Cory Blaser |
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