#28
Sunday 2nd May — Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks @ Chase Field
After the Rockies scored a bevy of runs on Saturday night, they took the field on Sunday to try and tie up the four-game series against the Diamondbacks. It looked likely as the end of the night drew near, but it wasn’t to be again for the Rockies. They dropped another game on the road and are heading back to Colorado with only two away wins under their belt (with 11 losses).
The tale of the type was the 15 runners that Colorado had in scoring position — only two of whom managed to score any runs. It’s offensive to the baseball Gods to leave that many runners in scoring position, and it contributed to the eventual collapse of the defence.
It all kicked off in the 8th inning. Raimel Tapia got his third hit of the day, stole a base and was brought over on the very next AB by Garrett Hampson to tie the score at 4–4. It looked promising for the Rockies at this point — Story got hit by a pitch and before you could blink the Rockies had two further baserunners when RyMac stepped up to the plate. Even after the Rockies pulled off a double steal (the Rockies’ 2nd and 3rd steals of the inning and the 4th of the day). At this point, it felt like the momentum was all in the Rockies favour.
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Alas, it was not to be…again….what's new…
Daniel Bard came in to pitch for the bottom of the 8th, with the faithful fully expecting their 2020 pitching aberration to keep the boys in it. After giving up a leadoff walk and a single, Bard conceded a line drive to right field which brought two runs over and gave Arizona a 6–4 lead. If that wasn’t enough, the Diamondbacks brought two final runs over to leave the score at 8–4 by close of play. Bard had little command over his pitching, leaving several misplaced balls hanging at waist height for batters to take advantage of. Bard was pulled before the inning finished and Jordan Sheffield pitched the final outs for Colorado.
After Saturday’s astounding victory, this loss stings — especially given the manner of the loss. It’s never great to see a pitcher collapse to cost you the game, but it felt worse given that it was Bard who pitched us out of it.
Anyway, we knew this season was going to be like this. It’s not pleasant, but this is going to keep happening. On to the next one — a two-game homes series against the Giants, who’re coming into the series red hot!
Final Score — Colorado Rockies 4 — Arizona Diamondbacks 8
Rockies’ MVP — Meh
Rockies’ Record — 10–18
