Rockies’ offense sluggish in second straight loss to Phillies in MLB The Show 20

With the start of the Major League Baseball season postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, we here at The Denver Post took a look at how the Rockies would fare in MLB The Show 20 on PlayStation 4. We will have a story for every game that had been scheduled until real-life baseball returns. Here’s a look at the virtual Rockies’ preseason preview. Entering Saturday’s game, the Rockies were 21-9.

PHILADELPHIA — The Rockies’ offense struggled again as the Phillies won 6-2 Saturday at Citizens Bank Park.

Colorado scored just twice with Trevor Story and Daniel Murphy each driving in Charlie Blackmon. Catcher Tony Wolters had a strong game, batting 3 for 4 with two doubles, but he wasn’t able to add anything to the runs column.

Colorado starter German Marquez struggled against the Phillies hitters, giving up six runs in five innings of work.

The Rockies’ (21-10) lead in the National League West is down to 3.5 games ahead of the surging Dodgers (18-14).

Note: Colorado sent shortstop Brendan Rodgers down to Triple-A. Rodgers was batting .187. The Rockies recalled outfielder Yonathan Daza, who was hitting .302 for the Isotopes.

Box score

COL (21-10) — 000-100-010 — 2-9-0
PHI (22-11) — 103-020-00X — 6-7-0

Colorado — Dahl 5-0-1-0, Blackmon 5-2-2-0, Arenado 3-0-0-0, Story 3-0-1-1, Murphy 3-0-0-1, McMahon 4-0-0-0, Hilliard 4-0-0-0, Wolters 4-0-3-0, Marquez 2-0-1-0, Kinley 0-0-0-0, Tapia 0-0-0-0, Almonte 0-0-0-0, Shaw 0-0-0-0, Desmond 1-0-1-0. Totals — 35-2-9-2.

Philadelphia — Segura — 4-2-3-1, McCutchen 1-2-0-0, Harper 3-1-1-1, Hoskins 3-0-0-0, Gregorius 3-1-2-3, Realmuto 4-0-1-1, Williams 4-0-0-0, Kingery 3-0-0-0, Arrieta 3-0-0-0, Haseley 1-0-0-0, Morgan 0-0-0-0, Stock 0-0-0-0. Totals — 29-6-7-6.

2B — Wolters 2; Realmuto. 3B — Segura. HR — Segura, Gregorius. SB — Blackmon; Harper. WP — Arrieta (5-2). LP — Marquez (4-2). S — Stock (11).