The Rockies are down 2-0 and they’re in unfamiliar territory. The last time they lost back to back games was well over a month ago on September 14-15. Still, the Rockies have to get their offense going quickly or this series is going to be over sooner rather then later.
The Rockies lone run came in the very first inning. Willie Taveras scored on Todd Helton’s ground out and after the first inning, the Rockies couldn’t manage a single run. In all, the Rockies managed just five hits with four of those coming off of the bat of Matt Holliday, who was a perfect four for four. Brad Hawpe had the only other hit.
Ubaldo Jimenez got through the first few frames fairly easily but he ran into trouble in the fourth and fifth innings when he was tagged with a run in each frame. Matt Herges came up huge when he got the final out in the fifth inning to strand all three baserunners but it didn’t seem to matter much because the Rockies couldn’t score any runs.
The series now moves to Denver and it’ll be Josh Fogg going up against Dice-K. It’s now or never and the Rockies need to get something done tomorrow if they want to have a chance in this dream season.
