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Frustrating season hasn’t deterred Motte
- Updated: September 14, 2016
PHOENIX — Rockies right-handed relief pitcher Jason Motte is sure his attitude and gratitude, after a one-batter cameo in a 11-4 loss to the D-backs at Chase Field on Tuesday night, haven’t changed through years of triumph and success and injury.
Motte had to duck Mitch Haniger’s hard, eighth-inning line drive but gained an out when second baseman Tony Wolters made the fielding play and throw. It was Motte’s first outing since July 25, before he went to the disabled list for the second time this season with right rotator cuff issues.
“I was a catcher and the Cardinals turned me into a pitcher in 2006, when I had never pitched before,” Motte said. “So when they did that, I told myself I’m going to go out there and give whatever I have, whatever day it is. If it’s Tuesday, I’m going to give you what I’ve got on Tuesday. That pitch. That day. That game.
“You can’t say, ‘I’m going to do this today and tomorrow’s game I’m going to do that.’ You may not see tomorrow’s game.”
Since 2011, when he pitched the …
