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 Friday’s game, the Rockies were 24-12.
Rockies starter Jon Gray outdueled Reds’ Sonny Gray to lead Colorado to a 2-1 win at Coors Field.
Jon Gray improved to 6-1 on the year after allow just three hits and one run while striking out five in seven innings of work for Colorado.
Down 1-0, the Rockies got on the board in the third inning when Nolan Arenado drove in Gray with an RBI single. Ryan McMahon would make it 2-1 after driving home Raimel Tapia.
Scott Oberg notched his seventh save on the year.
The two teams will play the third of a four-game series on Saturday. Antonio Senzatela takes mound for Colorado while Anthony DeSclafani pitches for Cincinnati.
Box score
CIN — 100-000-000 — 1-4-0
COL — 002-000-00X — 2-8-1
Cincinnati — Votto 4-1-1-0, Ervin 3-0-1-0, Senzel 0-0-0-0, Suarez 1-0-0-0, Moustakas 4-0-1-1, Castellanos 4-0-0-0, Winker 3-0-1-0, Galvis 4-0-0-0, Barnhart 4-0-0-0, S. Gray 2-0-0-0, Payton 1-0-0-0, Stephenson 0-0-0-0. Totals — 30-1-4-1.
Colorado — Tapia 4-1-2-0, Daza 4-0-1-0, Arenado 4-0-1-1, McMahon 3-0-2-1, Hilliard 4-0-0-0, Desmond 3-0-1-0, Hampson 2-0-0-0, E. Diaz 2-0-0-0, J. Gray 2-1-1-0, Blackmon 1-0-0-0, McGee 0-0-0-0, Oberg 0-0-0-0. Totals — 29-2-8-2.
E — Hampson. SB — Winker. CS — McMahon. WP — J. Gray (6-1). LP S. Gray (2-4). S — Oberg (7).
