Colorado Rockies morning after: A loss of epic proportions

The good: Achievements for the Giants

Alex Dickerson had a career night, going 5-for-6, hitting three home runs, two doubles, single, and he also had a walk. He had six RBI and five runs. His first-inning was the second-longest home run of the season, as it was an estimated 480 feet. It was the longest of his career and the longest home run hit by a Giants player in the Statcast era. He tied the Giants record (since they have been in San Francisco) with 16 total bases in a game. The person who he tied with: Willie Mays, who did it in 1961.

Dickerson also tied an MLB-record of five extra bases in a game. Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals last accomplished the feat in 2018.

Donovan Solano and Brandon Crawford also had six RBI in the game. The trio of teammates made themselves the first trio in MLB history (going back to 1920, when RBIs became a stat) to each get 6 RBI in a single game.

For the Giants overall, they had some phenomenal offensive numbers from the game.

The (really) bad: The Rockies numbers from the game

Jon Gray was rocked for seven runs (all earned) in 2 2/3 innings. As a result, his season ERA has ballooned up to 6.69.

Antonio Santos made his MLB debut but he allowed two runs (all earned) in 2 1/3 innings. Jairo Diaz came on in “relief” and preceded to allow seven runs (all earned) in just 2/3 of an inning. His ERA is now sky-high at 9.45. Tyler Kinley came on after Diaz and allowed two runs (again, all earned) and now, his ERA is 7.62.

Jeff Hoffman came on after Kinley and he allowed four runs (once again, all earned) in just a third of an inning. His ERA is now 9.00. Catcher Drew Butera was the best pitcher of the day, allowing one run in 1 2/3 innings.

Offensively, the Rockies did score five runs but don’t let that fool you. Until the 8th inning, they had two runs … and just two hits. Both hits were solo home runs by Garrett Hampson.

The Rockies offense picked it up once the game was long over but the point still stands: the Rockies offense has been terrible lately. There’s really no other way to put it.

The ugly: Stats from the last three weeks

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Want proof of the Rockies offense not playing well? Not including Tuesday’s game for the Rockies, the Rockies had a wRC+ of 76 since August 9 (the team was 11-3 before August 9). That is 3rd-worst in baseball in that span.

In that same span, they hit .256/.317/.399. From August 17 through Monday (August 31), the Rockies hit .231/.305/.354 with a wRC+ of 62, which is second-worst in baseball in that span.

For the pitching, after August 9, the Rockies have a team ERA of 7.22. Prior to August 9, it was 2.88. Overall, their team ERA is 5.52 now on the season. Before Tuesday’s game, it was 5.02, meaning their season ERA increased half of run just from one game.

In that span, the Rockies pitching staff has only struck out 6.48 batters per nine innings, which is more than strikeout less than the next lowest team (the Miami Marlins at 7.82 K/9).

They also allowed 1.71 home runs per nine innings since August 9, which is tied for third-worst in baseball in that span.

The team is 6-16 overall in their last 22 games. Therefore, they have gone from having the best record in all of baseball to being 9.5 games back of the Los Angeles in the NL West (and the best record in baseball) and in fourth place, 4.5 games back of the Padres for second place and 0.5 games back of the Giants.

The Rockies can forget about Tuesday quickly, though, with their day-game against the Giants at 1:10 p.m. (Mountain time) to try to regain a hold on third place.

Editor’s Note: All stats are from the Rockies PR team unless otherwise noted.