SAN FRANCISCO -- Tyler Chatwood's extra work on offspeed pitches during spring training made a huge difference Saturday.
Chatwood pitched 5 2/3 perfect innings before Chris Marrero's single and finished with a two-hitter for the Colorado Rockies in his first big league shutout, a 5-0 win over the San Francisco Giants.
Chatwood (1-2) struck out four and walked one, lowering his ERA from 6.35 to 3.54. He threw 67 of 105 pitches for strikes in his second complete game in 91 major league starts.
"The first two outings I didn't feel like I threw the ball bad, but I gave up homers that killed me," Chatwood said. "Today my curveball was there, and I think that was a difference-maker. That separation in velocity was big for me today."
He retired 17 consecutive batters before Marrero lined a single into right field. Joe Panik singled leading off the seventh.
"The curve, change cutter and slider all came into play today," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "The mix of pitches was something we've talked about, and he put that into play today. It was an outstanding effort and one of the best games I've seen in a while just from a pure pitching standpoint."
Chatwood's teammates didn't let on that he was flirting with perfection. A sellout crowd ATT Park did.
"I realized it because every time I was on deck or if I stepped out of the dugout all the fans were saying. `I hope you blow it," Chatwood recalled.
Nolan Arenado had three hits, including a home run off Matt Moore (1-2), who allowed five runs, 10 hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings.
Arenado's fourth home run this season put the Rockies ahead 1-0 in the third, and Charlie Blackmon hit a two-run single in a three-run fourth that included Dustin Garneau's RBI double.
Stephen Cardullo added a run-scoring single in the fifth.
Giants left fielder Jarrett Parker broke his right collarbone crashing into the wall on a running catch, robbing D.J. LaMahieu of an extra-base hit with two outs in the fourth inning. After the collision, Parker sprinted toward the infield, stopped and dropped to his knees on the outfield grass. He grimaced, was examined by trainers and was replaced by Aaron Hill.
"You know you are all in when you make a play like that," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "You're focused. I had no idea he was going to catch that ball. To see him stay locked in was a hats-off moment to him and a huge play, it kept us in the game."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: OF David Dahl, out since spring training with a rib strain, joined the team on Friday night and will be evaluated as he continues baseball activities. "I feel good," the 22-year-old said. "Honestly, I've been saying I'm ready to play but (trainers) said it can feel good but it still might not be healed." ... RHP Chad Qualls, on the DL with a strained right forearm, pitched two shutout innings in separate outings during an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Albuquerque this week. Manager Bud Black said he won't return until he pitches pain-free on consecutive days.
Giants: Manager Bruce Bochy expressed guarded confidence C Buster Posey will be ready to come off the seven-day concussion DL on Tuesday when the Giants are scheduled to open a three-game series at Kansas City. "It's going very well with Buster, we'll push it a little bit more tomorrow, but no issues swinging the bat, he got quite a few swings in," Bochy said.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Antonio Senzatela, Colorado's scheduled starter Sunday, pitched seven strong innings against San Diego in his last start for his first major league win. The 22-year-old rookie went 4-1 with a 1.82 ERA last season for Double-A Hartford.
Giants: RHP Jeff Samardzija, slated to start for San Francisco, is 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA.
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Colorado Rockies
Chatwood pitched 5 2/3 perfect innings before Chris Marrero's single and finished with a two-hitter for the Colorado Rockies in his first big league shutout, a 5-0 win over the San Francisco Giants.
Chatwood (1-2) struck out four and walked one, lowering his ERA from 6.35 to 3.54. He threw 67 of 105 pitches for strikes in his second complete game in 91 major league starts.
"The first two outings I didn't feel like I threw the ball bad, but I gave up homers that killed me," Chatwood said. "Today my curveball was there, and I think that was a difference-maker. That separation in velocity was big for me today."
He retired 17 consecutive batters before Marrero lined a single into right field. Joe Panik singled leading off the seventh.
"The curve, change cutter and slider all came into play today," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "The mix of pitches was something we've talked about, and he put that into play today. It was an outstanding effort and one of the best games I've seen in a while just from a pure pitching standpoint."
Chatwood's teammates didn't let on that he was flirting with perfection. A sellout crowd ATT Park did.
"I realized it because every time I was on deck or if I stepped out of the dugout all the fans were saying. `I hope you blow it," Chatwood recalled.
Nolan Arenado had three hits, including a home run off Matt Moore (1-2), who allowed five runs, 10 hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings.
Arenado's fourth home run this season put the Rockies ahead 1-0 in the third, and Charlie Blackmon hit a two-run single in a three-run fourth that included Dustin Garneau's RBI double.
Stephen Cardullo added a run-scoring single in the fifth.
Giants left fielder Jarrett Parker broke his right collarbone crashing into the wall on a running catch, robbing D.J. LaMahieu of an extra-base hit with two outs in the fourth inning. After the collision, Parker sprinted toward the infield, stopped and dropped to his knees on the outfield grass. He grimaced, was examined by trainers and was replaced by Aaron Hill.
"You know you are all in when you make a play like that," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "You're focused. I had no idea he was going to catch that ball. To see him stay locked in was a hats-off moment to him and a huge play, it kept us in the game."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: OF David Dahl, out since spring training with a rib strain, joined the team on Friday night and will be evaluated as he continues baseball activities. "I feel good," the 22-year-old said. "Honestly, I've been saying I'm ready to play but (trainers) said it can feel good but it still might not be healed." ... RHP Chad Qualls, on the DL with a strained right forearm, pitched two shutout innings in separate outings during an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Albuquerque this week. Manager Bud Black said he won't return until he pitches pain-free on consecutive days.
Giants: Manager Bruce Bochy expressed guarded confidence C Buster Posey will be ready to come off the seven-day concussion DL on Tuesday when the Giants are scheduled to open a three-game series at Kansas City. "It's going very well with Buster, we'll push it a little bit more tomorrow, but no issues swinging the bat, he got quite a few swings in," Bochy said.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Antonio Senzatela, Colorado's scheduled starter Sunday, pitched seven strong innings against San Diego in his last start for his first major league win. The 22-year-old rookie went 4-1 with a 1.82 ERA last season for Double-A Hartford.
Giants: RHP Jeff Samardzija, slated to start for San Francisco, is 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Moore pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Blackmon lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado singled to shallow left, LeMahieu to second. | 0 | 0 |
| González grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Arenado out at second, LeMahieu to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Reynolds grounded into fielder's choice to third, González out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Span grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Panik grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Pence grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Story walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Cardullo flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Garneau flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Chatwood popped out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Crawford popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Gillaspie grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Núñez grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Blackmon flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado homered to left (390 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| González struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Hundley grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Parker grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 0 |
| Moore grounded out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Reynolds singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Story flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Cardullo singled to center, Reynolds to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Garneau doubled to left, Reynolds scored, Cardullo to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Chatwood struck out swinging. | 2 | 0 |
| Blackmon singled to shallow right center, Cardullo and Garneau scored. | 4 | 0 |
| LeMahieu lined out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Span grounded out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Panik flied out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Pence grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Hill in left field. | 4 | 0 |
| Arenado grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| González struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Reynolds singled to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Story walked, Reynolds to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Cardullo singled to right center, Reynolds scored, Story to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Garneau struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Crawford struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Gillaspie flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Núñez grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Chatwood grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Blackmon struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Arenado hit a ground rule double to deep center, LeMahieu to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Ramírez relieved Moore. | 5 | 0 |
| Hill at third base. | 5 | 0 |
| Marrero in left field. | 5 | 0 |
| González popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Hundley grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Hill struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| Marrero singled to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Span struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Neil Ramirez pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Reynolds struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Story flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Cardullo struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Panik singled to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Pence struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Crawford grounded out to second, Panik to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Gillaspie flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| George Kontos pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Kontos relieved Ramírez. | 5 | 0 |
| Garneau grounded out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Chatwood grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 0 |
| Blackmon lined out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Hernández hit for Kontos. | 5 | 0 |
| Hernández grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 0 |
| Hundley grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Hill lined out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Ty Blach pitching for San Francisco | COL | SF |
| Blach relieved Kontos. | 5 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Arenado flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| González grounded into fielder's choice to first, LeMahieu out at second. | 5 | 0 |
| Reynolds grounded out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| San Francisco - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | SF |
| Marrero grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Span walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Panik popped out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Pence grounded out to second. | 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .231 | .286 | .404 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | .261 | .346 | .391 |
| Arenado 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .313 | .389 | .625 |
| González RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .188 | .216 | .313 |
| Reynolds 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .311 | .367 | .644 |
| Story SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | .125 | .286 | .275 |
| Cardullo LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .105 | .227 | .105 |
| Garneau C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .182 | .250 | .409 |
| Chatwood P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 143 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Garneau (2, Moore); Arenado (3, Moore) HR: Arenado (4, 3rd inning off Moore 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Arenado (6), Garneau (2), Blackmon 2 (8), Cardullo (2) 2-out RBI: Arenado, Blackmon 2, Cardullo Rockies RISP: 3-8 (Garneau 1-2, Cardullo 1-1, Reynolds 0-1, Chatwood 0-1, Blackmon 1-1, González 0-2) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| LF PARKER (FRACTURED RIGHT CLAVICLE) LEFT GAME TOP 5TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA |
| Attendance | 42,371 (101.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:26 |
| Weather | 62 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 6 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Bill Welke, First Base - Bruce Dreckman, Second Base - Jordan Baker, Third Base - Mike Everitt |
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