Colorado Rockies: Tyler Anderson Pleased With Tuesday’s Outing

Colorado Rockies starter Tyler Anderson had a tale of two innings on Tuesday afternoon against the Texas Rangers.

Anderson, Colorado’s 27-year-old southpaw, opened the game against Texas by striking out the side in the first inning. The second inning, however, proved to be a different matter altogether.

After giving up a homer to Mike Napoli to open the frame, Anderson surrendered two-out singles to Drew Robinson and Hanser Alberto and walked Jose Trevino to load the bases. However, he escaped the inning by coercing Carlos Gomez into an inning-ending groundout.

"“I thought my stuff was good. It was just location and missing some pitches in the second inning was really the only big thing,” Anderson told Rox Pile. “And there weren’t that many pitches that were really missed in terms of not executing. It was pretty close. Just not quite there.”"

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In all, Anderson finished Tuesday with one run allowed and three hits in 2.2 innings of work. He struck out three and walked one. Colorado won the game, 3-2.

Anderson believes execution was the key to his first-inning dominance and second-inning issues.

"“I think in the first inning I was focused on executing pitches,” Anderson said. “In the second inning, the home run I think was still an executed pitch. Probably not the right pitch. Then when there was a runner on, I kind of got away from execution a little bit. That was probably the only difference.“I think I just started rushing a little bit. I just need to make some more executed pitches out of the stretch.”"

Colorado manager Bud Black liked what he saw from his starter on Tuesday.

"“I thought Tyler threw the ball well,” Colorado manager Bud Black said. “Good change. His strength is his mix and his deception. His intent is to be aggressive and go after guys, which he does.”"

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Note: The homer that Anderson surrendered to Napoli marked the fourth consecutive game that Colorado’s starter has given up a solo home run. Jon Gray started the trend on Saturday, following by Chad Bettis against Milwaukee on Sunday and Tyler Chatwood against the Dodgers on Monday.