Thread by @harding_at_mlb, #Rockies fans have been waiting for third baseman Nolan Arenado's power [...]

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fans have been waiting for third baseman Nolan Arenado's power bat, and it showed in a win over the #SFGiants

, as the Rox have matched their best nine-game start (7-2).
That's the main story, but this thread has other news and highlights
https://www.mlb.com/rockies/news/nolan-arenado-sparks-rally-with-first-hr?tcid=tw_article_ via @MLB

Arenado's 1st HR helps Rox match best start

For the headlining player on a team fashioning a stellar start to the season, third baseman Nolan Arenado was an agitated-looking fellow Monday afternoon, some four hours before the Rockies’ 7-6...

https://www.mlb.com/rockies/news/nolan-arenado-sparks-rally-with-first-hr?tcid=tw_article_

Before the game, I put together three reasons why first baseman Daniel Murphy is playing the way the #Rockies

expected when they signed him before last season for two years and $24 million: https://www.mlb.com/rockies/news/daniel-murphy-healthy-productive

Murphy fab after rediscovering his fade

First baseman Daniel Murphy’s two-year, $24 million contract came with expectations that the Rockies had landed a hitting savant whose methods and production influence others. That Murphy announced...

https://www.mlb.com/rockies/news/daniel-murphy-healthy-productive

Since you can't get enough of Daniel Murphy, here he is driving in the game's first run, off the #Giants' Johnny Cueto https://www.mlb.com/rockies/video/daniel-murphy-s-rbi-single-x2829?t=t115-default-vtp

Much of the praise goes to the left side of the #Rockies

' infield, with Nolan Arenado and Trevor Story, but how about the middle of the outfield? Center fielder David Dahl is making big catches with regularity. https://www.mlb.com/rockies/video/david-dahl-s-tumbling-grab?t=t115-default-vtp

Arenado's two-run homer got things going, but Dahl's RBI single -- and a wild throw and a home plate that the #SFGiants

somehow neglected to cover -- gave the #Rockies

the lead for good. https://www.mlb.com/rockies/video/david-dahl-s-go-ahead-single?t=t115-default-vtp

There is no such thing as an oh-by-the-way run at Coors. Chris Owings' first homer in Purple Pinstripes gave the #Rockies

just enough runs. https://www.mlb.com/rockies/video/chris-owings-solo-home-run-x1271?t=t115-default-vtp

Jairo Díaz's ninth inning was more exciting than #Rockies

fans may have wanted, but he closed out his second straight save with the tying run at third base. https://www.mlb.com/rockies/video/jairo-diaz-gets-the-last-out?t=t115-default-vtp

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