The Colorado Rockies have certainly been a huge disappointment this season, but at least they're beating up on the National League's two biggest disappointments — the Milwaukee Brewers and Miami Marlins.
Rockies 5, Marlins 3 (boxscore)
That's four wins in a row now. Four!
A win on Friday would be five. Five!
Five would equal their longest winning streak of the season, but I'm getting way ahead of myself here. Let's just enjoy four.
I would say the Rockies pitched well overall on Thursday night, but haven't pitched incredible during this homestand. That was especially true in the later innings against Milwaukee. But the reason those six runs Milwaukee scored in all three games on that series didn't balloon to nine or ten is because the Rockies haven't been shooting themselves in the foot with ill-timed errors. And when they have made a mistake like Jonathan Herrera's error tonight, they haven't compounded it with another mental or physical miscue.
They have kept their focus. They have limited damage in the field. They have taken advantage and maximized opportunities to score runs. They are simply playing really good baseball, and have been since the last road trip started in Los Angeles.
Better late than never... I guess.
Winning Player: Welcome back, Michael Cuddyer!
His two-run homer in the 6th tied the game at three and ended up serving as the turning point for Colorado.
The Rockies would then score two more in the 7th on a Josh Rutledge pinch-hit RBI triple and a successful safety squeeze bunt from Eric Young Jr.