Tag: Austin Gomber
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How Tennessee assistant coach Frank Anderson helped influence new era of Rockies pitching
Chase Dollander and Seth Halvorsen were college pitchers coached by Anderson
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Colorado Rockies pile on five runs in the fourth to beat the Nationals
DENVER — The fourth was with the Rockies. On Wednesday, down 1-0 to the Nationals, the Rockies needed a big inning to get some momentum. They found it in the fourth, scoring all five of their runs as they went on to win 5-2. The Rockies were stumped the night prior by Nationals’ starter Eric…
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Rockies pull out a dramatic win over Rangers in first road game of season
ARLINGTON, Texas — In the end, it doesn’t matter how a team gets a win. Rangers fought hard for former Rockies’ pitcher Jon Gray, giving him no choice but to leave For the Rockies on Monday, their first road game of the year included a dozen missed opportunities and a handful of errors from both…
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Colorado Rockies were active this offseason. Will it make a difference?
The Rockies’ clubhouse at the end of last season was a somber affair. The players weren’t upset about missing the playoffs for a third straight season — they had already come to terms with that. Instead, they were saying goodbye to yet another star, knowing that Trevor Story was not going to return. When Jon…
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Rockies’ starting pitchers, despite a lack of depth, still their top position
The Rockies spent years building up their rotation, and last year finally got to see some reward. They drafted Jon Gray and Kyle Freeland. They scouted Antonio Senzatela and signed him as an international free agent. Then they traded for Germán Márquez in 2016, promoting him later that year. And they got Austin Gomber last…
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CJ Cron ends August with another home run, but Rockies fall again to Rangers
When CJ Cron is in the zone, it doesn’t matter what type of pitch his opponent sends his way. As long as he likes the location, he’s confident he can make hard contact. The month of August has belonged to him and him alone. Entering Tuesday’s game against the Rangers, he was hitting .382 with…
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Colorado Rockies salvage a split in Chicago thanks to late-inning heroics
On a trip to historic Wrigley Field, the Rockies climbed up to the top of the iconic scoreboard, learned about the challenging Chicago winds and sent their rookies out on a friendly hazing coffee run. Then the two bad teams played two rounds of ugly baseball in the rain for over eight hours that ended…
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Germán Márquez contributes on mound and at plate in Rockies’ win over Padres
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DENVER — An hour before the game, as a splattering of fans began to file into Coors Field, Germán Márquez stood alone in right field, in his own bubble. His last outing, when he gave up seven runs in four innings, was already out of his mind. He’s been through this twice this season already…
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Late rally comes up short for the Colorado Rockies, who fall to Giants
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A little jolt came in the ninth inning, but it was too little too late for the road Rockies. In the ninth, Connor Joe, batting leadoff for the fourth game in a row with Raimel Tapia on the injured list, hit a two-run home run to left with one out in the ninth to put…
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Ashton Goudeau, back with the Rockies, pitches three solid innings in Rockies’ loss
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SAN DIEGO — Ashton Goudeau knows what to do when he gets designated for assignment, after all he’s been through it eight times in the past year. A few months ago, after the Giants sent him packing in March, he took a few balls from them so he could throw on his own. He went…