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 Monday’s game, the Rockies were 27-12.
The Giants and the Rockies combined for 27 hits, but San Francisco stood tall at the end to win, 8-7, Monday at Coors Field.
Colorado starting pitcher Chi Chi Gonzalez gave up four runs in 5 1/3 innings. Reliever James Pazos (0-1) had another rough outing,
Charlie Blackmon picked up where he left off Sunday, crushing a 426-foot home run in the first inning. He finished the day batting 3 for 4 with an RBI. Nolan Arenado also had a homer.
Down 8-4 in the eighth inning, the Rockies battled back when Trevor Story hit a two-run single to cut the deficit to two. Colorado added one more in the ninth when Sam Hilliard homered to right field.
Colorado fell to 27-13 on the year and hold a 3 1/2-game lead over the Dodgers (23-16) for the National League West lead. The Giants, sitting at the bottom of the division, improved to 17-24.
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Box score
SFG — 110-004-110 — 8-13-2
COL — 110-020-021 — 7-14-0
San Francisco — Slater 5-1-1-1, Dugger 5-1-4-0, Flores 4-2-1-0, Yastrzemski 5-0-1-1, Sandoval 4-1-1-3, Belt 4-2-2-0, Crawford 4-0-1-1, Garcia 2-1-1-1, Samardzija 2-0-0-0, Webb 0-0-0-0, Pence 1-0-0-0, Gustave 0-0-0-0, Garcia 0-0-0-0, Solano 1-0-1-1, Watson 0-0-0-0, Moronta 0-0-0-0. Totals — 37-8-13-8.
Colorado — Dahl 4-0-2-0, Hampson 4-1-0-0, Blackmon 4-3-3-1, Arenado 4-1-2-2, Story 4-0-2-2, Murphy 5-1-3-0, Hilliard 5-1-1-1, Wolters 5-0-1-1, Gonzalez 2-0-0-0, Pazos 0-0-0-0, Tapia 0-0-0-0, Estevez 0-0-0-0, Desmond 1-0-0-0, McGee 0-0-0-0, Davis 0-0-0-0, Daza 1-0-0-0. Totals — 39-7-14-7.
E — Dugger, Sandoval. 2B — Belt 2, Crawford, Duggar, Garcia, Yastrzemski; Murphy 2, Arenado. HR — Sandoval, Slater; Blackmon, Arenado, Hilliard. SB — Tapia. WP — Webb (1-1). LP — Pazos (0-1). S — Moronta (6).
