Colorado Rockies Rundown: CarGo, Chatwood, Complete Games, And More

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Aug 30, 2015; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Colorado Rockies right fielder C. Gonzalez (5) looks on over the dugout railing against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the eighth inning at PNC Park. The Rockies won 5-0. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Carlos Gonzalez is pretty good, eh?

(via Twitter, etc.)

It turns out Carlos Gonzalez is very good at baseball (who knew?!?!), so instead of writing and re-writing that, I give you some fun Twitter statistics that were posted after the right fielder mashed another home run Thursday night:

Elias: CarGo joins Jason Giambi, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa & Andre Dawson as guys to have BTB multi-HR gms twice in one year.
— Dargan Southard (@Dargan_Southard) September 4, 2015

That’s a hell of a list to be on, no matter what the statistic.

Basically, he’s having a very special season for the Colorado Rockies, even despite starting so slowly for the first couple months.

Carlos González is eighth MLB player in history to hit multiple HRs in consecutive games more than once in same season (via @EliasSports)
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) September 4, 2015

And there’s perhaps the most mind-blowing of all the CarGo statistics from last night…

.@Rockies to HR in 4 straight games

2015 Nolan Arenado
2012 Josh Rutledge
2011 Troy Tulowitzki
2010 Carlos Gonzalez
2009 Troy Tulowitzki
— Purple Dinosaur Podcast (@purpledinocast) September 4, 2015

Josh Rutledge? JOSH RUTLEDGE?! Wasn’t it ~~fun~~ crazy that we used to think Josh Rutledge was a suitable middle infielder with some pop? Ah, the good old days.

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