 allowed two runs in six innings, improving to 3-0 with a 2.01 ERA in seven career appearances against the Rockies.Colorado rallied from a 5-1 deficit but failed to get a big hit late.After Gerardo Parra's RBI groundout in the sixth and Jonathan Lucroy's solo homer in the seventh, the Rockies loaded the bases with one out. Nolan Arenado hit a deep sacrifice fly to pull Colorado to 5-4 before Mark Reynolds fouled out to end the inning.Kyle Barraclough walked Lucroy to start the ninth but recovered for his first major league save when Charlie Blackmon hit into a game-ending double play.Arenado's RBI was his 127th of the year, which surpassed Stanton (126) for the major league lead. Blackmon also drove in a run for the Rockies.Earlier, the Marlins strung together five straight hits in a four-run fourth against starter Tyler Chatwood (8-14). Rojas capped the burst as he roped a three-run double that deflected off an outstretched Ian Desmond in left field to put Miami up 4-0.Rain delayed the start by 26 minutes.STANTON'S INCREDIBLE CATCHStanton kept the Rockies off the board with a run-saving catch in the third. The slugger raced toward the right-center wall, made a leaping catch, and held on despite sandwiching Christian Yelich into the wall. The two tumbled to the ground but immediately got to their feet, laughing as they jogged to the dugout.Earlier in the inning, Lucroy was credited with a triple after Stanton dove and missed on his sharp liner, which rolled all the way to the corner.REMEMBERING JOSEJose Fernandez, the late Miami ace who galvanized a city with a rocket arm and an illuminating personality, has been gone for a year now.Monday marked the anniversary since Fernandez and two other passengers died in a boating accident off Miami Beach.His former teammates were just a few of those who took to social media to pay tribute in his memory.Stanton, posting a picture of himself with Fernandez on Instagram, wrote: ''Still Glancing over my shoulder hoping to see you. You've given me a new perspective & motivation Missing you always! (hash)JDF16''.When asked about the anniversary before Monday's game, Miami manager Don Mattingly said he'd always remember Fernandez's bright smile and high energy.The Marlins have worn a No. 16 patch on their jerseys throughout the season.It was later revealed that Fernandez was driving when the boat struck a jetty at 65.7 mph. An autopsy found cocaine and alcohol in his system. He was 24.TRAINER'S ROOMCarlos Gonzalez (shoulder) pinch-hit in the ninth for the Rockies. The slugger has showed signs of breaking out of a season-long slump this month with five home runs and 13 RBI.UP NEXTMarlins: RHP Jose Urena (14-6, 3.55) is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in four September starts. He stifled the Mets in his last outing, allowing two runs over eight innings.Rockies: In three starts since coming back from knee surgery, LHP Tyler Anderson (5-6, 5.24) is 2-1 with a 1.72 ERA.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Marlins' Stanton aims to boost homer total at Colorado 33m ago• 3 min read DENVER -- Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton will continue his quest to hit at least 60 home runs Monday when Miami faces the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, where he has a robust history.Meanwhile, the Rockies hold the upper hand in the chase for the second National League wild card and will be trying to move closer to the postseason when they begin the three-game series with the Marlins.Odrisamer Despaigne (0-3, 4.37 ERA) will start for the Marlins with Tyler Chatwood (8-13, 4.56) taking the mound for the Rockies.Stanton hit his 57th home run on Saturday at Arizona. It was his third homer in six games and sixth homer in 20 games this month. That is a decent pace but nothing like his otherworldly August, when Stanton hit 18 home runs in 29 games, including a stretch of six consecutive games with a homer.The Marlins and Rockies will play night games on Monday and Tuesday before concluding their series with an afternoon game Wednesday. Stanton has thrived at Coors Field, where he has said the hitting background beyond the wall in center field at night is unsurpassed.In 20 career games at Coors Field, Stanton is hitting .316 (25-for-79) with a 1.211 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, 10 homers, 24 RBIs and 12 walks. He went 4-for-12 with a double, home run and six RBIs in three games over the weekend at Arizona."I'm locked in," Stanton said after going deep Saturday. "I'm not worried about (the attention). I embrace it, understand it, and know the better I do, the more it's going to come. I put that as my hard work. You can't run from it, and know that it's there. Don't let it be a distraction. Have fun with it. It's a cool thing for baseball, a cool thing for a lot of reasons." The Marlins (72-82) swept three games from the Rockies in Miami from Aug. 11-13, winning 6-3, 4-3 and 5-3.Despaigne is 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA in six games (two starts) against the Rockies and 1-0 with a 3.68 ERA in three games (one start) at Coors Field.He has pitched in 16 games for Miami this season and made six starts, including five since Aug. 26. In those five starts, Despaigne went 0-2 with a 4.39 ERA, walking 13 walks and striking out 10 in 27 innings.The Marlins won his last outing 5-4 in 10 innings Tuesday against the New York Mets. Despaigne allowed six hits and three runs in six innings and left the game trailing 3-1.He has been far more successful this season against right-handed batters, limiting them to a .176 average and .509 OPS in 88 plate appearances. Lefties own a .306 average and .834 OPS against Despaigne in 114 plate appearances.Chatwood is 0-1 with a 14.29 ERA in two career starts against the Marlins in 2012 and 2016. Since he returned to the Colorado rotation Sept. 5, Chatwood is 2-1 with a 1.83 ERA. He lost his last start Wednesday at San Francisco when he gave up five hits and three runs in six innings as the Rockies fell 4-0.Colorado (84-72) was shut out in three of four games for the first time in franchise history before beating San Diego 8-4 on Sunday to split a four-game series.The Sunday win coupled with losses by both Milwaukee (82-74) and St. Louis (81-74) left the Rockies two games ahead of the Brewers and 2 1/2 games in front of the Cardinals in the wild-card chase. The Rockies' final six games are at home with the Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers."We're in a good place," Colorado center fielder Charlie Blackmon said after the Sunday game. "We just got a really good win, and we're going home. We don't have to worry about travel and all that mess. We can just be at home and worry about baseball."
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