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- Updated: June 4, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Rockies star third baseman Nolan Arenado believes improvement starts in the mirror.
Arenado and the Rockies are coming off a deflating 2-5 homestand that saw them lose three of four to the Reds, who have the third-fewest wins in the Majors. There is plenty of blame to go around, and Arenado doesn’t mind shouldering his share.
“I need to play better,” said Arenado, who entered Friday tied with the White Sox’s Todd Frazier and the Orioles’ Mark Trumbo for the Majors’ home run lead with 17. “I haven’t been playing the way I would like to play. It’s frustrating. As a team we’re losing, and it kind of hurts because I feel I could be helping the team in more ways than I am right now. But everyone’s got to play their part.
“Obviously, last series we didn’t pitch really great. It’s easy to point that out. But at the same time, I don’t think we’re developing the runs that we’re capable of doing. Obviously, we can hit home runs, but there’s more to hitting and …
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