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 Tuesday’s game, the Rockies were 52-26.
Shortstop Trevor Story drove in four runs to lead the Rockies to a 9-3 victory over the Royals on Tuesday at Coors Field.
Colorado got on the board in the second inning when catcher Tony Wolters doubled in Ryan McMahon to tie it at 1-apiece. Starting pitcher Kyle Freeland then hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Wolters and give the Rockies a 2-1 lead.
In the fifth, Colorado scored five runs, highlighted by Story’s two-run triple. He finished the day batting 2 for 4 with four RBIs and a home run — a two-run shot that drove in Nolan Arenado in the seventh.
Freeland (7-4) pitched six strong innings, allowing three runs on five hits and striking out five. Carlos Estevez and Tim Collins combined for two scoreless innings in relief.
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Colorado (53-26) maintains an 8 1/2-game lead over the Dodgers (45-35) for first place in the National League West. Kansas City falls to 37-44.
The Rockies and Royals finish off their three-game series on Wednesday. Chi Chi Gonzalez (3-5) takes the mound for Colorado against Jakob Junis (9-3).
Box score
KCR — 101-001-000 — 3-6-0
COL — 020-050-20X — 9-13-0
Kansas City — Mondesi 4-1-1-1, Gordon 4-0-1-0, Merrifield 4-1-1-1, Soler 4-0-0-0, Dozier 4-1-2-0, Perez 2-0-0-0, O’Hearn 3-0-0-0, Phillips 3-0-0-1, Keller 2-0-1-0, Kalish 0-0-0-0, Gutierrez 1-0-0-0, Skoglund 0-0-0-0, Hahn 0-0-0-0, Lopez 1-0-0-0. Totals — 32-3-6-3.
Colorado — Dahl 5-1-2-1, Blackmon 5-1-1-0, Arenado 4-2-2-1, Story 4-2-2-4, Murphy 4-0-1-1, McMahon 3-1-0-0, Hilliard 3-1-1-0, Wolters 4-0-4-1, Freeland 1-1-0-1, Estevez 0-0-0-0, Tapia 1-0-0-0, Collins 0-0-0-0. Totals — 34-9-13-9.
2B — Dozier, Gordon; Dahl 2, Wolters. 3B — Story. HR — Merrifield, Mondesi; Story. WP — Freeland (7-4). LP — Keller (6-7).
