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SCOTTSDALE http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-yunel-escobar-jersey , Ariz. (AP) — How’s this for a mile-high milestone: The Colorado Rockies have one of baseball’s best young starting rotations.According to ace Kyle Freeland, at least.“I think our rotation can stack up against anybody,” Freeland said Wednesday when pitchers and catchers had their first workout.He has a strong case. The Rockies have made the postseason as a wild card each of the past two seasons — a first for the franchise — and the evolutions of young starters like Freeman, German Marquez and Tyler Anderson are a big reason why.The rotation had a 4.17 ERA last season, the second-lowest mark ever for the franchise. Of course, because of the hitter-friendly conditions at Coors Field, the Rockies are unlikely to ever challenge for a team ERA title.Other indicators show them right there with the National League’s best. The group made 87 quality starts — only the Dodgers (95) and Milwaukee Brewers (91) had more — while working a league-high 932 innings. Ranked by Fangraphs’ wins above replacement metric — which attempts to cancel out park effects — Colorado’s starters ranked fourth in the NL, behind the Mets, Dodgers and Phillies.The chief goal right now: catching the six-time reigning NL West champion Dodgers.“The Dodgers have a very good rotation. These are different rotations because these are different pitchers,” Colorado manager Bud Black said. “We feel like on any given night, any given start, that we can match up with anybody. The Dodgers have pitched extremely well the last number of years. You look at team pitching. You look at any team that has made the playoffs, they are always at the top of team pitching. Statistically, the Dodgers are right there.“That is our goal, when you look at team pitching, to be up the ladder there. We have a little different environment Martin Maldonado Jersey , but there are some markers there that show we are a good pitching team.”Homegrown starters Freeland and Marquez had breakout years in 2018, the second full season for each. The 25-year-old Freeland was 17-7 with 2.85 ERA, which was fifth in the league, and Marquez, 23, was 14-11 with a 3.77 ERA and 230 strikeouts in 196 innings.Jon Gray, another product from the farm, is a three-time double-digit winner who won 12 games with a 5.12 ERA last year. After an inconsistent few years, the 27-year-old reported to camp having putting on some muscle and “is in a good spot,” Black said.“From when I got here a couple of years ago, I sensed that there was some talent, and I think we are building on that, too,” said Black, in his third season in Colorado. “The depth is starting to emerge from our system. Overall, we feel good about the group. I know that organizationally http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-j.-c.-ramirez-jersey , it is something we have to stay on top of. All teams do.“Because you have to pitch.”Freeland pitched six shutout innings on three days’ rest when the Rockies beat Chicago in the NL wild-card game, and Marquez gave up two runs in five innings in his NLDS start against Milwaukee, which swept the three-game series.Now, Freeland said, it’s time to get even better.“We are all getting older, we are all getting wiser and learning this game, and learning it all the highest capacity,” Freeland said.“We are in the playoffs and we are playing extremely meaningful games that are do-or-die. We are learning how to play in that, and I think that is only going to help us in the long run.”__ MILWAUKEE (AP) — Extra innings, two outs and the winning run on third in Game 1 of the playoffs.Short on playoff experience, the Milwaukee Brewers dealt for veteran Mike Moustakas over the summer to produce in just this kind of spot.Good deal.Moustakas scored MVP front-runner Christian Yelich with a two-out single in the 10th inning, and the Brewers bounced back to beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 Thursday in their NL Division Series opener.After giving up two runs in the ninth that made it 2-all, the Brewers regrouped and soon celebrated. Making their first postseason appearance since 2011, they won their ninth straight game overall.Moustakas had already produced for Kansas City in October, hitting .304 in the 2015 World Series to help beat the Mets.He’s doing it again in Milwaukee after being acquired from the Royals in late July.“Being in a postseason a couple years back, it definitely helps Darin Erstad Jersey ,” Moustakas said.Chants of “Mooose!” echoed around Miller Park after the winning hit.Game 2 is Friday in Milwaukee with Colorado’s Tyler Anderson opposing Jhoulys Chacin, who led Milwaukee with 35 starts this year. He started Monday when the Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 in the NL Central tiebreaker at Wrigley Field.Yelich hit a two-run homer in the third inning, then opened the 10th with a walk against Adam Ottavino, coming back from an 0-2 count.Yelich made his postseason debut, though the even-keeled star spoke as if he had been through this before.“You’re just trying to slow the situation down … find a way to get on and make something happen, put some pressure on him,” Yelich said. “And Moose was able to come through there at the end with the huge hit.”Yelich advanced to second on a wild pitch and came home on Moustakas’ line drive to right field. After almost winning the Triple Crown this year, Yelich got two hits, scored twice and stole a base in his playoff debut.Josh Hader and the Brewers allowed just one hit over eight innings in a dominant bullpen game and led 2-0 before Jeremy Jeffress gave up three straight singles to open the ninth. Charlie Blackmon grounded an RBI single shortly after his ground-rule double was overruled on replay review, and Nolan Arenado added a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to tie it.But Colorado couldn’t come through in extras again after outlasting the Chicago Cubs 2-1 in 13 innings in the NL wild-card game on Tuesday.“Everybody knows I throw a lot of sliders. In that spot, I wanted to elevate. I wanted to get a little higher than I got it,” Ottavino said. “I think I guessed what he was looking for wrong there.”Joakim Soria picked up the win in the opener with a scoreless 10th.MOOSE IS LOOSEThe two-time All-Star third baseman had 15 RBIs in 31 postseason games while with the Royals.Make it 16 now in Milwaukee.“Look, Moose has been in those spots,” manager Craig Counsell said. “It’s something that you try to not make the situation too big, and he did a great job of it and finally got a pitch to it.”COLD COLORADOThe big-hitting Rockies, meanwhile http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-justin-upton-jersey , are still struggling to find their stroke. After beating the Cubs earlier in the week, this visit to Miller Park meant them playing in a different city for the fourth time in five days.“Time will tell, but I think the day off helped yesterday,” skipper Bud Black said. “I think the postseason energizes players.”BULLPEN DAYWith more and more teams relying exclusively on relievers in the regular season, the Brewers tried to take the new-wave approach to a new level in October. Out of the six pitchers who took the mound, only Jeffress allowed any runs.Corbin Burnes, who tossed scoreless innings in the fourth and fifth, was the only other reliever to allow a hit.Colorado was 1 of 23 with 10 strikeouts over the first eight innings. They were 3 of 6 in the ninth.STAT LINESMatt Holliday’s pinch-hit single in the ninth was his 15th career postseason with Colorado, tying him with Yorvit Torrealba atop the team’s career playoff hits list. … Yelich became just the fifth Brewers player to reach base at least four times in a postseason game. … OF Ryan Braun went 2 for 5 to record his ninth career multihit game in the postseason.UP NEXTAnderson (7-9, 4.55 ERA) starts Game 2 in Milwaukee, coming off 7 2/3 shutout innings in a 12-0 win on Sunday over Washington that set up the NL West tiebreaker game the next day against the Dodgers. It was the left-hander’s first victory since July 4. Chacin (15-8, 3.50) turned into the Brewers’ most consistent starting pitcher this season. He will work on three days’ rest after allowing one run and one hit in 5 2/3 innings in that win over the Cubs.