New Coors Field fence robs Story of 8th, 9th homers
Rookie phenom Trevor Story went a solid 3-for-4 with a brace of triples to advance the Colorado Rockies to a 10-6 achievement Wednesday over the San Francisco Giants, but he came up just shy of a absolutely memorable night. |
| New Coors Field fence robs Story of 8th, 9th homers |
BOX SCORE: ROCKIES 10, GIANTS 6
Story, who entered the challenge with seven homers in seven games, was beggared of his eighth and ninth continued assurance of the division by the new acute fences at Coors Field.
The Rockies aloft the fence in right-center acreage by eight feet, and the bank anatomy central the left-field abhorrent pole by 5 feet, advanced of the 2016 division at the homer-happy venue.
The new right-center field fence at Coors Field. Nearly nine feet taller this year. Feels bigger than I'd guessed... pic.twitter.com/UhLwQv3Hii— Nick Groke (@nickgroke) April 7, 2016
In his third bowl appearance, Story aerial a aerial drive off the top of the old bank in centermost field, and in his next at-bat, he couldn't bright the fence in right-center.
"(The wall's) declared to get the added team," Rockies administrator Walt Weiss joked postgame. "But it was a abundant assurance to see that from Trevor. That's his allotment of the ballpark, that center- to right-center gap."
Story suffered through his aboriginal hitless bold of his adolescent career Tuesday, traveling 0-for-4 with three strikeouts adjoin the Giants. Regardless, the 23-year-old anticipation is hitting a actual admirable .343/.351/.1.057 through eight amateur with 13 RBIs.
Colorado batters accumulated to hit a franchise-record four triples in the contest, with Charlie Blackmon and Carlos Gonzalez aswell accidental to the cause.
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