I'll be honest, for eight innings this baseball game bored me to tears.
I'm sorry. After Mike Stanton's
first inning moon shot and Tulowitzki's
third inning two-run shot, there was little to get excited about or interested in watching. Especially with all the other exciting things happening in baseball like Jim Thome's 600th home run (congrats) and the Brewers turning a triple play on the Dodgers.
But I kept watching, and everything changed in the bottom of the ninth inning... with a Dexter Fowler baserunning error.
That makes perfect sense.
Yes, Fowler, representing the tying run, blooped one into shallow centerfield with two outs, but got caught rounding first base way too aggressively. He was dead to rights. But the Marlins also kinda suck, so they completely butchered any chance at a rundown, allowing Dex to take second easily.
That was the Rockies wake up call. One pitch later, Carlos Gonzalez answered it by
tying the game with his own double.
But unlike most Rockies rallies, it doesn't end there. After a Troy Tulowitzki intentional walk, Jason Giambi (likely insulted and pissed off by the gesture) walked it off with a three-run homer.
