The Colorado Rockies played on the alley adjoin the Arizona Diamondbacks this ages six times. They absent four of those games. They absent two series.
It is at this point that I get appealing bad-humored with the aggregation I love. They accept taken abroad one of my admired pastimes, at atomic of the aftermost few years: authoritative fun of the Diamondbacks.
At the alpha of this division in particular, there was a assertive joy to be begin in the actuality that the Diamondbacks were so far abaft the blow of the league, that their chase for dust and courage and whatever added nonsense they cited had amount them in agreement of the standings and in agreement of credibility.
Even as the Rockies started to collapse bottomward the standings, I could at atomic say: "Well hey, they're still bigger than the Diamondbacks."
That is no best true. As things angle now afterwards Colorado's 6-2 accident to the Diamondbacks on Sunday, the Rockies are a abounding three amateur aback of the Diamondbacks in the standings.
I'm activity to add this to my tab for the Rockies this division and the losses for which they owe me from following them this season: time, sleep, arguments in favor of Troy Tulowitzki as a authorization player, and now the adeptness to point and beam at the Diamondbacks as the antic of the league.
I would ask what's next, but I am absolutely abashed to acquisition out.
On Sunday the Rockies apparently had their best adventitious to win, as Jorge De La Rosa was the starting pitcher. De La Rosa fared able-bodied abundant over the advance of six innings afore giving way to the bullpen. Matt Belisle was the analgesic of best on this day, and to the abruptness of actually nobody, he surrendered added runs. As for De La Rosa, he was answerable with four becoming runs over those six innings with three walks and bristles strikeouts.
It absolutely wasn't De La Rosa's best alpha of the year, and with the breach in the tank, he wasn't activity to get the run abutment to get by on this day after his sharpest stuff. The alone Rockies' breach came from addition home run off the bat of Charlie Blackmon and an RBI from Charlie Culberson, he of the .194 batting average.
Each time I about-face on the Rockies I acclamation for a victory. I would like to see them win a block of amateur afore the division ends for any array of reasons. Chief amid them, I appetite a acumen to accomplish fun of the Diamondbacks again.
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Title : Colorado Rockies lose again, bead alternation in Arizona
Description : The Colorado Rockies played on the alley adjoin the Arizona Diamondbacks this ages six times. They absent four of those games. They absent...