Wednesday 4x4: For Starters, Lot of Nothing at Coors
The Rockies head into Wednesday's game with a streak by starting pitchers of 24 consecutive scoreless innings at Coors Field. Big deal? Well, it is four innings shy of the franchise record, set April 28-May 2, 2002, and it is only two innings shy of the longest such streak in the National League this season.
Whole Lot of Nothing
| Longest streaks in Rockies history |
| 28.0 Colorado Rockies 04/28/2002 05/02/2002 |
| 24.0 Colorado Rockies 04/23/2018 05/08/2018 Current |
| 20.0 Colorado Rockies 07/23/2013 07/26/2013 |
| Longest streaks this season |
| 26.0 Los Angeles Dodgers 03/29/2018 04/10/2018 |
| 25.1 Arizona Diamondbacks 04/03/2018 04/18/2018 |
| 24.0 Colorado Rockies 04/23/2018 05/08/2018 Current |
The Rockies rotation continued to roll on Tuesday night. Jon Gray worked seven shutout innings in the 4-2 victory against the Angels. It extended the Rockies winning streak to a season-best six games, but more than that it was a franchise-record nine consecutive quality start for the Rockies rotation.
The previous record of eight was set July 28-Aug. 6, 2006 with back-to-back three game sweeps at Coors Field of the Padres and Brewers, and two games against the Giants in San Francisco.
The Rockies equaled that June 4-11, 2009 when they won the final tame of a series at Houston, four games in St. Louis and three in Milwaukee.
QUALITY COUNTS
| Player | Date | Tm | Opp | W | L | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO |
| German Marquez | 4/28/2018 | Col | Mia | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Chad Bettis | 4/29/2018 | Col | Mia | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Kyle Freeland | 4/30/2018 | Col | ChC | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jon Gray | 5/1/2018 | Col | ChC | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Tyler Anderson | 5/2/2018 | Col | ChC | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| German Marquez | 5/4/2018 | Col | NYM | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Chad Bettis | 5/5/2018 | Col | NYM | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kyle Freeland | 5/6/2018 | Col | NYM | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Jon Gray | 5/8/2018 | Col | LAA | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Totals | 6 | 3 | 61 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 57 |
The Rockies roll by its rotation actually extends for 12 games. They did not have a quality start at Miami on April 27, but that was because Tyler Anderson, after retiring four batters, had to depart because he was light-headed. The Rockies are 9-3, the rotation 8-3, in the last 12 games with a 1.55 ERA, which is the lowest in MLB, and a .182 batting average allowed, third lowest in MLB, but lowest in the NL.
11 Is Heaven
| Team | W | L | Pct | ERA | Team | AVG | |
| Colorado Rockies | 8 | 3 | 0.727 | 1.55 | New York Yankees | 0.173 | |
| Washington Nationals | 8 | 3 | 0.727 | 2.76 | Houston Astros | 0.175 | |
| Atlanta Braves | 6 | 3 | 0.667 | 4.59 | Colorado Rockies | 0.182 | |
| Houston Astros | 6 | 3 | 0.667 | 2.77 | Chicago Cubs | 0.205 | |
| Minnesota Twins | 6 | 4 | 0.6 | 4.79 | Washington Nationals | 0.215 | |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | 6 | 0.5 | 5.08 | Milwaukee Brewers | 0.225 | |
| San Francisco Giants | 6 | 4 | 0.6 | 5.37 | Los Angeles Angels | 0.226 | |
| Seattle Mariners | 6 | 3 | 0.667 | 3.69 | Miami Marlins | 0.229 | |
| Boston Red Sox | 5 | 3 | 0.625 | 4.95 | Boston Red Sox | 0.234 | |
| Chicago Cubs | 5 | 4 | 0.556 | 2.44 | Tampa Bay Rays | 0.237 | |
| New York Yankees | 5 | 1 | 0.833 | 2.09 | Cleveland Indians | 0.238 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | 5 | 0.5 | 4.88 | Detroit Tigers | 0.239 | |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 4 | 3 | 0.571 | 4.36 | St. Louis Cardinals | 0.241 | |
| Cleveland Indians | 4 | 5 | 0.444 | 4.92 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 0.242 | |
| Detroit Tigers | 4 | 4 | 0.5 | 4.03 | Philadelphia Phillies | 0.244 | |
| Los Angeles Angels | 4 | 4 | 0.5 | 3.46 | Seattle Mariners | 0.245 | |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 4 | 5 | 0.444 | 3.99 | Oakland Athletics | 0.248 | |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 4 | 2 | 0.667 | 2.97 | Minnesota Twins | 0.254 | |
| Cincinnati Reds | 3 | 6 | 0.333 | 5.53 | Chicago White Sox | 0.255 | |
| Kansas City Royals | 3 | 7 | 0.3 | 5.38 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 0.262 | |
| Miami Marlins | 3 | 4 | 0.429 | 3.25 | Atlanta Braves | 0.262 | |
| Oakland Athletics | 3 | 7 | 0.3 | 4.31 | San Francisco Giants | 0.269 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 4 | 0.429 | 3.58 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 0.278 | |
| Texas Rangers | 3 | 6 | 0.333 | 5.62 | Toronto Blue Jays | 0.278 | |
| Baltimore Orioles | 2 | 7 | 0.222 | 6.95 | Texas Rangers | 0.28 | |
| Chicago White Sox | 2 | 6 | 0.25 | 4.93 | San Diego Padres | 0.28 | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | 4.04 | Cincinnati Reds | 0.281 | |
| New York Mets | 2 | 7 | 0.222 | 5.83 | Baltimore Orioles | 0.3 | |
| San Diego Padres | 2 | 8 | 0.2 | 5.7 | Kansas City Royals | 0.301 | |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 2 | 8 | 0.2 | 5.64 | New York Mets | 0.307 |
Big win for the Rockies Tuesday night. They beat the Angels 4-2. How big a deal, well the Rockies had lost 11 of 13 previous games against the Angels at Coors Field, including the eight previous games at Coors. The Rockies are 9-24 all-time against the Angels, their second worst inter-league record. They are 1-7 against the Astros, who moved from the NL to the AL in 2013. The Rockies have a winning record against only two AL teams, and in both cases they are just one game above .500 -- Cleveland (12-12) and Baltimore (8-7).
The American Way
| Opp | W | L | Pct |
| Hou | 1 | 7 | 0.125 |
| LAA | 9 | 24 | 0.273 |
| Tor | 7 | 11 | 0.389 |
| Sea | 16 | 22 | 0.421 |
| KC | 11 | 14 | 0.44 |
| Oak | 13 | 15 | 0.464 |
| Min | 7 | 8 | 0.467 |
| CWS | 7 | 8 | 0.467 |
| Bos | 9 | 10 | 0.474 |
| NYY | 9 | 10 | 0.474 |
| Tex | 16 | 17 | 0.485 |
| TB | 9 | 9 | 0.5 |
| Det | 15 | 15 | 0.5 |
| Cle | 13 | 12 | 0.52 |
| Bal | 8 | 7 | 0.533 |