Josh Fogg allowed just one run over 6 innings, and Matt Holliday and Yorvit Torrealba each went deep as the Rockies inched closer to the World Series with a 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks. On a wet night in Denver, Torrealba made the home town fans feel warm and fuzzy all over after launching a 3-run blast to give Colorado the lead for good. The Rockies bullpen was flawless, giving up just one hit in 3 scoreless innings. Rockies lead the series 3-0.

 
FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Diamondbacks  0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
Rockies  1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 4 9 0

 

W: J. Fogg (W, 1-0); L: L. Hernandez (L, 0-1); S: M. Corpas (S, 1)

HR: ARI: M. Reynolds (1). COL: M. Holliday (1), Y. Torrealba (1).

Game Notes

- The Rockies are now 6-0 to open this postseason...Colorado is one of just two NL teams to open a postseason by winning six straight...The 1976 Cincinnati Reds went 7-0 by sweeping the LCS and World Series.

- Josh Fogg improved to 7-1 lifetime against Arizona.  Josh also improved to 46-24 in 100 starts in his career when he works at least 6.0 innings in a game.

- The Diamondbacks went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position tonight and now have 2 hits in 17 at bats with RISP in this year’s LCS.

Recapping the Game in Quotes

Q. Josh, for those who will never pitch a playoff game, specifically what does it feel like to watch Torrealba's home run clear the wall?

JOSH FOGG: It's huge right there, because if he gets out right there I gotta go back for the 7th inning and I'm still in a 1-1 game. You're hoping for any kind of hit, bleeder infield hit, anything that scores a run there. He fought off a good pitch 3-2, that Livan threw him that slow curveball 3-2. It's a tough pitch to hang in there on. He waited back a long time and just got a piece of it. I was fortunate enough to get a fastball the next pitch and put a good swing on it.

Q. After fouling off a 3-2 curve, were you looking for another curve or was it a fastball before you hit the home run?

YORVIT TORREALBA: The home run was a fastball but I was looking middle all the way, we saw his stuff. He never really throw me a fastball inside. I don't see all year long he hasn't throw me any fastball inside. I was looking for a slider, a slider down away, or anything soft that way. Like I said, it surprised me and then he left it down the middle and I just reacted to it.

(Interesting conflicting accounts of the type of pitch! According to MLB's Gameday, it was a breaking ball around 82 mph which means it probably was a hanging slider. Hernandez curveball was being clocked around 60 mph)

Q. What did you see from Holliday tonight that maybe he wasn't doing in the first two games, just a matter of him, he's going to hit the ball?

CLINT HURDLE: I think he had the opportunity to look at some swings. He had the opportunity to step back the off day. As I mentioned before the game, our hitting coach, Alan Cockrell, has done a tremendous job with all our hitters, individually. Slowing them down, giving them an understanding, getting them back to their foundation and their base. Saw much better swings from Matt tonight. Much better swings from Todd. Tulowitzki, a few others. So we will hit. I have all the confidence in the world in our hitters and our hitting coach.

Q. Could you elaborate on Livan's performance and how he pitched kind of trademark Livan style?

BOB MELVIN: I really thought he pitched great. He leaves one slider to Holliday that he can get the barrel on. The rest of the game just the one pitch he was trying to get going on Torrealba. And left it there. And to his credit he got the barrel on it. Other than that, he pitched great. In a game where we're not giving him any support and the conditions and so forth out there, I thought he did more than his job to keep us in the game, give us a chance.

Q. Would you consider using or starting Webb tomorrow?

BOB MELVIN: No, Webb's not starting tomorrow.

Notes and quotes courtesy of MLB