Weiss underwent an emergency appendectomy after he went to the hospital with stomach pains just a couple of hours before Wednesday’s first pitch at Angels Stadium of Anaheim. Rockies bench coach Tom Runnells served as the acting manager Wednesday night and will continue to do so until Weiss is ready to return to the dugout as the Rockies start a four-game series with the NL-West leading Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.
“We know that he had some surgery on his appendix and everything went well,” Runnells told Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post. “He’s resting and he will come to (L.