Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa is on the verge of becoming the winningest pitcher in franchise history. (Ben Margot, The Associated Press)
Miami — Jorge De La Rosa can make Rockies history Sunday afternoon if he can beat the Miami Marlins.
The veteran left-hander needs one win to become the franchise leader in wins, with 73. He’s currently tied with right-hander Aaron Cook with 72. Earlier this season, De La Rosa became the franchise leader in career strikeouts, passing Ubaldo Jimenez on May 21. Jimenez had 773 strikeouts from 2006-2011. De La Rosa has 788 career Ks in a Rockies uniform.
To set the victory record on Sunday, De La Rosa could use a little help from an offense that is taking an early summer siesta. During the current four-game losing streak that began Wednesday at Coors Field against the Cardinals, the Rockies have scored four runs on just 25 hits. They have walked a grand total of four times, while striking out 38 times.
Stanton question: Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton — who leads the majors with 23 homers and 59 RBIs — has pounded the Rockies in the first three games of this four-game series. He’s hit .545 (6-for-11) with two homers, two doubles, eight RBIs and three runs scored.
Why not just pitch around him? Or at least pitch to him extra carefully? That was the question I posed to manager Walt Weiss Sunday morning.
“That’s been our game plan all series.” Weiss said. “But it’s tough when the guys in front of him are getting on base and there is nowhere to put him. Still, we are trying to pitch him carefully, but any mistake we have made has been hammered. He’s really locked in right now.”
Dickerson update: The news on Corey Dickerson Sunday morning was better than it was Saturday night when he left the game in pain the sixth inning when the plantar fasciitis in his left foot flared up.
“It’s better, not nearly as bad as it was before I went on the DL,” Dickerson said. “I wasn’t scheduled to play today anyway. I’ll be back on the field soon.”
Said Weiss: “Corey’s actually doing pretty well today. It was good news. He wasn’t going to be in the lineup today anyway after his foot flared up last night. I want to pick spots to get him off his feet, so that will be the plan moving forward.”
Tags: Corey Dickerson, Giancarlo Stanton, Jorge De La Rosa, Walt Weiss
