Colorado Rockies hammered by Chicago Cubs 0-5 – MLB Recap
Colorado Rockies were hammered by the Chicago Cubs 0-5 in the third and last game of their three-match regular series encounter on Sunday, August 26 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
Cubs’ entire roster played wonderfully and earned a great victory. Their senior players performed with great focus and rattled the Rockies with a five-run advantage.
Shortstop Starlin Castro scored three runs and smashed two hits on his three at-bats. He played aggressive from start of the game and maintained his .419 slugging percentage.
Right field David DeJesus smashed two hits and added one RBI on his five at-bats while his slugging percentage remained consistent at .407.
Centre fielder Brett Jackson scored one run and smashed on hit on his two at-bats. He played aggressively on the plate and maintained his slugging percentage of .429.
Second baseman Darwin Barney also did well on his three at-bats as he added two RBIs and one run.
Not only batters, the Cubs’ pitchers also performed wonderfully as they never let the Rockies’ dominate them which eventually proved helpful in their decisive win.
Starter Chris Volstad pitched 6.2 innings and did not allow any run. He received three hits while his ERA remained at 6.28.
"It's only fitting that the day took pretty long, The tarp being pulled in the ninth inning, I was, Come on, just get this over with, I got a pretty big welcome, reception whatever you want to call it when they called the game. Everyone was pretty happy,” Volstad said.
Volstad added, "Maybe a little bit of bad luck for me over the last year and a month or whatever it was. That's baseball. You got to keep going, Sometimes you throw well and don't get that win or you get that loss and sometimes you don't and do get a win.”
Relief pitcher Manny Corpas also supported his fellow pitcher Volstad as he did not received any hit or run on his 4.15 ERA. He pitched 0.1 innings and remained calm on the mound.
Closer Shawn Camp also did well with his one inning spell as he received only one run on his 3.57 ERA.
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