The Rockies ran into a buzzsaw named Jose Fernandez tonight and they were unable to get anything going against him and eventually lost the game by a final score of 3-0. Fernandez was dominant for the seven innings he was in the game and allowed only four hits, no runs, no walks and struck out eight. Jeff Manship pitched better tonight than he had in his previous three starts, but still was not great and picked up his fourth loss in a row. Steve Cishek came in and shut the door on the Rockies in the ninth inning and picked up his 28th save of the year.
Jeff Manship went deeper into the game tonight than he had in his other starts but still was unable to avoid the big inning from the opposition. In the game he went six innings allowing only four hits, three runs, had two walks and struck out four. He looked good early on in the game but ran into trouble in the fourth inning. The Marlins got all three of their runs tonight in the fourth inning and three of the four hits that Manship gave up were in the inning. If he can learn to avoid those big innings then he has a chance to be a successful pitcher, but until he does that he will continue to be a liability.
Offensively the Rockies could not get anything going and only managed to get four hits in the game. Michael Cuddyer and Todd Helton were the only two Rockies to get hits as each of them had two hits in the game. Dexter Fowler, Troy Tulowitzki and Wilin Rosario struggled and each had two strikeouts in the game and were held hitless.
The Rockies and Marlins will conclude their series tomorrow afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 11:10 AM Mountain time. Jorge De La Rosa (13-6, 3.21 ERA) will be taking on Jacob Turner(3-4, 3.04 ERA) for the Marlins. The Rockies will be trying to get what has become a very rare road series win.
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