PHILADELPHIA -- Colorado manager Bud Black said recently that Tyler Chatwood has the stuff to be one of the best pitchers in the National League.
Chatwood made a convincing argument Wednesday night.
Chatwood allowed just one hit in seven scoreless innings and struck out a season-high eight batters, helping the Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 to win their fourth straight game and their major league-best 18th on the road.
"I thought he had really good stuff all the way through to his last pitch," Black said. "His pitches were running in on righties and tailing away from lefties. He's got good stuff man."
Chatwood befuddled the Phillies, allowing only a two-out single by Andrew Knapp in the fifth inning. It was the third time Chatwood (4-6) earned a win in his career while allowing just one hit. He threw 112 pitches, the most since 2011 when he was with the Los Angeles Angels.
The Rockies pounded starter Jeremy Hellickson (5-2) for seven runs in the third. Colorado hit for the cycle in the inning -- a triple by Ian Desmond, a double by Trevor Story and singles by Charlie Blackmon, DJ LeMahieu and Nolan Arenado surrounded Carlos Gonzalez's fourth homer of the season.
It was the second homer in four games for Gonzalez after going 19 games without one.
"I've had slow starts before," said Gonzalez, who finished the game with three hits and is now 20 for 51 (.392) in his last 13 games. "But I keep telling myself that I'm a good player and I've been in worse situations before. It's just nice to get my bat going again to help this club."
Blackmon drove in a pair of runs, increasing his major league-leading RBI total to 42. He has 15 RBI in his last 11 games.
All 10 Colorado batters who stepped to the plate -- including Chatwood and pinch hitter Pat Valaika -- had at least one hit. The Rockies have outscored the Phillies 23-5 in the first three games of the four-game series.
The Phillies lost their fifth straight game, matching their longest losing streak of the season. They have now dropped 20 of 24 and have the worst record in baseball at 15-29.
The Phillies offense, which has only eight runs during this five-game skid, was blanked until the eighth inning when Michael Saunders snapped an 0-for-15 slump with a two-run home run, his fifth of the season, off reliever Mike Dunn.
"We only had three hits again," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. "The team is scuffling. We're not playing well. (Chatwood) is effectively wild and that helps him, but I don't know if he was that good or we were that bad."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Story was back in the lineup after missing the last 13 games with a left shoulder strain. Story was activated Tuesday but did not play in the Rockies 8-2 win. He was back at shortstop and batted seventh.
Phillies: Howie Kendrick, who has been on the DL since April 15 with an oblique strain, began a four-game rehab assignment Wednesday with Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Kendrick will play left field, third base and first base while there and may become a utility guy when he gets back to the Phillies now that Aaron Altherr has solidified a regular spot in the Phillies outfield.
SENDING A MESSAGE
Mackanin sat usual starting 3B Mikael Franco and C Cameron Rupp for the second straight game. It was the first time this season both players sat consecutive games. Franco is hitting just .221, and Rupp has struggled defensively lately with a couple costly errors and garnered public criticism from pitching coach Bob McClure about the way he calls a game.
THREE AND OUT
After throwing three scoreless innings in relief, Phillies LHP Adam Morgan was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. A corresponding roster move will be announced by the team Thursday.
UP NEXT
Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson (3-4, 6.00) has been really good for Colorado in his last three starts (2-1, 3.06) but has struggled on the road this season in five outings (2-2, 6.66).
Phillies: RHP Vince Velasquez (2-4, 5.98) looks to rebound following a shaky start in his last game where he allowed five earned runs in just 5 1/3 innings. Velazquez has only thrown seven innings in a game four times in 32 career starts for the Phillies.
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Colorado Rockies
Chatwood made a convincing argument Wednesday night.
Chatwood allowed just one hit in seven scoreless innings and struck out a season-high eight batters, helping the Rockies beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 to win their fourth straight game and their major league-best 18th on the road.
"I thought he had really good stuff all the way through to his last pitch," Black said. "His pitches were running in on righties and tailing away from lefties. He's got good stuff man."
Chatwood befuddled the Phillies, allowing only a two-out single by Andrew Knapp in the fifth inning. It was the third time Chatwood (4-6) earned a win in his career while allowing just one hit. He threw 112 pitches, the most since 2011 when he was with the Los Angeles Angels.
The Rockies pounded starter Jeremy Hellickson (5-2) for seven runs in the third. Colorado hit for the cycle in the inning -- a triple by Ian Desmond, a double by Trevor Story and singles by Charlie Blackmon, DJ LeMahieu and Nolan Arenado surrounded Carlos Gonzalez's fourth homer of the season.
It was the second homer in four games for Gonzalez after going 19 games without one.
"I've had slow starts before," said Gonzalez, who finished the game with three hits and is now 20 for 51 (.392) in his last 13 games. "But I keep telling myself that I'm a good player and I've been in worse situations before. It's just nice to get my bat going again to help this club."
Blackmon drove in a pair of runs, increasing his major league-leading RBI total to 42. He has 15 RBI in his last 11 games.
All 10 Colorado batters who stepped to the plate -- including Chatwood and pinch hitter Pat Valaika -- had at least one hit. The Rockies have outscored the Phillies 23-5 in the first three games of the four-game series.
The Phillies lost their fifth straight game, matching their longest losing streak of the season. They have now dropped 20 of 24 and have the worst record in baseball at 15-29.
The Phillies offense, which has only eight runs during this five-game skid, was blanked until the eighth inning when Michael Saunders snapped an 0-for-15 slump with a two-run home run, his fifth of the season, off reliever Mike Dunn.
"We only had three hits again," Phillies manager Pete Mackanin said. "The team is scuffling. We're not playing well. (Chatwood) is effectively wild and that helps him, but I don't know if he was that good or we were that bad."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rockies: Story was back in the lineup after missing the last 13 games with a left shoulder strain. Story was activated Tuesday but did not play in the Rockies 8-2 win. He was back at shortstop and batted seventh.
Phillies: Howie Kendrick, who has been on the DL since April 15 with an oblique strain, began a four-game rehab assignment Wednesday with Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Kendrick will play left field, third base and first base while there and may become a utility guy when he gets back to the Phillies now that Aaron Altherr has solidified a regular spot in the Phillies outfield.
SENDING A MESSAGE
Mackanin sat usual starting 3B Mikael Franco and C Cameron Rupp for the second straight game. It was the first time this season both players sat consecutive games. Franco is hitting just .221, and Rupp has struggled defensively lately with a couple costly errors and garnered public criticism from pitching coach Bob McClure about the way he calls a game.
THREE AND OUT
After throwing three scoreless innings in relief, Phillies LHP Adam Morgan was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. A corresponding roster move will be announced by the team Thursday.
UP NEXT
Rockies: LHP Tyler Anderson (3-4, 6.00) has been really good for Colorado in his last three starts (2-1, 3.06) but has struggled on the road this season in five outings (2-2, 6.66).
Phillies: RHP Vince Velasquez (2-4, 5.98) looks to rebound following a shaky start in his last game where he allowed five earned runs in just 5 1/3 innings. Velazquez has only thrown seven innings in a game four times in 32 career starts for the Phillies.
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7:05PM,EDT,May 24,2017
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Colorado - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Philadelphia | COL | PHI |
| Blackmon safe at first on error by first baseman Joseph. | 0 | 0 |
| Blackmon caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 0 | 0 |
| LeMahieu flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| Arenado flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | PHI |
| Hernández lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Galvis walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Galvis picked off first. | 0 | 0 |
| Altherr walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Altherr out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Philadelphia | COL | PHI |
| González singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, González out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| Parra grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Desmond out at second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | PHI |
| Blanco struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Herrera grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Knapp struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Philadelphia | COL | PHI |
| Story doubled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Wolters walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Chatwood sacrificed to catcher, Story to third, Wolters to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Blackmon singled to shallow center, Story and Wolters scored. | 2 | 0 |
| LeMahieu singled to right, Blackmon to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Arenado singled to right, Blackmon scored, LeMahieu to third. | 3 | 0 |
| González homered to right (399 feet), LeMahieu and Arenado scored. | 6 | 0 |
| Desmond tripled to right. | 6 | 0 |
| Parra hit sacrifice fly to left, Desmond scored. | 7 | 0 |
| Story walked. | 7 | 0 |
| Wolters grounded out to first. | 7 | 0 |
| 7 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | PHI |
| Saunders struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| Hellickson struck out looking. | 7 | 0 |
| Hernández struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Philadelphia | COL | PHI |
| Chatwood singled to left center. | 7 | 0 |
| Blackmon popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| LeMahieu walked, Chatwood to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Arenado struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| González lined out to right. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | PHI |
| Galvis walked. | 7 | 0 |
| Altherr grounded into fielder's choice to third, Galvis out at second. | 7 | 0 |
| Joseph grounded into double play, third to second to first, Altherr out at second. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Hellickson pitching for Philadelphia | COL | PHI |
| Desmond grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| Parra lined out to center. | 7 | 0 |
| Story walked. | 7 | 0 |
| Wolters struck out looking. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | PHI |
| Blanco grounded out to first. | 7 | 0 |
| Herrera grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| Knapp singled to left. | 7 | 0 |
| Saunders walked, Knapp to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Stassi hit for Hellickson. | 7 | 0 |
| Stassi popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Adam Morgan pitching for Philadelphia | COL | PHI |
| Morgan relieved Hellickson. | 7 | 0 |
| Chatwood grounded out to third. | 7 | 0 |
| Blackmon grounded out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| LeMahieu popped out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | PHI |
| Hernández grounded out to first. | 7 | 0 |
| Galvis flied out to center. | 7 | 0 |
| Altherr struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Adam Morgan pitching for Philadelphia | COL | PHI |
| Arenado popped out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| González struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| Desmond struck out looking. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Tyler Chatwood pitching for Colorado | COL | PHI |
| Joseph struck out looking. | 7 | 0 |
| Blanco grounded out to second. | 7 | 0 |
| Herrera struck out swinging. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Adam Morgan pitching for Philadelphia | COL | PHI |
| Parra singled to center. | 7 | 0 |
| Story grounded into double play, pitcher to second to first, Parra out at second. | 7 | 0 |
| Wolters singled to left. | 7 | 0 |
| Valaika hit for Chatwood. | 7 | 0 |
| Valaika doubled to left, Wolters to third. | 7 | 0 |
| Blackmon grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Mike Dunn pitching for Colorado | COL | PHI |
| Dunn relieved Chatwood. | 7 | 0 |
| Knapp walked. | 7 | 0 |
| Saunders homered to center (404 feet), Knapp scored. | 7 | 2 |
| Kelly hit for Morgan. | 7 | 2 |
| Kelly struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| Hernández doubled to deep center. | 7 | 2 |
| Ottavino relieved Dunn. | 7 | 2 |
| Galvis hit by pitch. | 7 | 2 |
| Altherr struck out looking. | 7 | 2 |
| Joseph flied out to right. | 7 | 2 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Colorado - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Joaquin Benoit pitching for Philadelphia | COL | PHI |
| Benoit relieved Morgan. | 7 | 2 |
| LeMahieu grounded out to third. | 7 | 2 |
| Arenado flied out to right. | 7 | 2 |
| González singled to left. | 7 | 2 |
| Desmond struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Philadelphia - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Colorado | COL | PHI |
| McGee relieved Ottavino. | 7 | 2 |
| Blanco struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| Herrera struck out swinging. | 7 | 2 |
| Knapp grounded out to first. | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .321 | .357 | .607 |
| LeMahieu 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | .290 | .365 | .382 |
| Arenado 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .288 | .343 | .571 |
| González RF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .252 | .321 | .387 |
| Desmond 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .270 | .298 | .404 |
| Parra LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .264 | .289 | .405 |
| Story SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | .186 | .303 | .407 |
| Wolters C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .301 | .400 | .384 |
| Chatwood P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .125 | .125 | .125 |
a-Valaika PH
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .255 | .281 | .564 |
Dunn P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Ottavino P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
McGee P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 147 | |||
| a-doubled to left for T Chatwood in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Story (7, Hellickson); Valaika (5, Morgan) 3B: Desmond (1, Hellickson) HR: González (4, 3rd inning off Hellickson 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: Blackmon 2 (42), Arenado (33), González 3 (16), Parra (18) S: Chatwood SF: Parra GIDP: Parra, Story Rockies RISP: 3-6 (Blackmon 1-2, González 1-2, Arenado 1-2) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Blackmon (3, 2nd base by Hellickson/Knapp) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Arenado-LeMahieu-Desmond). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA |
| Attendance | 19,160 (43.9% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:09 |
| Weather | 66 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tom Woodring, First Base - Ron Kulpa, Second Base - Jerry Meals, Third Base - Chris Conroy |
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