Charlie Blackmon Sitting Against A Southpaw
5 months agoColorado Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon will retreat to the bench on Tuesday against the Cincinnati Reds on the road with a left-hander on the mound. Hunter Goodman is in right field and batting ninth for the Rockies, while catcher Elias Diaz will serve as the designated hitter and bat cleanup against Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo. Jacob Stallings is doing the catching and batting sixth. The 38-year-old veteran left-handed-hitting outfielder is actually batting .309 (17-for-55) against lefties in 2024, but none of his four home runs have come against them. Blackmon will get a breather after hitting just .188/.235/.344 with a homer, three RBI and nine strikeouts in nine games played over the last 14 days. Goodman and Diaz have never faced Lodolo in their careers, while Stallings has a hit in his only career at-bat versus Lodolo.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com