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Kiszla: Tip your cap and drink up to salute two Colorado-born pitchers that made Rockies’ home opener a rockin’-good party

Major-league save recorded by Pierce Johnson was best moment on mound in his home state since beating son of Rockies owner back in high school.

TOP LEFT: Colorado Rockies fan Jessica Falconer watches the action. TOP RIGHT: Kyle Freeland of the Colorado Rockies pitches to Alex Call (17) of the Washington Nationals during the RockiesÕ home opener at Coors Field on Thursday, April 6, 2023. BOTTOM RIGHT: Carey Sanchez sports a decorative Colorado Rockies jacket featuring pins from many opening days. BOTTOM LEFT: Sasha Filipchuk, 10, holds a baseball with her prosthetic arm before throwing out the honorary first pitch. Filipchuk lost her arm in shelling as her family fled UkraineÕs Kyiv Oblast after the war with Russia broke out. (Photos by AAron Ontiveroz and RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
TOP LEFT: Colorado Rockies fan Jessica Falconer watches the action. TOP RIGHT: Kyle Freeland of the Colorado Rockies pitches to Alex Call (17) of the Washington Nationals during the Rockies’ home opener at Coors Field on Thursday, April 6, 2023. BOTTOM RIGHT: Carey Sanchez sports a decorative Colorado Rockies jacket featuring pins from many opening days. BOTTOM LEFT: Sasha Filipchuk, 10, holds a baseball with her prosthetic arm before throwing out the honorary first pitch. Filipchuk lost her arm in shelling as her family fled UkraineÕs Kyiv Oblast after the war with Russia broke out. (Photos by AAron Ontiveroz and RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
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By | mkiszla@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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The gritty little Rockies beat Washington 1-0 Thursday during the home opener, when revelers traditionally gather in LoDo to celebrate the arrival of spring and drink to forget the bad baseball we’re usually stuck with in this dusty old cowtown.
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