Official Site of the Rockies · Apr 23, 2015
Axford brings son home for first time since snakebite
4/8/15: John Axford retires Khris Davis on a ground ball to seal the win and earn his first save of the 2015 seasonDENVER -- Activated from the restricted list, Rockies righty reliever John Axford celebrated bringing his 2 1/2-year-old son home Wednesday for the first time in the four weeks since he was bitten twice on the right foot by a rattlesnake.
Wednesday night's game against the Padres marked Axford's first in uniform since he went on the family medical emergency leave list April 12 and the restricted list seven days later. Axford was away from the team helping his son, Jameson, transfer from a hospital in Arizona, where he was at the time of the snakebite, to Denver.