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Rockies tripped in 14th as Giants walk off By Alex Espinoza and Chris Haft / MLB.com | 4:18 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO -- Though the clock at AT&T Park showed midnight as Monday night's game ended, it was anything

but the witching hour for the San Francisco Giants.

Denard Span's single to right field scored Gorkys Hernandez to break a 14th-inning tie Tuesday night and lift the San

Francisco Giants to a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies. It marked the first time since May 27-28 that the Giants won

back-to-back games.

"We feel like we've got a lot more energy out there and in the clubhouse," said Giants starter Matt Cain, who

surrendered Mark Reynolds' three-run, sixth-inning homer that accounted for Colorado's scoring.

With the score even at 3, Hernandez lined a one-out double off the base of the left-field wall off Rockies right-

hander Chad Qualls (1-1). "He broke my bat with a sinker, so I knew he'd throw me a slider," Hernandez said. Cory

Gearrin (2-2), who worked three innings as the last of six Giants relievers, struck out. Up came Span, who spanked a 1-

0 pitch to right field for his fifth career walk-off hit as the Giants improved to 7-3 in extra innings.

Trailing, 3-1, the Giants inched into a tie on Brandon Crawford's sixth-inning sacrifice fly and pinch-hitter Kelby

Tomlinson's eighth-inning RBI single.

Rockies starter Jeff Hoffman gave his team some much-needed innings, going 6 2/3 while allowing two runs on six hits

and three walks with six strikeouts.

MEDIA CLIPS – June 28, 2017

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"For the most part I was able to locate everything," Hoffman said.

With the loss, Colorado's losing streak now sits at a season-high seven games. In that span, the Rockies have seen a

half-game lead over the Dodgers in the National League West transform into a 5 1/2-game deficit.

"It's been a crazy seven days," Reynolds said. "It's been rough. It's baseball, man. Sometimes you get the breaks,

sometimes you don't. It seemed like we were getting a bunch of breaks early and a couple of weeks ago; now everything

seems to be going the other way."

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED

Not to be overlooked: Gearrin provided long-lasting, effective relief for the Giants with his winning effort. However, he

was essentially matched by Colorado left-hander Seth Rusin, who faced the minimum nine batters in his three-inning stint.

Rusin bookended his outing with strikeouts in the ninth and 11th and coaxed a double-play grounder in the 10th that

stopped a Giants rally before it started.

Posey's pickoffs: Giants catcher Buster Posey threw out a pair of Rockies baserunners attempting to steal second

base, thus denying Colorado potential offensive breakthroughs.

"What a game he had back there," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Significantly, both plays occurred in extra innings.

Posey threw out Ian Desmond, who led off the 11th inning with a single, then erased Charlie Blackmon, who attempted

his larceny with two outs in the 12th. "Both teams made some plays," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "It was a pretty

clean game, which made the game the way it was."

QUOTABLE

"Both teams, as the game went on, had some opportunities. In a game like this, where it was well-pitched on the front end

by both starters, it usually comes down to the one big hit, or one big play at the end." -- Black, on his team's close loss

WHAT'S NEXT

Rockies: Colorado will wrap up its three-game set against the Giants by sending southpaw Kyle Freeland to the mound

for Wednesday's 1:45 p.m. MT matinee. Freeland is in the midst of a stellar rookie campaign and is 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA in

a pair of starts against the Giants this season. Giants: In Wednesday's 12:45 p.m. PT series finale, left-hander Ty

Blach will try to recapture the effectiveness he harnessed earlier this season, when he made six quality starts in a stretch

of seven outings from April 30 to June 2.

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Freeland looks to close out month strong By Jonathan Hawthorne / MLB.com | 8:07 AM ET

Making his first career start at AT&T Park, Rockies starter Kyle Freeland (8-5, 3.70 ERA) takes the mound Wednesday

looking to continue his success in June. He owns a 3.90 ERA in five starts this month.

Freeland has taken down the Giants in both of his previous starts this season. He went a season-high seven innings

against San Francisco in April, allowing six hits.

On the flip side, Giants starter Ty Blach -- making his 13th start in place of Madison Bumgarner -- hopes to end June how

it began. He tossed his first Major League shutout June 2. But Blach has struggled with a 9.28 ERA over his last four

starts. Last time out, the Mets dispatched Blach after three innings when he allowed 11 hits and seven runs

Things to know about this game

• Although he has struck out only 20 batters with fastballs over 15 starts, Freeland has retired 139 batters on balls in play

against his four- and two-seamers, according to StatCast. That's the third-highest total for any pitcher this year, just

behind teammate Antonio Senzatela (142).

• Freeland ranks second in total wins, first in road wins and third in road ERA (4.14) among rookies in the Majors.

• Wednesday will likely be Giants rookie Jae-Gyun Hwang's first taste of the Majors. The Seoul, South Korea, native hit

.287 for Triple-A Sacramento with seven home runs, and the Giants plan to call him up and start him at third base in the

series finale.

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Cramp forces LeMahieu to leave game early By Alex Espinoza / Special to MLB.com | 4:06 AM ET

SAN FRANCISCO -- Colorado second baseman DJ LeMahieu exited in the fourth inning of Tuesday's 4-3, 14-inning

loss to the Giants after suffering a right groin cramp while trying to beat out a ground ball. The Rockies announced he's

day to day.

LeMahieu started running awkwardly about 10 feet before reaching the first-base bag but was retired. An athletic trainer

came to join LeMahieu as he limped back to the dugout, before he exited the game in the bottom of the inning.

"Just felt like it cramped on me," LeMahieu said. "I don't really pull muscles at all, ever, so I don't know what it's supposed

to feel like. It just felt like a cramp. It'll be fine."

LeMahieu said he dealt with a similar injury within the past two seasons but it never lingered for more than a couple of

days.

"It doesn't feel as bad as it did last time," LeMahieu said. "It's nothing too serious."

Rockies manager Bud Black said he doesn't expect LeMahieu to be in Wednesday's lineup for the series finale against

the Giants, though the second baseman said he hopes to get some hitting in before the game. With Thursday's off-day,

Black said it's a possibility LeMahieu could be back in the starting nine for Friday's series opener at Arizona.

"We're hoping that this will be a quick recovery for him," Black said. "Talking to DJ at the end of the game, talking with our

medical staff, we're a little bit optimistic right now. That's a good thing. But we'll see. These things set up differently as you

go on."

Raimel Tapia took over the No. 2 spot in the order for LeMahieu and was inserted into right field, while Alexi

Amarista moved from right field to second base.

LeMahieu, an elite defender who won the 2014 National League Gold Glove, is slashing .302/.360/.381 with three homers

and 38 RBIs this year. He has played in all 80 contests for the Rockies this season.

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Rockies bring up outfielder Tauchman

By Alex Espinoza / Special to MLB.com | June 27th, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO -- Mike Tauchman's Monday evening got off to a rocky start.

He struck out three times in an extra-inning loss for Triple-A Albuquerque in Fresno before getting pulled aside by

manager Glenallen Hill. The skipper had a message that was about to make Tauchman's night a lot better.

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"He goes, 'If you do that tomorrow in the big leagues, I'm going to be mad at you,'" Tauchman said. "I kind of just looked

at him and he's like, 'Yeah, man.' I said, 'Are you serious right now?' He kind of slid it right in there, but that's his

personality."

Just like that, Tauchman found out he was Bay Area-bound to join the Rockies.

Before Tuesday's contest against the Giants, Colorado officially selected Tauchman's contract from Albuquerque while

sending right-handed reliever Jairo Diaz to Triple-A following a one-day MLB stint and moving outfielder David Dahl (rib

stress reaction) to the 60-day disabled list.

"It's definitely a blessing," Tauchman said. "This team is a real quality team. During my time up in Spring Training you

could see that. To be able to be a part of a team that has so many expectations and goals for themselves is a really cool

thing."

Tauchman was able to enter Tuesday's 4-3, 14-inning loss to the Giants as a pinch-hitter in the 12th inning but only saw

one pitch, which he slapped to second base for a groundout in his first MLB at-bat.

A career .295 hitter in the Minors, Tauchman's home run total has spiked in 2017. In 70 contests, Tauchman slashed

.313/.377/.529 with 10 homers, 55 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. He had just eight home runs combined in his first four

professional seasons.

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"I definitely feel like my swing has gotten a lot better from I'd say a year ago," Tauchman said. "There's been a bit of trial

and error with that and a lot of figuring things out, sometimes the hard way. I feel good and I'm just grateful for the

opportunity to try and help a team that's trying to make a playoff push."

Rockies manager Bud Black said he's confident Tauchman's consistent approach will lend itself to success against MLB

pitching. The skipper also said he believes Tauchman can handle all three outfield positions with no problems.

"No doubt about it," Black said. "His ability to cover all three is a plus for him as a player. Our Minor League development

people feel very strongly about [Tauchman] that he's a very good defender. Glenallen felt the same way in our

conversations about Michael. Good baserunner, he can steal you a base, he can give you a good quality at-bat."

With Tauchman's arrival, Colorado now has a four-man bench and a nine-man bullpen, though more roster moves could

be coming in the near future with the return of Opening Day starter Jon Gray.

Worth noting

• Black announced that southpaw starter Tyler Anderson (left knee inflammation) will undergo arthroscopic surgery

Friday in Denver to "clean up some loose bodies and kind of clean up the joint." Anderson is in the midst of his second

stint on the DL due to left knee inflammation. He pitched 2 1/3 innings Sunday before exiting the game with left leg

discomfort.

• Black confirmed that Gray (left foot stress fracture) will return to the mound for Friday's series opener against Arizona.

Gray, who went 10-10 with a 4.61 ERA in 2016, hasn't pitched for the Rockies since April 13.

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Rockies’ losing streak reaches seven games after 14th inning loss to Giants DJ LeMahieu injures groin in fourth inning By Patrick Saunders / Denver Post | June 27th, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO — Gloom rolled in on the Rockies like the famous fog in this gorgeous city by the bay.

Losers of six straight games entering Tuesday’s game, the Rockies lost Gold Glove second baseman DJ LeMahieu to a

groin injury — way back in the fourth inning.

And as the zeroes on the scoreboard mounted, the Rockies desperately needed someone to play hero. But no one was

able to come through with one big hit.

Finally, in the 14th inning, after most of the crowd at AT&T Park had gone home and the seagulls were flocking, San

Francisco’s Denard Span donned the mask and cape. The Giants’ center fielder roped a walk-off single to right off Chad

Qualls to score Gorkys Hernandez, who had ripped a one-out double off Qualls to get the rally started. The final: Giants 4,

Rockies 3.

“They got the hit at the end,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “Both teams, as the game went on, had some

opportunities. In a game like this — that was well-pitched by both starters — it usually comes down to the one big hit, or

the one play.”

The Rockies went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base. And so they lost their seventh

consecutive game, this one amounting to 4 hours and 45 minutes of frustration. Meanwhile, both the Los Angeles

Dodgers and Arizona won Tuesday, leaving Colorado 5 ½ games behind the Dodgers in the National League West and

four games behind the second-place Diamondbacks.

“It’s been a crazy seven days, it’s been rough,” said veteran first baseman Mark Reynolds who accounted for all of the

Rockies’ runs with a three-run homer off Matt Cain in the sixth inning. “It’s baseball, man. Sometimes you get the breaks

and sometimes you don’t.

“It seems like we were getting a bunch of breaks earlier, a couple weeks ago. But now everything seems to be going the

other way. We need to have a game where we pitch good and hit good at the same time.”

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The Rockies certainly got plenty of quality pitching Tuesday night. Jeff Hoffman provided the Rockies with a solid start for

the first time in a week. And left-handed reliever Chris Rusin kept the Rockies in the game, pitching three scoreless

innings from the ninth through the 11th.

Giants all-star catcher Buster Posey kept his team in the game by throwing out Ian Desmond attempting to steal in the

11th and Charlie Blackmon attempting to steal in the 12th. Posey’s throws were dead on both times.

“Posey made two really good throws on stolen-base (attempts) when our guys had good jumps,” Black said. “This was

actually a well-played game.”

The Rockies lost their 3-2 lead in the eighth when pinch hitter Kelby Tomlinson stroked a soft single to right field off

reliever Jake McGee, scoring Brandon Belt. McGee gave up two hits in the inning, but also struck out Hernandez and

pinch hitter Nick Hundley to end the inning.

Early in the evening, long before the game was decided, Hoffman and Reynolds gave the Rockies a big lift.

Reynolds stepped up to the plate with two on in the sixth and with the Rockies trailing 1-0. Cain, the Giants’ veteran right-

hander, intentionally walked Nolan Arenado to get to Reynolds. Bad mistake. Cain’s second mistake was hanging a first-

pitch, 74 mph curveball that Reynolds drove deep to left field for a three-run homer.

Reynolds’ 19th homer of the season was the Rockies’ first home run in 49 innings, dating back to Charlie Blackmon’s

leadoff homer against Arizona last Thursday at Coors Field.

Rockies starters had posted an ugly 13.32 ERA during the previous six losses, leaving a fatigued bullpen in a bad way.

But Hoffman delivered 6 ⅔ solid innings. He gave up two runs on six hits, walked three and struck out six. Most important,

he pitched with poise, something that had been lacking of late from his fellow rookie starters.

“Whenever your team is going through something like this, it’s in the back of your head,” Hoffman said, when asked if he

knew going in that his team needed a big-time start. “But it really doesn’t play a part in your game plan. You just try to

execute, make quality pitches and get outs.”

For the most part, Hoffman succeeded. His fastball command was sharp and he was able to pinpoint his breaking ball, in

and out of the strike zone.

“Jeff did great,” Black said. “He’s growing as a young pitcher. To come here and pitch like he did in this environment, it’s a

great sign.”

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San Francisco scratched out a run off Hoffman in the third on a single by Hernandez, a perfect sacrifice bunt by Cain and

an RBI single by Span.

The Giants cut the lead to 3-2 in the sixth on a walk by Posey, a Belt single and a sacrifice fly by Brandon Crawford.

LeMahieu left the game after his at-bat in the fourth inning. He grounded out to third base and pulled up as he approached

first base. The Rockies announced that LeMahieu suffered a right-groin cramp and he’s listed as day to day.

“I’ve had this before and I just missed a day,” LeMahieu said after the game. “It doesn’t feel as bad as last time, so I don’t

think it’s anything too serious. It felt like it cramped on me.”

LeMahieu said he plans on being ready to hit play on Friday when the Rockies play at Arizona. An off day on Thursday

should help him heal up.

Cain, making his 40th career start against Colorado, entered the game with 1-7 record and a 7.82 ERA in his last 10

starts. He had not recorded a win against the Rockies since May 26, 2013 and was 0-4 with a 4.47 ERA in his last nine

starts against them.

But up until Reynolds’ homer, Cain looked like vintage Cain, limiting the Rockies to just five hits with solid command and a

moving fastball.

Extra-inning Notes

• Span gave the Giants their third walk-off victory of the season.

• It was Span’s fifth career walk-off RBI.

• The Giants won back-to-back games for the first time since winning two straight against Atlanta from May 27-28.

• Reynolds’ also hit a double and lifted his average back to .300. He has 19 homers this season after hitting 14 all of last

season.

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Rockies’ Mike Tauchman, armed with more power, gets major-league call-up “I was kind of settling for singles and just looking to get on,” he said. “Now I’ve changed my approach.” By Patrick Saunders / Denver Post | June 27th, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Tauchman had reached a crossroads.

The 26-year-old outfielder first earned an invitation to the Rockies’ major-league camp during spring training in 2016. He

did fine at Triple-A Albuquerque last year, hitting .286 with 24 doubles, seven triples and 51 RBIs.

However, he hit just one home run, even though the organization thought there was more power in Tauchman’s 6-foot-2,

210-pound frame.

“There were things I was doing mechanically, offensively, where I was getting exposed a little bit,” Tauchman said

Tuesday after the Rockies called him up from Triple-A before their game against San Francisco. “I went through some

growing pains, and I felt like there were some things I needed to improve upon.”

Under the tutelage of Triple-A manager Glenallen Hill, Tauchman worked on his balance and overall approach. Now he is

in the majors for the first time.

“I cleaned up my mechanics in my lower half, and that enabled me to use more of my body weight,” he said. “I felt like I

was in a really good place going into the offseason, and I kept working.”

He has learned how to drive the ball with more authority and to be more aggressive at the plate.

“I was kind of settling for singles and just looking to get on,” he said. “Now I’ve changed my approach.”

It has worked. In 70 games for the Isotopes this season, he batted .313 with 10 home runs, 50 runs scored, 14 doubles,

six triples, 55 RBIs and 11 stolen bases.

Tauchman was originally selected out of Bradley (Peoria, Ill.) in the 10th round of the 2013 draft. He plays all three outfield

positions.

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Asked if he’s encouraged by Tauchman’s increased home run production, manager Bud Black said: “We hope so. ‘Tauch’

has a good, consistent approach to hitting. He’s fundamentally sound. His approach and his swing should be able to

handle big-league pitching. It’s nice to see his power. Will that translate? We’ll see.”

As for Tauchman’s defense, Black said: “His ability to play all three (outfield positions) is a plus for him. That’s something

our minor-league development people felt strongly about ‘Tauch” — that he’s a very good defender.”

Dahl update. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Rockies put injured outfielder David Dahl on the 60-day disabled

list. Dahl has been out since the second Cactus League game of spring training with a stress reaction injury in his rib

cage.

The move to the 60-day DL was a surprise, and Black believes Dahl will play this season for the Rockies during the

second half of the season.

“I would say that’s going to happen,” Black said. “It would surprise me if we don’t see him.”

Parra update. Left fielder Gerardo Parra remains sidelined by a strained right quadriceps, and there is no timetable for his

return. He’s running sprints at about 75 percent, taking batting practice and shagging flyballs, but Black said the Rockies

don’t want to bring Parra back too soon.

“The trainers assured me that there was some damage from the muscle to the bone, and sometimes that can give you a

little bit of false read on how he’s feeling,” Black said. “This is a real injury, so it’s going to take time.”

Looking ahead

Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (8-5, 3.70 ERA) at Giants LHP Ty Blach (4-5, 4.86), 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, MLB Network;

850 AM

Freeland has fared well vs. the Giants, going 2-0 with just one run allowed over 13 innings. Both of those games were at

Coors Field. The rookie is 4-2 on the road with a 4.14 ERA. In his last start, Freeland, like all of his rotation mates,

struggled in Los Angeles against the red-hot Dodgers. He was able to last six innings, but gave up five runs on 10 hits,

including a home run. Blach, a Regis Jesuit High graduate, has the tough task of replacing ace Madison Bumgarner. He

has done relatively well, but he got blown up in his last start against the Mets, allowing seven runs on 11 hits in just three

innings. He’ll be facing the Rockies for the fifth time this season, but this will be just his second start against them. On

June 18 at Coors, he allowed three runs on seven hits in 6 ⅔ in the Giants’ 7-5 loss.

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Rockies’ left-hander Tyler Anderson to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery Head trainer Keith Dugger expects Anderson to be out about four weeks By Patrick Saunders / Denver Post | June 27th, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO — If the Rockies are going to stop their recent downhill slide, they will need their starting pitchers to

get right.

That task begins by fixing left-hander Tyler Anderson’s aching left knee.

The club announced Tuesday that Anderson, already on the disabled list, will undergo arthroscopic surgery Friday. The

operation will be performed Friday in Denver by Dr. Thomas Noonan, the team medical director.

Head trainer Keith Dugger said he expects Anderson to be out of action for about four weeks, but Dugger added that it all

depends on what Noonan finds when he scopes the knee.

“They are going to clean up some loose bodies and clean up the joint,” manager Bud Black added. “So we’ll see how that

turns out. But the doctors are optimistic about it.

“Every surgery is different. This could be a three- or four-weeker and he could be back in there soon. It depends on what

they find.”

The Rockies entered Tuesday night’s game against San Francisco on a six-game losing streak, during which their starters

have combined for a 13.31 ERA.

But there is some good news on the horizon. Right-hander Jon Gray will return to the rotation Friday when the Rockies

play at Arizona. Gray, the opening-day starter, will be pitching for the first time since suffering a broken left foot April 13 on

the mound at San Francisco.

Anderson attempted to pitch through the pain and inflammation in his left knee. That didn’t work. Then he came off the 10-

day disabled list and attempted to pitch with a knee brace. That didn’t work either. Now the Rockies hope to get him right

for the second half of the season as they attempt to continue their quest for their first playoff berth since 2009.

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Anderson last pitched Sunday after missing 3 ½ weeks when the knee inflammation and pain first landed him on the DL.

He departed during the third inning of a 12-6 road loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. At first, Anderson thought he was

suffering from cramps, brought on by the daytime heat in L.A. and the discomfort of the knee brace.

When asked whether he could make his next start, Anderson replied, “Yeah. I mean, I had a cramp in my leg.”

But it turned out to be more than that. Anderson went back on the DL on Monday, and tests revealed some loose bodies

in his knee. The club decided that arthroscopic surgery was the best course of action.

Anderson, charged with four runs on five hits Sunday, when he also had two walks and one strikeout, did not figure in the

decision. After a promising rookie season, he has been inconsistent this year, going 3-5 with a 6.11 ERA in 13 games (12

starts), serving up 15 home runs in 63 ⅓ innings.

Last season, Anderson was 5-6 with a 3.54 ERA and 12 homers in 114 ⅓ innings. He started 19 games after making his

debut on July 12. His ERA was the second-lowest by a rookie in franchise history (minimum 100 innings pitched).

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Colorado Rockies continue to struggle, fall to Giants 4-3 in 14 innings Baseball sucks. By Nick Stephens / Purple Row | June 28th, 2017

Just when you thought this stretch of bad baseball couldn’t get worse, Tuesday night/Wednesday morning proved

otherwise. The Rockies fell 4-3 in a miserable 14-inning game.

Jeff Hoffman looked good early on, as he retired the first seven batters he faced. He didn't hit his first rough patch until

the bottom of the third when he gave up a one-out single to Gorkys Hernandez. Hernandez advanced to second on a

sacrifice bunt from Matt Cain, and Denard Span ripped a sharp single to right field to open up the scoring. The run didn't

seem to phase Hoffman, though, as he then retired Joe Panik on a pop up to end the inning.

For the first five innings it felt like your typical late-night AT&T game, with little-to-no offense to be found -- a feeling the

Rockies have known all too well the last week or so.

Mark Reynolds, of course, was the man to finally change that.

After Raimel Tapia singled, Cain intentionally walked Nolan Arenado to face Reynolds. Reynolds seemed to take this

personally, as he launched a three-run bomb (the first home run by a Rockie since Thursday) over the left-field fence,

giving the Rockies a 3-1 lead.

The Giants countered with a run in the bottom of the sixth, and ended up knocking Hoffman out of the game in the bottom

of the seventh with two outs after getting two men on base.

Bud Black called upon Scott Oberg to get the Rockies out of the jam, and he did just that. Hunter Pence popped up to

shallow left field, securing the Rockies’ lead heading into the eighth inning.

Not to be overlooked, Hoffman put together a much-needed start for the Rockies. He went 6 2⁄3 innings, allowing six hits

and two earned runs. He struck out six and walked three.

Oberg remained in the game to face Buster Posey, but a lead-off single gave way to Jake McGee. McGee got one out

before Brandon Crawford ripped a single and Kelby Tomlinsonblooped a hit in front of Raimel Tapia to tie the game at

three.

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The score remained the same until the 14th inning. FOURTEENTH INNING.

Chris Rusin pitched three dominate innings, Mike Dunn retired the two batters he faced, Greg Holland pitched a clean

1 1⁄3 innings, and Chad Qualls was the losing pitcher, giving up the walk-off single to Denard Span.

The Rockies managed to get a runner on base in every single extra inning, but poor baserunning and just all around awful

hitting led to the embarrassing loss.

The Rockies have one more shot to salvage this awful series tomorrow at 1:45 PM MST.

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Rockies injuries: Tyler Anderson headed for surgery, DJ LeMahieu departs game with groin injury Anderson will be out at least four weeks. By Eric Garcia McKinley / Purple Row | June 28th, 2017

Update, 9:53 p.m. MT: Root Sports states that DJ LeMahieu’s injury is a right groin cramp, and that he’s day-to-day. He’s

a likely candidate to sit out tomorrow’s game, and the Rockies are off on Thursday. We’ll see about Friday.

Tyler Anderson made his first start back from the disabled list on Sunday, but he left the game in the third inning due to

apparent re-aggravation of his left knee injury. Patrick Saunders now reports that Anderson will undergo arthroscopic

knee surgery to address the issue. The procedure does not sound too serious, but then again neither does “stress

reaction.”

Saunders reports that the Rockies expect Anderson to miss about four weeks, as long as they don’t find damage they

didn’t identify earlier. Anderson will have the surgery on Friday in Denver.

After a breakout rookie season in 2016 in which he posted a 137 ERA+ in 1141⁄3 innings, Anderson has pitched just

631⁄3 mostly ineffective innings in 2017 (83 ERA+). It’s possible that Anderson’s struggles were at least partly due to his

knee troubles. Let’s hope that the surgery on Friday takes care of that and he’s back in the rotation by August.

Meanwhile, DJ LeMahieu seemed to have injured his leg while running to first base in Tuesday night’s game. After

limping back to the dugout under his own power, he and head trainer Keith Duggar entered the clubhouse, and the

Rockies removed him from the game. The nature of the injury isn’t clear yet, although it looks like he might have pulled

something in his right leg. If LeMahieu has to go to the disabled list, it will be the first time in his career.

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Colorado Rockies fans: Here’s why you shouldn’t hit the panic button By JD Jensen / Rox Pile | June 28th, 2017

Colorado Rockies fans face the same frustration year after year when watching the Rockies. Colorado always gets out to

a fast start, only to have a terrible month in June and fall out of the playoff race by a lot.

You would think we Rockies fans would learn to not be prisoners of the moment. We always give our hopes up early on in

the season only to get heartbroken by the harsh reality: We’re just not good enough.

After losing two of three to Arizona, getting swept by the Dodgers, and losing Monday night to the Giants, many

Rockies fans are found terrified of what’s to come. However, the Rockies are still in prime condition to make an impact in

the playoffs, and here’s why:

San Fransisco was due to beat the Colorado

Before last night, the Rockies were 10-1 against the Giants this season. It doesn’t matter how much better you are than

another team. only losing once to a divisional opponent is unheard of. Thus, the Giants beat the struggling Rockies. Better

for them to lose now, well before halfway through the season and with a manageable deficit behind Los Angeles than late

in the season.

Don’t be too surprised if the Giants win again tonight. The Rockies have had multiple miserable starts in a row, and

they’re offense hasn’t been up to par either.

Jon Gray is close to being back

Perhaps the biggest reason to keep faith in Colorado, Jon Gray should be coming off the disabled list as soon as this

weekend. Last year, Gray was by far the best pitcher on the Rockies, and should immediately help the Rockies get back

on their feet. The Rockies have had six straight starting performances that have been awful. Gray will be back, fresh and

ready to go.

To be completely honest, Rockies fans should have seen this collapse coming. Simply put, you cannot rely on a starting

rotation containing four rookie starters to run a team for an entire season. By June, most rookies have a collapse, which is

completely normal. I’m not saying players like Antonio Senzatela and German Marquez cannot get back on track. I am

saying it would not suprise me if they both have a rough end to the year.

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Gray may not be a veteran, but he also is the best pitcher we have. Getting him on the mound for the first time in late

June can put him in the perfect position to be a leader and keep the Rockies alive.

The Rockies have a huge lead in the Wild Card race. If Colorado doesn’t win the division, the Rockies can almost

count on playing in the win or go home Wild Card game.

Obviously, that is not what fans want. This Rockies team might just be the best in Rockies history. In fact, they are on

pace to edge 100 wins for the first time in their short history. As of Tuesday afternoon, the Rockies are also 4.5 games out

of winning its first division title. That’s right, in the midst of the Dodgers and Giants brutal rivalry, the Rockies have never

won their division. Unfortunately, the year Colorado finally looks to be in the running for a World Series is the same year

Los Angeles and Arizona both dominate as well.

Winning the division would also keep them out of the Wild Card game. In a one-and-done game, anything can happen. It

would be much more comfortable to have a free pass into the NLDS. But if worst comes to worst, the Rockies are 6.5

games ahead of the Chicago Cubs for the final Wild Card spot. However, the Cubs are actually closer to leading their

division then they are of catching the Rockies. Thus, the Brewers would also be a Wild Card threat. If the Cubs were

leading their division, the Brewers would be 5.5 games out of the Wild Card spot.

The Blake Street Bombers of Colorado are going through easily the roughest weeks of their season. But there is no need

to be panicking. With a 6.5 game cushion and only 4.5 games out of first, there is still a lot to be excited about continuing

on into the season.

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Colorado Rockies morning after: Flurry of pitching moves shows urgency By Kevin Henry / Rox Pile | June 28th, 2017

The Colorado Rockies suffered their sixth straight defeat on Monday night, dropping a 9-2 decision to the San Francisco

Giants. During those six losses, the Rockies have given up 57 runs. That’s a clip of 9.5 runs per game.

It’s obvious that Colorado’s pitching has been a big reason for the team’s recent slide. Of course, the offense hasn’t

exactly been clicking either. The Rockies have scored 17 runs over the last six games, and you’re not going to win many

games with offensive production like that.

Still, Colorado has slipped back into its pre-2017 ways in the recent week. Pitching can’t stop the opposition, which means

the Rockies will have to outslug a team in order to win. It’s a formula that hasn’t worked well over the last few years … or

the last few games.

Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why Colorado shook up its pitching on Monday in a big way. Antonio Senzatela, 9-3

as a starter but struggling with an 8.10 ERA in June, came out of the bullpen on Monday night for the first time in his

career. Jairo Diaz, who hasn’t pitched for the Rockies since 2015, was called up from Triple-A to fill a roster spot

when Tyler Anderson was forced back to the disabled list with another round of inflammation in his left knee.

Colorado even went short on its bench Monday night when reliever Chad Qualls was brought off the disabled list and

outfielder Carlos Gonzalez was placed on it with a right shoulder strain. The Rockies had three players on their bench for

Monday night’s game, one of the reasons why we saw pitcher Kyle Freeland get a pinch hitting appearance in the top of

the fifth inning.

The Rockies even made a pitching move involving minor leaguers on Monday, grabbing southpaw Zac Rosscup from the

Cubs in exchange for Matt Carasiti. While it may have been a swap involving two pitchers at the Triple-A level, it was big

for the Rockies as Rosscup was added to Colorado’s 40-man roster, taking up the last available spot the team had.

Something has to be done for the Rockies to snap out of their current funk. Perhaps it’s Nolan Arenado once

again going off in the dugout and lighting an emotional fuse in the team. Perhaps it’s Colorado’s offense rediscovering

its rhythm. However, none of that may matter much if Colorado’s pitching doesn’t revert back to its early-season ways.

With all of Monday’s transactions, it’s apparent the Rockies are trying to do something to jumpstart that move as soon as

possible.

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Rockies fall in 14 innings to extend losing streak to seven games By MHS Staff / Mile High Sports | June 28th, 2017

The last thing the Colorado Rockies needed with their bullpen already stretched thin was an extra-innings game. Despite

6.2 strong innings from starter Jeff Hoffman, Rockies manager Bud Black was forced to use six relievers and Colorado

could not hold on to a late lead, eventually falling 4-3 in 14 innings to the San Francisco Giants to stretch their season-

long losing streak to seven games.

Chad Qualls (1-1, 5.40 ERA) took the loss as the seventh and final pitcher of the night for Colorado, allowing Gorkys

Hernandez to score on a walk-off single by Denard Span in the bottom of the 14th, four hours and 45 minutes after the

game began. Jake McGee had his third blown save and second in as many weeks, allowing an earned run to be charged

to Scott Oberg in the eighth inning to tie the game at three.

Mark Reynolds had put Colorado up 3-1 in the top half of the sixth with a three-run home run off Giants starter Matt Cain.

It was Reynolds’ 19th home run of the season. However, Jeff Hoffman issued a one-out walk to Buster Posey in the

bottom half of the inning that would come back to haunt him after a Brandon Belt single and a Brandon Crawford sac fly.

Hoffman allowed one other run in the game, Hernandez in the third, also on a Span single.

Chris Rusin pitched three innings of one-hit relief for Colorado. Mike Dunn and Greg Holland combined for two innings of

no-hit relief before giving way to Qualls in the 14th. Cory Gearrin (2-2, 1.98) earned the win for San Francisco, pitching

three innings and allowing zero runs.

The loss marks Colorado’s third consecutive series loss to a National League West opponent. Making matters worse,

second baseman DJ LeMahieu left Tuesday’s game with a right groin cramp. There is little rest for the two weary squads,

as they play the series finale at 1:45 p.m. MDT on Wednesday. Colorado natives will square off as Kyle Freeland (8-5 ,

3.70 ERA) and Ty Blach (4-5 , 4.86 ERA) are on the mound for Colorado and San Francisco, respectively.

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Giants walk-off on Rockies in extras, Colorado slides to seven straight losses By Drew Creasman / BSN Denver | June 28th, 2017

Jeff Hoffman got absolutely destroyed by the Arizona Diamondbacks the last time he took the mound, giving up nine runs

in one inning, starting a spiral of six straight losses for the Colorado Rockies. Since then, his club has felt like a different

team than the one that was cruising along in first place for much of the season and still buzzing over the late-game

heroics of Nolan Arenado. On Tuesday night, though, Hoffman was given a chance to show everyone from his teammates

to his manager to the Giants what he is made of. Turns out, when punched in the mouth, he knows how to punch back.

Hoffman and Matt Cain engaged in a pitcher’s duel through the first several innings but the youngster outdueled the

veteran, exacting a bit of cathartic redemption though it would all come crashing down late as the Giants walked-off as

winners after 14 innings.

The Giants got the first run of the game on a two-out single from Denard Span in the third. It scored Gorkys Hernandez

who had singled and moved up on a sac bunt from Cain. The definition of scratching out a run.

In the fourth, DJ LeMahieu had to be removed from the game after pulling up lame trying to leg out a ground ball. Alexi

Amarista, who started in right field, moved to second and Raimel Tapia came in to play right field. He was later diagnosed

with a groin cramp. We will update you as soon as we know anything more.

In the top of the sixth, Tapia lined an opposite-field single with one out in his first at-bat of the game. After Tapia stole

second, Cain and the Giants decided to intentionally pass on Nolan Arenado, bringing Mark Reynolds to the plate.

Apparently, as ballplayers so often do, Reynolds took the IBB personally and on the very first pitch he saw smashed one

into the left field seats, breaking through the thick air of San Francisco.

It was the 19th home run on the season for Reynolds and the RBI 58, 59, and 60, leapfrogging him over Arenado and

placing him in third place in MLB.

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San Fransisco got one right back in the bottom of the sixth. A one-out walk to Buster Posey came back to bite Hoffman

when he was able to move to third on a Brandon Belt single and then score on a sac fly from Brandon Crawford. But

Hoffman limited the damage there, keeping it at 3-2, Rockies.

Hoffman got into a spot of trouble in the bottom of the seventh, giving up a single to Austin Slater with one out and walking

Joe Panik with two, bringing his outing to an end. Scott Oberg was called upon to deal with the two-on, two-out situation

and got Hunter Pence to pop out to left, ending the threat. Interestingly, Oberg used predominantly sliders despite the fact

that the fastball is his go-to pitch typically. It worked, though, as Pence was clearly hunting the heater and it cost him.

Oberg stayed on to face Posey to lead off the eighth but surrendered a groundball single. Jake McGee then replaced

Oberg and induced an incredibly odd play, getting a pop up to no-man’s-land in shallow left. It looked for a moment like

Arenado would make a spectacular over-the-shoulder basket catch but instead, he dropped the ball. Insistent on making a

fantastic play, however, Arenado barehanded the ball (of course) spun and fired to second to get Posey on the force out.

But the Giants just kept staying in it, getting back-to-back singles from Crawford and Kelby Tomlinson to tie the game at 3-

3. McGee followed that up with a pair of punchouts to end the inning, but the lead had been lost.

Neither team could score in the ninth with Mark Melancon and Chris Rusin trading beautiful 1-2-3 innings.

Ian Desmond reached base to lead off an inning for the fourth time in the 11th on his fifth infield single of the past week.

He went 3-for-4 with a walk in this game but never scored. He was immediately thrown out trying to steal. Again, the

Rockies got nothing out of the lead-off baserunner. They left 18 men on base in the game.

Rusin ended up giving the Rockies three innings, giving up just one hit and striking out two before handing the ball to Mike

Dunn in the 12th. Dunn faced just two batters before giving way to Greg Holland who had to stay on for the 13th with the

Rockies getting another lead-off runner aboard, Tapia on a bunt single, and failing to score him.

Holland sailed through the bottom of the frame.

Trevor Story came through with a one-out single in the top of the 14th and reached second on a fielder’s choice from Tony

Wolters, but again, the Rockies stranded the runner at second.

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The Rockies then turned to Chad Qualls in the bottom of the 14th who immediately struck out Tomlinson but the

surrendered a double to Hernandez over Desmond’s head in left, momentarily getting lost in a flock of seagulls that had

descended on the park. Qualls struck out Cory Gearrin but Denard Span finally came up with the two-out base hit both

teams had been looking for, for hours, giving the Giants a walk-off 4-3 win.

Colorado fell to 47-33, have now lost seven straight games, and are five-and-a-half games back of first place in the NL

West. They still hold a six-and-a-half game lead in the Wild Card.

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Colorado Rockies call up Mike Tauchman, change David Dahl’s status By Jake Shapiro / BSN Denver | June 28th, 2017

Colorado Rockies outfielder Mike Tacuhman will make his major league debut in the coming days as his contract was

selected by the club and he was subsequently called up.

While David Dahl being moved to the 60-day DL may seem like big news he has already missed enough time where he

would be eligible to be activated as soon as he is healthy. The bigger news is that Dahl is not close to being healthy.

Tauchman spent the season in Triple-A where he has hit .313/.377/.529 in 70 games. The left-handed outfielder was a

10th round of the 2013 MLB Draft out of Bradley University. He joined the club in San Francisco and will be the club’s

fourth outfielder.

Jairo Díaz was called up Monday in a variety of roster moves made then when the Rockies acquired Zac Rosscup from

the Cubs, reinstated RHP Chad Qualls from 10-day DL and placed LHP Tyler Anderson and OF Carlos González on

10-day DL.

Díaz made his first appearance in the majors on Monday since his Tommy John surgery and it didn’t go too well.

The Rockies 40-man roster became full yesterday and clubs are not allowed to use the 60-Day DL when the 40-man

roster is full, so the timing of the Dahl move makes sense. As for the 25-man roster, it now has 13 pitchers and 12 batters

once again.

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What Could Have Been: Span with Rockies By Tracy Ringolsby / Inside the Seams | June 28th, 2017

Denard Span created the latest headache for the Rockies. The Giants center fielder singled home the team’s first run in

the third inning and delivered the walk-off, RBI single in the 14th of the Giants 4-3, 14-inning victory on Tuesday,

extending the Rockies losing streak to seven games.

And to think he could have been a Rockies outfielder if only . . .

The Span Saga is one of many that transpire with baseball’s annual June draft.

Span in high school

In the spring of 2002, Rockies scouting director Bill Schmidt was focused on Span, a high school outfielder out of Fort

Myers, Fla., and Jeff Francis, a left-handed pitcher at the University of British Columbia.

Schmidt opted for Francis in part because Francis gave a stronger indication of wanting to sign and start his pro career.

Jeff Francis

Francis was a much-needed arm for the Rockies a decade ago. He pitched in eight seasons for the Rockies at the big-

league level, going 64-62. Before shoulder problems developed, he went 44-32 in his first three full seasons in the big-

leagues, starting 99 games from 2005-07.

And in 2007 he was the mainstay in the rotation of the team that made the only World Series appearance in Rockies

history. He was 17-9 with a 4.22 ERA in 34 regular season starts, and then started and won Game 1 of the Division Series

against Philadelphia and NLCS against Arizona.

He also started Game 1 of the World Series, which Boston swept.

Josh Fogg | Aaron Cook

The only other pitchers who started as many as 20 games for the Rockies that year were Josh Fogg (29) and Aaron Cook

(25). The Rockies used 13 different starting pitchers that season. That, however, is part of the first-year player draft.

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Pat Daugherty

Think about 1995. Original Rockies scouting director Pat Daugherty was getting prepared for the eighth selection in the

first round when the A’s announced that at No. 5 they were selecting right-handed pitcher Ariel Prieto, who had been

pitching for an independent league team in Palm Springs, Ca.

Todd Helton

That took the rest of baseball by surprise. Todd Helton was considered such a lock to go to the A’s that most teams did

not even get into talks about what it might take to sign the University of Tennessee outfielder/left-handed pitcher and

football quarterback.

Sandy Alderson

It seems that A’s scouting director Dick Bogart was getting prepared to announce the selection of Helton when A’s general

manager Sandy Alderson overrode Bogart and ordered drafting Prieto because the A’s were in need to pitching help.

Bob Gebhard

Daughtery didn’t hesitate to call Helton’s name, although it did take a little bit of lobbying with Rockies general manager

Bob Gebhard, who liked to see potential draft choices and hadn’t seen Helton. Daugherty didn’t think it was worth wasting

anybody’s time because the A’s were so committed to drafting Helton until Alderson stepped in.

Sometimes things worked out, like Francis. Sometimes a team gets fortunate, like Helton. And sometimes there is a 2006

draft.

Evan Longoria

Rockies scouting director Bill Schmidt had the second selection and was set on Evan Longoria out of Long Beach State.

Bill Geivett, the No. 2 man in the baseball hierarchy at the time, lobbied against Longoria, pointing out that in the three

previous years the Rockies used the first-round selection on third baseman Ian Stewart (2003), shortstop Chris Nelson

(2004) and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki (2005), a teammate and roommate of Longoria at Long Beach State.

Greg Reynolds

Geivett won his argument for the Rockies to select a pitcher, and they wound up selecting Greg Reynolds, a right-hander

out of Stanford. Tampa, which had the third selection in that draft, quickly selected Longoria.

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Span gets RBI single in 14th, lifts Giants over Rockies 4-3 By Associated Press / ESPN.com | June 28th, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO -- Back-to-back wins over the slumping Colorado Rockies won't get the San Francisco Giants back into

contention in the NL West.

It did, however lighten the mood in manager Bruce Bochy's clubhouse, and that's a good thing considering how things

have gone over the past month.

Denard Span singled home Gorkys Hernandez with two outs in the 14th inning, lifting San Francisco over Colorado 4-3 on

Tuesday night.

"The fight's there," Bochy said. "It's nice to see them get rewarded for kind of fighting all the way through. That's the way

it's got to be every game really, and it's been that way."

The Giants went cold after Kelby Tomlinson's tying single in the eighth inning before rallying to win off Chad Qualls (1-1)

in a game that ended at 11:59 p.m.

Hernandez lined a one-out double over the head of left fielder Ian Desmond. After Qualls struck out Gearrin, Span hit a 1-

0 pitch into right field, and Hernandez scored easily with a head-first slide.

The Giants raced out of the dugout and chased Span into the outfield, celebrating their second straight win over Colorado

after nine consecutive losses to their NL West rival.

"It feels pretty good, it's something we haven't done in a while," Span said. "I know (Qualls) always had a heavy sinker, so

when he started me off with a changeup that kind of threw me off. But I knew eventually I'd get a fastball."

Gearrin (2-2) pitched three scoreless innings to win after the Giants rallied from a 3-1 deficit.

Span had three hits and two RBI, and Hernandez and Brandon Belt each had two hits.

Mark Reynolds hit his 19th home run for the Rockies. Colorado had runners on base in each of the final five innings,

including three on second base, but failed to score.

"It seemed like we were getting a bunch of breaks early and a couple of weeks ago," Reynolds said. "Now everything

seems to be going the other way. We need to have a game where we hit good and pitch good at the same time."

EXTRA-INNING SUCCESS

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As bad as the Giants have been this season, they've actually fared better than most when going past nine innings. They

beat Cincinnati in 17 innings earlier this season and are 7-3 in extras this year.

ADDING POWER

The Rockies called up slugger Mike Tauchman from Triple-A Albuquerque before the game and plan to use the rookie in

all three outfield positions. Tauchman hit 10 home runs and was tied for fifth in the Pacific Coast League with 55 RBI.

Right-hander Jairo Diaz, who was called up from the minors Monday, returned to Albuquerque to make room on the

roster.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rockies: 2B DJ LeMahieu was removed with a right groin cramp after pulling up while trying to leg out an infield hit in the

fourth inning. ... LHP Tyler Anderson will have arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Friday and be out at least 3-4 weeks.

... OF David Dahl (ribs) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list, although manager Bud Black said he would be

surprised if Dahl doesn't play this season. ... OF Gerardo Parra (strained right quad) is moving better, but the Rockies

medical staff is taking a cautious approach with his rehab.

Giants: Bochy said the team plans to place IF Conor Gillaspie on the disabled list before Wednesday's game to make

room for 3B Jae-gyun Hwang, who is being called up. Gillaspie has been out since May 11 with a back injury.

UP NEXT

Colorado rookie LHP Kyle Freeland (8-5) goes for his third win against the Giants this season in the series finale at AT&T

Park on Wednesday afternoon. San Francisco counters with lefty Ty Blach (4-5), who has faced the Rockies four times

already this season, including three relief appearances.

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Tyler Anderson expected out up to 4 weeks after arthroscopic knee surgery By ESPN.com News Services / ESPN.com | June 28th, 2017

The Colorado Rockies announced that left-handed pitcher Tyler Anderson will have arthroscopic surgery on his left knee

Friday and is expected to miss as many as four weeks.

Anderson was placed on the disabled list Monday after leaving Sunday's start after 2⅓ innings with what was called at the

time a left hamstring cramp.

Anderson previously missed 3½ weeks this season with left knee inflammation and pitched Sunday while wearing a brace

over his left knee.