SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Jose Quintana went from getting nobody out in his last start to facing the minimum 15 batters in five dominant innings Sunday for the Chicago White Sox in a 5-5 tie with the Colorado Rockies.
Quintana entered with a 30.00 earned run average and had allowed seven hits, two walks and nine runs in his previous outing. He hadn’t lasted past the third inning in a rough spring that he acknowledged was testing his confidence.
“It never happened in my career, getting nobody out,” Quintana said.
Wilin Rosario’s leadoff single in the second was the lone hit off Quintana, who then picked off Rosario at first base. The left-hander struck out NL batting champion Michael Cuddyer twice.
“I think you need to have some success to get that confidence going into the season,” Chicago catcher Tyler Flowers said. “He should be full of it today.”
Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood allowed five hits and hit a batter with a pitch in a three-run second inning that included Blake Tekottte’s RBI double.
Chatwood gave up five runs and 10 hits before leaving with one out in the sixth.
Colorado rallied from a 5-0 deficit. Marcus Semien’s double error on a grounder to shortstop in the eighth scored two runs to tie it.
The game was stopped after nine innings.
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Chatwood and fellow starters Brett Anderson and Jorge De La Rosa have allowed 31 hits over 14 1-3 innings in the last three days. But manager Walt Weiss isn’t concerned.
“I rely more on their track record than I do a start in spring training,” he said.
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Rockies left-hander Boone Logan pitched in a minor league game Saturday and will do so again Monday. That way, if he’s placed on the 15-day disabled list to start the season, it will be retroactive to his last big league appearance on Thursday.
“It leaves some options open for us,” Weiss said.
Logan threw nine pitches to a single lefty Saturday as he continues his recovery from offseason elbow surgery.
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Nolan Arenado walked through the Rockies clubhouse wearing a wrap on his left hand – and a wide smile.
“It’s OK, I’m telling you,” the Gold Glove third baseman said. “I can squeeze it. But it was scary for a second, no doubt.”
Arenado was hit on the side of his hand below the pinkie with a fastball Saturday. An X-ray was negative, and Arenado could return this week.
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Right-hander Jhoulys Chacin (shoulder) threw a bullpen session. … Left-hander Franklin Morales (groin) will start Monday.
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Weiss lost a replay challenge in the sixth when he argued that Chicago’s Adam Eaton didn’t get back to the bag after he slid past second on a successful steal attempt.
It took 67 seconds for umpires to rule there was no conclusive replay angle.
“I think it’s going to be a very different story during the season,” Weiss said, “because we’re going to have 12 camera angles as opposed to two or three in spring training.”
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