The Colorado Rockies (108-54) and Houston Astros (108-54), two evenly matched CFA teams
to the point that Houston with the superior divisional record (37-15 to 26-26) after the
two teams split the season series (4-4) decided home-field advantage, met up via NetPlay
for their National League Division Series on Sunday night.
GAME 1: at Houston’s Minute Maid Park
Zack Greinke (Rockies) vs. Jacob deGrom (Astros)
Greinke, 18-9 for the Rockies with a 3.74 ERA in 33 starts, took the ball for the
Rockies and pitched well. He allowed 4 hits, 2 earned runs and 0 BB in his 7.2 innings’
work although 2 of the hits were home runs. The Rockies scored three runs in the second
on a Jorge Soler 3-run home run. The Rockies added two more runs in the fourth on a 2-run
triple by Starling Marte. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Greinke allowed home runs
by Mark Canha and Corey Seager. The Rockies finalized the scoring with a solo home run
by Howie Kendrick in the fifth. Two Rockies pitchers completed the final 1.1 innings work
allowing no hits or BB.
Final: ROCKIES 6, ASTROS 2
W: Greinke (1-0). L: deGrom (0-1). HR: Kendrick (1), Soler (1), Canha (1), Seager (1)
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2020 Rockies 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 4 1
2020 Astros 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 0
Rockies AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Marte,S cf 5 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 4 0 0 0
Sogard ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 3 0 0
Cruz 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0
Kendrick 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 1 1 0
Rosario,E lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 4 0 0 0
Solano 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 3 0 0
Sano ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0
Barnhart c 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 2 0 0
Soler rf 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 3 0 0 0
Garcia,J p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Greinke p 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Bass p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Braun ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
34 6 7 6 0 1 2 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 9 2 0
Astros AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Holt 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
Canha cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 2 0 0 0
Donaldson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0
Seager,C ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 3 1 0 0
Voit 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8 1 0 0
Markakis lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Grandal c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 11 0 0 0
VanMeter rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0
deGrom p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 2 0 0
Benintendi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Iglesias,R p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
32 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 1 0
Rockies INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Greinke W 1-0 7.2 4 2 2 0 6 99 71 28 2 0 0 0 1 2.35
Bass 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Garcia,J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 14 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 4 2 2 0 8 117 85 32 2 0 0 0 1
Astros INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
deGrom L 0-1 8.0 6 6 6 3 10 119 82 33 2 0 0 0 0 6.75
Iglesias,R 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 20 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 7 6 6 3 11 139 95 37 2 0 0 0 0
Col: Sano batted for Solano in the 8th
Sano moved to 3b in the 8th
Braun batted for Bass in the 9th
Braun moved to rf in the 9th
Hou: Benintendi batted for deGrom in the 8th
GWRBI: Soler
Temperature: 83, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to left at 3 MPH.
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2020 Rockies 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 4 1
2020 Astros 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 0
Rockies -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Marte,S cf 1>e5/fl 3>k T.2-H;1-H 7>13 3
k
Sogard ss 9 W 43 7
Cruz 1b 53 k 5>3/g k
Kendrick 2b 2>43 W.1-2 HR 8>k
Rosario,E lf S k 63 k
Solano 3b 8 4>S k
Sano ph 6/L
Barnhart c W.1-2 36/f.B-1 6>k 9>Iglesias,R
3
Soler rf HR.2-H;1-H S.1-2 8 k
Garcia,J p
Greinke p k note 1 9
Bass p
Braun ph S
1: 16/b/f.1-2;B-1
Astros -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Holt 2b 1>7 k 54/f e5.B-1
Canha cf 23 4>HR 6>53 Bass
k
Donaldson 3b 53 7 k(23) 9>Garcia,J
k
Seager,C ss 2>63 HR 9 8
Voit 1b 63 e4.B-1 7>7 7
Markakis lf 9 643/gdp k
Grandal c 3>S 5>8 8
VanMeter rf k 8 8>k
deGrom p k S
Benintendi ph 9
Iglesias,R p
Rockies IN OUT ER Astros IN OUT ER
Greinke A1 D1 2 W 1-0 deGrom A1 D6 6 L 0-1
Bass D2 D2 0 Iglesias,R D7 E1 0
Garcia,J D3 D5 0
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2020 Rockies 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 4 1
2020 Astros 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Rockies batting
0-0 0 --- 01 Marte,S continues to bat after the third baseman
Donaldson dropped a foul popup for an error (FXF)
0-0 0 --- 12 Marte,S struck out (FXF.BC)
0-0 1 --- 01 Sogard flied out to right (CX)
0-0 2 --- 02 Cruz grounded out to third (CSX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Astros batting
0-0 0 --- 11 Holt flied out to left (CBX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Canha grounded out to the catcher (BX)
0-0 2 --- 22 Donaldson grounded out to third (CBFBFX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Rockies batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Kendrick grounded out to second (X)
0-0 1 --- 01 Rosario,E lined a single to left center (CX)
0-0 1 1-- 11 Solano flied out to center (CBX)
0-0 2 1-- 31 Barnhart walked, Rosario,E to second (BCBBB)
0-0 2 12- 01 Soler homered deep to left, Rosario,E scored, Barnhart
scored (CX)
3-0 2 --- 12 Greinke struck out (BCCS)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Astros batting
3-0 0 --- 32 Seager,C grounded out to short (BBFCBX)
3-0 1 --- 01 Voit grounded out to short (CX)
3-0 2 --- 21 Markakis flied out to right (BBCX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Rockies batting
3-0 0 --- 12 Marte,S struck out (SSBC)
3-0 1 --- 31 Sogard walked (BCBBB)
3-0 1 1-- 12 Cruz struck out (FBSC)
3-0 2 1-- 32 Kendrick walked, Sogard to second (BCBCFFFB>F>B)
3-0 2 12- 22 Rosario,E struck out (CBCBC)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Astros batting
3-0 0 --- 01 Grandal grounded a single between third and short (CX)
3-0 0 1-- 22 VanMeter struck out (CCFFBFBC)
3-0 1 1-- 12 deGrom struck out (BSCFS)
3-0 2 1-- 02 Holt struck out (CSC)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Rockies batting
3-0 0 --- 12 Solano lined a single to left (CFBX)
3-0 0 1-- 02 Barnhart grounded to first, forcing Solano at second,
Barnhart to first (CFX)
3-0 1 1-- 12 Soler lined a single to shallow left, Barnhart to second
(BFSX)
3-0 1 12- 00 Greinke bunted into an out to the mound, forcing Barnhart
at third, Soler to second, Greinke to first (Xb)
3-0 2 12- 00 Marte,S lined a triple to right center, Soler scored,
Greinke scored (X)
5-0 2 --3 32 Sogard grounded out to second (FBBBCX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Astros batting
5-0 0 --- 20 Canha homered deep down the left-field line (BBX)
5-1 0 --- 22 Donaldson flied out to left (CSFBBFX)
5-1 1 --- 11 Seager,C homered deep to right (BCX)
5-2 1 --- 02 Voit to first on an error by the second baseman Kendrick
(FSX)
5-2 1 1-- 12 Markakis grounded into a double play, Sogard to Kendrick
to Cruz (CBFX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Rockies batting
5-2 0 --- 00 Cruz grounded out to first (X)
5-2 1 --- 10 Kendrick homered deep to left center (BX)
6-2 1 --- 12 Rosario,E grounded out to short (BFFX)
6-2 2 --- 12 Solano struck out (BFFS)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Astros batting
6-2 0 --- 00 Grandal lined out to center (X)
6-2 1 --- 00 VanMeter flied out to center (X)
6-2 2 --- 11 deGrom grounded a single between first and second (CBX)
6-2 2 1-- 00 Holt grounded to third, forcing deGrom at second (X)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Rockies batting
6-2 0 --- 12 Barnhart struck out (CFBS)
6-2 1 --- 21 Soler flied out to center (BCBX)
6-2 2 --- 22 Greinke flied out to right (CFBBX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Astros batting
6-2 0 --- 02 Canha grounded out to third (CFX)
6-2 1 --- 12 Donaldson struck out, Barnhart to Cruz (CFBFS)
6-2 2 --- 01 Seager,C flied out to right (CX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Rockies batting
6-2 0 --- 00 Marte,S grounded out to the mound (X)
6-2 1 --- 02 Sogard lined out to left (CCX)
6-2 2 --- 12 Cruz struck out (BCCFS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Astros batting
6-2 0 --- 00 Voit flied out to left (X)
6-2 1 --- 22 Markakis struck out (FSBFBS)
6-2 2 --- 00 Grandal flied out to center (X)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Rockies batting
6-2 0 --- 22 Kendrick struck out (BFBFS)
6-2 1 --- 02 Rosario,E struck out (CCS)
Sano pinch hitting for Solano
6-2 2 --- 21 Sano lined out to short (BFBX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Astros batting
Sano moved to third base
6-2 0 --- 22 VanMeter struck out (CBCFBS)
Benintendi pinch hitting for deGrom
6-2 1 --- 22 Benintendi flied out to right (FBBFX)
6-2 2 --- 20 Holt to first on an error by the third baseman Sano (BBX)
Bass now pitching
6-2 2 1-- 02 Canha struck out (CCFS)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Rockies batting
Iglesias,R now pitching
6-2 0 --- 32 Barnhart popped out to first (FBBFBFX)
6-2 1 --- 12 Soler struck out (CBCFFFC)
Braun pinch hitting for Bass
6-2 2 --- 31 Braun grounded a single up the middle (BBBCX)
6-2 2 1-- 00 Marte,S popped out to first (X)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Astros batting
Garcia,J now pitching
Braun moved to right field
6-2 0 --- 12 Donaldson struck out (CCFBC)
6-2 1 --- 22 Seager,C flied out to center (BBCFFX)
6-2 2 --- 11 Voit flied out to left (BCX)