Tag: Joshua Fuentes
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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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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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Rockies’ Garrett Hampson adds new position to his arsenal; Senzatela returns to team
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DENVER — Garrett Hampson was going about his normal Sunday morning pregame routine when Rockies’ third base coach Stu Cole approached him. Cole wanted Hampson to take infield practice on the field, even though players don’t normally do that before a day game. But Cole didn’t want Hampson to line up at second or shortstop,…
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Rockies’ Trevor Story gives hometown crowd a lasting memory at Home Run Debry
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DENVER — Trevor Story, for perhaps one of the last times, gave the hometown crowd lots to cheer about during the Home Run Derby. Story didn’t make it past the second round but said the experience was everything he expected and more. His longest homer was 518 feet, which was the record for both the…
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Garrett Hampson has four hits as Colorado Rockies complete sweep of Pirates
DENVER — Yency Almonte told Garrett Hampson to grab his bat. Hampson didn’t know why, but he saw his teammates doing the same and didn’t want to miss out on whatever was going on. Almonte had a plan. He felt like the hitters needed some new mojo, so he devised a potion to help them…
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Germán Márquez almost completes no-hitter as Colorado Rockies defeat Pirates
DENVER — After his last start, when he carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Germán Márquez admitted that the elusive accomplishment was on his mind. Then, with a sly smile and a shrug of his shoulders, he quietly added that maybe he’ll do it next time. Well, next time almost came Tuesday night. Márquez…
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Brewers beat Rockies 5-4 in 11 innings to spoil Jon Gray’s stellar return
Jon Gray didn’t just pick up where he left off before his injury in his first start back. He came back even stronger, putting together his best outing of the season. The Brewers, though, rallied from a 4-0 deficit to win the game 5-4 in 11 innings. Even though Gray pitched five scoreless innings, the…
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Spin some tunes with Joshua Fuentes, the Rockies’ clubhouse DJ
DENVER — Joshua Fuentes comes into the clubhouse around 1 p.m. every day and immediately starts playing music. It’s usually Kings of Leon or Arctic Monkey, or maybe some reggae. “I like to start off with some mellow stuff,” he said. “Just to get it flowing.” As the Rockies clubhouse DJ, it’s his job to…
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Rockies’ notebook: Daza dazzles; Cron finds power; foreign substance crackdown
DENVER — At the top of the order, Raimel Tapia and Yonathan Daza are becoming a one-two punch. After a strong start to the season, Daza was moved up to the second spot in the lineup earlier this month. His main responsibility is to move the leadoff runner, which more times than not is Tapia.…
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Trevor Story hits walk-off home run as Colorado Rockies sweep the Diamondbacks
DENVER — Trevor Story was the first player on the field Friday before the Rockies started a three-game series against the Diamondbacks. He had come back from a quick road trip to San Diego, where he had just two hits and struck out six times. He took batting practice as Rockies hitting coach Dave Magadan…