Hunter Goodman stayed red hot for Colorado Rockies; Ryan Feltner went six innings in impressive outing against Milwaukee Brewers.
It was a tough loss on Friday night for the Colorado Rockies, but they didn't go down without a fight.
The Rockies and Milwaukee Brewers ended up going back and forth late in the game. In the end, the Brewers earned a 9-7 win in 10 innings at Coors Field in Denver. Despite the loss, catcher Hunter Goodman remained red hot at the plate. Also, Rockies starting pitcher Ryan Feltner kept the stout Brewers' offense in check.
Goodman went 1-for-3 with his team-leading 16th home run, two RBIs, and a walk. Right now, he's collected enough dingers to be in fourth place with the most home runs in the National League. Goodman has been hotter than a bowl of chili recently.
Goodman is On Fire Right Now
It's still early in June, but he's hit five home runs in his last nine games. Getting even more granular in data, Goodman has hit three homers in four games in June. Goodman also has an extra-base hit in four straight games.
Finally, Goodman is the first Rockies catcher to have multiple career games with one home run and one stolen base. Pretty dang good for a catcher.
Feltner went six innings, giving up one hit, one earned run, walked two, and struck out four. It's the third time in his career that Feltner has at least two consecutive quality starts. Since coming off the Injured List, Feltner is 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA.
Compare those numbers with his pre-Injured List stats as Feltner was 1-1 with a 6.30 ERA. In 20 innings in that stretch, he gave up 14 earned runs.
Yes, Feltner has turned a corner and, well, that's good news for Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer. After Friday night's loss, Feltner talked about his start and how he goes about getting ready for a start these days.
Feltner Keeps Focus on Improving
“I’m not a huge goal-setting guy, and I feel like that falls under that,” Feltner said, according to MLB.com. “I just like to stick to my process and execute that to the best of my abilities. The best way I can say it is I’d like to just look up one day and realize where I am, instead of striving for something -- it puts extra pressure on things.”
Schaeffer noted Feltner's start and how he went about his business.
“I mean, he was, like, one hitter from being removed from the game,” Schaeffer said. “In the second inning, he got into some trouble, lost command just a little bit. But he fought his way back in. He came back, started pounding the zone again, made good adjustments between the second and third innings and pitched really well.”
What's most important to Feltner right now? He's taking things one day at a time while focusing on improving his effort.
“I want to be one of the guys that goes deep into the game, always,” he said. “So, no extra pressure. That’s how I identify myself as a pitcher.”
The Rockies and Brewers get back at it on Saturday night, followed by a Sunday afternoon matchup. Saturday night, get out to Coors Field before the first pitch at 7:10 p.m. MDT, while on Sunday that game starts at 1:10 p.m. MDT.
