The Colorado Rockies finished the season series with the Diamondbacks Wednesday in Arizona. Jeff Hoffman made his 5th career major league start. While he showed more flashes of effectiveness today, it still was not enough. The Rockies offense could not capitalize on their chances and it was an ugly night to wrap up an ugly series, losing to the D-Backs again by a score of 11-6.
Here are a couple takeaways from tonight’s game for the Colorado Rockies.
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After a first inning home run to Jean Segura and a Yasmany Tomas RBI double, Hoffman pitched as well as he has in the majors for three innings. His five strikeouts are the big improvement this game. He used his curveball a lot more tonight and it was effective for the
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most part. In the fifth inning he unraveled a little bit, allowing five more runs, including another home run by Segura. In the end, it can be considered a positive outing for Hoffman highlighted by a career high five strikeouts. It also illustrated how far he still has to go before being the pitcher he hopefully will turn into in the future, preferably soon.
After the very rough series sweep in Arizona the Rockies will look to rebound at Coors Field in a three-game set versus the San Diego Padres. The two teams recently split a four-game series in Southern California.
Tyler Chatwood will pitch Friday night for the Rockies facing off with Christian Friedrich who shut the Rockies down in his last start. It’s been a tough couple months for the Rockies, and ending the season in a strong way would make the offseason easier for all of us.
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