With the start of the Major League Baseball season postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, we here at The Denver Post took a look at how the Rockies would fare in MLB The Show 20 on PlayStation 4. We will have a story for every game that had been scheduled until real-life baseball returns. Here’s a look at the virtual Rockies’ preseason preview. Entering Sunday’s game, the Rockies were 10-4.
PHOENIX — Daniel Murphy’s big bat lifted the Rockies to 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks Sunday at Chase Field.
Down 3-2 in the eighth inning with the bases loaded, Murphy clubbed a three-run double to left field off of Arizona reliever Andrew Chafin to give Colorado the lead. Murphy finished the day batting 2 for 4.
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Colorado pitcher Chi Chi Gonzalez had his best outing of the season so far. The 28-year-old allowed just three hits and one earned run — a solo home run by Sterling Marte — while striking out six in the no decision. He dropped his earned-run average down to 5.17 for the year.
The Rockies got on the board early after Charlie Blackmon drove in David Dahl in the first inning.
Colorado led 2-1 until the bottom of the seventh inning when Arizona scored a pair off of reliever Yency Almonte. Jairo Diaz would come in and force a double play to end the inning.
Colorado improved to 11-4 on the season and retook the lead in the National League West. The Rockies hold a half-game lead over the Dodgers (11-5). Arizona falls to 9-8, but sit in third place in NL West.
Rockies head to San Diego on Tuesday to take on Padres. German Marquez (1-1) heads to the mound for Colorado as Dinelson Lamet starts for the Padres.
Box score
COL (11-4) — 101-000-030 — 5-6-0
ARI (9-8) — 000-001-200 — 3-6-1
Colorado — Dahl 3-1-2-0, Hampson 1-1-0-0, Blackmon 2-0-1-1, Tapia 0-1-0-0, Arenado 3-1-0-0, Story 4-0-1-0, Murphy 4-0-2-3, McMahon 4-0-0-0, Estevez 0-0-0-0, Oberg 0-0-0-0, Hilliard 4-0-0-0, Wolters 3-0-0-0, Gonzalez 3-1-0-0, Almonte 0-0-0-0, J. Diaz 0-0-0-0, Rodgers 1-0-0-0. Totals — 32-5-6-4.
Arizona — Rojas 3-0-0-0, Ahmed 3-0-0-0, Marte 4-1-2-1, Peralta 4-0-1-0, Vogt 3-0-0-0, Calhoun 3-1-1-0, Lamb 4-0-0-0, Vargas 2-1-1-1, Gallen 2-0-0-0, Martin 0-0-0-0, Marte 1-0-1-1, Rondon 0-0-0-0, Chafin 0-0-0-0, Lopez 0-0-0-0. Totals — 29-3-6-3.
E — Vogt. 2B — Murphy, Dahl; Calhoun, Vargas. HR — Marte. WP — J. Diaz (3-0). LP — Rondon (1-1). S — Oberg (4).