Amid high and lows, Story keeps level head

DENVER — Seven home runs in his first six Major League games and eight in his first 13 — both unprecedented — didn’t make Rockies shortstop Trevor Story believe he was immune from baseball’s crests and depths. So a 2-for-22 (.091) slump in the six games since his last homer won’t sway him, either.

Story, 23, has lived an action-packed first 19 games. Tuesday night was another first — a day out of the starting lineup. It could be a good time to assess where Story is. However, he doesn’t necessarily look at it that way, and when he does self-evaluate, he doesn’t do it with the stat sheet in mind.

“I really don’t like to look at results at all, really,” Story said. “I go by how I feel day by day. If I feel good at the plate and I’m seeing the ball well and putting good swings on it, I’ll go home happy. If you can do that but not get hits, it’s a good way to keep from putting yourself in a rut.”

For example, Story was 0-for-2 with a strikeout, but he walked his first couple of plate appearances in Monday’s 6-1 loss to the Pirates. That didn’t help Story’s batting average, which sat at .247 entering Tuesday, but he won’t wallow.

“There are a lot of different ways you can …

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