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Brandon Barnes: Rockies sparkplug?

Published May. 26, 2015 8:22 p.m. ET

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The Colorado Rockies have been playing well since Brandon Barnes was called up from Triple-A Albuquerque. The team had lost 15 of 18 games, but has gone 4-3 since his call-up, including a perfect 4-0 when he’s started. Coincidence?

Mile High Sports sees a correlation:

Although their third consecutive win was against a poor Reds team, the first two wins were against a hot Giants team.

Barnes has certainly produced since being called up. He’s gone 9 for 17 and driven in three runs, and perhaps most importantly has only struck out once. The Rockies were in the midst of a historic double-digit strikeout streak before he was called up, while the man he replaced, Drew Stubbs, was piling up an exorbitant number of K’s this season.

(h/t Mile High Sports)

Photo credit: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

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