ROCKIES
Meanwhile, Colorado busted out the lumber en route to finishing the night 6- for- 14 with runners in scoring position and with RBIs by six players.
A pair of RBI singles by Trevor Story and Arenado in the fifth inning pushed the score to 4- 1. Then the Rockies broke out with a fiverun sixth highlighted by Blackmon’s three- run supershot to dead center field to make it 9- 1, and David Dahl’s sacrifice fly RBI added on in the eighth.
Chad Bettis, Jairo Diaz and Bryan Shaw each pitched a scoreless inning in relief, while the Cubs plated a couple runs off Phillip Diehl in the ninth via RBI singles from Addison Russell and Albert Almora Jr.
It marked the major- league debut for Diehl, who was called up Monday from Triple- A Albuquerque and had impressed in the minors following his trade from the Yankees for outfielder Mike Tauchman on March 23.
Anderson has surgery. Tyler Anderson had surgery on his left knee Tuesday in Chicago, the first major step in the long road of recovery for the Rockies’ southpaw.
Manager Bud Black said the club will know more Wednesday about how the procedure went. Anderson, 29, was optioned to Triple- A Albuquerque on May 4 after floundering with a 11.76 ERA in his first five starts of 2019. He went on the injured list a few weeks later after not making any starts for the Isotopes.
The surgery is intended to correct the chondral defect in Anderson’s left knee. A chondral defect refers to an area of damage to the cartilage that lines the end of the bones in the knee.
It’s an intricate surgery that could require extended rehabilitation time, and there’s still no timetable for Anderson’s return — although its looking highly unlikely it will come in 2019.