Colorado Rockies game no. 131 thread: Austin Gomber vs. Marcus Stroman

Can the Rockies win the series today?

After a 3-0 loss on Friday night, the Colorado Rockies bounced back yesterday with a 9-2 clubbing of the New York Yankees. It was Bud Black’s 1,160th game managed at the helm of the Rox, passing Clint Hurdle for most games in franchise history. He has won 524 games, the second-most in franchise history, trailing Hurdle’s 534. If the Rockies win only 10 more games this season to give Black that record, they will still lose 104 games.

That said, Austin Gomber (4-8, 4.64 ERA) takes the mound for the Rox. In his last outing against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, Gomber earned his fourth win of the year. He allowed one run on three hits over seven innings. It was his team-leading fifth start of at least seven innings. Gomber has faced the Yankees once before at Coors Field last July. He limited them to two runs through six innings with two strikeouts. Both runs came on a Giancarlo Stanton home run in the first inning.

Gomber will face Yankees’ veteran right-hander Marcus Stroman (8-6, 3.82 ERA), who is pitching on six days’ rest. In his last outing against the Detroit Tigers in the MLB Little League Classic, Stroman threw six scoreless innings with four hits, two walks and five strikeouts. It was his fifth scoreless start of the season and second-straight where he allowed one run or fewer. Stroman has pitched against the Rockies seven times previously, and owns a 4-2 record and 2.79 ERA.

Can the Rockies get to him in the Bronx finale this morning?

First Pitch: 11:35 a.m. MT

TV: Rockies.tv

Radio: KOA 850 AM/94.1 FM; KNRV 1150 (Spanish)

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