Tag: Justin Lawrence
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Rockies report card: Grading Colorado’s first 100-loss season
The World Series is Major League Baseball’s final test of the season, and both Texas and Arizona are looking to ace it with a ring. Colorado is in a far different, less-secure position. After the franchise’s first 100-loss season, the Rockies are looking for answers. Their season fell short of the playoffs for the fifth…
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Germán Márquez still not his sharpest, Diamondbacks shut out Rockies
Germán Márquez showed flashes of his potential in the first inning on Sunday. He started his day by striking out Cooper Hummel on three pitches, then got two quick groundouts. It was that type of inning that has eluded Márquez this season, as, aside from his first start of the season, Márquez has been anything…
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Rockies’ notebook: Justin Lawrence gets first win, Sam Hilliard heating up
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DENVER • After the pomp and circumstance of the postgame fireworks died down Friday night but with the sting of another Rockies’ loss still present, Bud Black and reliever Justin Lawrence walked side by side in an empty stadium. Lawrence had just gotten his first major league save opportunity, and, despite a strong start, ended up…
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Colorado Rockies lose again, but Brendan Rodgers caps solid road trip for himself
If there was one positive from this road trip for the Rockies, it was Brendan Rodgers. Rodgers has never felt more confident, and it’s showing in everything he does. On Sunday, he had one of the Rockies’ four hits to cap off a strong week at the plate. The Rockies, though, weren’t able to get…
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Rockies’ Scott Oberg helping teammates; CJ Cron and Charlie Blackmon return
Scott Oberg doesn’t know when, or even if, he can pitch again in the major leagues. But that hasn’t stopped him from being present for his teammates. Oberg had surgery in March to remove a blood clot in his right arm, his fourth bout with the condition. He has played catch in the outfield and…
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‘Dream come true’: Rockies’ Lucas Gilbreath debuts for team he grew up cheering
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When Lucas Gilbreath was in kindergarten, his father pulled him out of school for opening day and drove him the 20 minutes from Westminster to Coors Field. That day, when he sat in the third deck in right field, is his earliest memory as a Rockies fan. On Saturday night against the Diamondbacks, he made…
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Colorado Rockies pitcher Justin Lawrence forms unbreakable bond during suspension
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Justin Lawrence’s best friend wasn’t able to see his MLB debut for the Rockies on Thursday night. It was on past his bedtime. Beckham Brown, 8, watched the highlights Friday morning though. The two became inseparable last year, when Lawrence was suspended and coached Beckham Brown’s youth baseball team. “He was obviously ecstatic,” Jared Brown…