 allowed five hits and three runs and struck out a career-high seven in 5 1/3 innings. He was lifted after retiring Trevor Story on a flyball that ended an 11-pitch at-bat.Five Marlins relievers kept Colorado scoreless through the final 3 2/3 innings.Rojas and Herrera capitalized on Anderson's first pitches with hits that keyed a three-run fourth for a 5-2 lead. Rojas' double to left center scored two and Herrera followed with an RBI single.Anderson (0-1) gave up five runs, nine hits and struck out four in five innings.Miami added two runs in the seventh on Prado's RBI single and Curtis Granderson's safety squeeze bunt single that scored Brinson.The Marlins scored their first runs of the season in the second not produced by a solo homer. Granderson's sacrifice fly and Rojas' RBI double gave Miami a 2-0 lead.The Rockies quickly erased Miami's early advantage in the third on Charlie Blackmon's run-scoring single and David Dahl's sacrifice fly.After sporadic rain during the first two games of the series, the roof at Marlins Park was opened Saturday.TRAINER'S ROOM:Rockies: 1B Daniel Murphy missed the game and will have X-rays on his left index finger, according to manager Bud Black. Murphy jammed the finger while diving to stop a sharp grounder in the fourth inning of Friday's game. Although Murphy remained in the game and had his first hit as a Rockie in the ninth, Black said the swelling on his finger worsened overnight.Marlins: P Jose Urena expects to make his second start against the New York Mets on Tuesday as he recovers from the line drive he took behind his left leg off a hit ball by Dahl in the second inning of the season opener Thursday. Manager Don Mattingly said Urena will have his bullpen session on Sunday.UP NEXT:RHP Jon Gray will start the series finale for the Rockies on Sunday while the Marlins will go with RHP Sandy Alcantara.)
Anderson looks to keep Rockies rolling against Marlins Colorado Rockies left-hander Tyler Anderson is one of those rare pitchers who has better numbers at Coors Field than he does away from the high-altitude launch pad.Last season, Anderson had a 4.15 ERA in 17 starts at Coors and a 5.02 ERA in 15 road starts.On Saturday, he will work on improving the latter as he takes on the Miami Marlins in the third of a four-game, season-opening series that so far has produced a pair of Rockies victories.Miami will counter with right-hander Pablo Lopez, who made his major league debut last season and went 2-4 with a 4.14 ERA in 10 starts.Lopez added eight pounds of muscle to his 6-3, 200-pound frame over the off-seaon. Then, in spring training, he showed improved control -- just one walk in 20 innings -- and increased velocity."We saw the growth of Pablo Lopez," Marlins general manager Mike Hill said. "He came ready to make the team." A Venezuela native who at one point considered going to medical school, Lopez had a sub-1.00 ERA this spring, and his emergence convinced Hill to release veteran starter Dan Straily.Lopez, one of six Marlins who on Thursday made their first Opening Day roster, is part of a youthful rotation. Jose Urena and Caleb Smith are 27, Trevor Richards is 25, and Sandy Alcantara and Lopez are 23. Richards and Alcantara also made their first Opening Day roster on Thursday.More young starters are on the way -- prospects such as Nick Neidert, Zac Gallen and Jordan Yamamoto at Triple A -- which means Lopez will be under real pressure to succeed on Saturday.Meanwhile, Anderson, who has a 3.73 career ERA at Coors -- third-best in franchise history among pitchers with at least 30 starts -- will try to get comfortable on the Marlins Park mound.Overall last season, he set personal highs for starts (32), innings pitched (176) and strikeouts (164). He pitched at least 7 2/3 scoreless innings three times last season.One of Anderson's "many strengths is that he's a great competitor," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "Once the season arrives, he will turn it up a notch." The same can be said for the entire Rockies team, which made the playoffs as a wild-card team last year and has come out swinging to start 2019.In two games, the Rockies have outscored the Marlins 12-4, allowing Miami hitters just a total of six hits.Several Rockies players have come up big -- from starting pitchers Kyle Freeland and German Marquez to hitters such as David Dahl and Charlie Blackmon.Freeland and Marquez both earned wins, combining to allow just four hits and two runs.Dahl is 4-for-8 with two runs scored and two RBIs in two games. And Blackmon -- the 2017 National League batting champ -- went hitless in five at-bats on Thursday but stormed back on Friday by going 3-for-5 with two RBIs and one steal.Miami, meanwhile, is getting the long ball -- four homers in two games. But those homers have all been solo blasts, and the Marlins have not manufactured any runs without the big fly.--Field Level Media
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