Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Rockies stick to poor fundamentals while being swept in Philadelphia

It would have been a comedy of errors if it wasn't a tragedy. They weren't going to win the first two games, anyway, falling to Roy Halladay 6-0 on Friday, and falling victims to a rare Phillies slugfest 10-2 on Saturday. Sunday and Monday were different stories, though, turning into losing efforts by one run each: 4-3 and 5-4.
On Sunday, the goat horns should have been shared between Carlos "CarGo" Gonzalez, who's error allowed Jimmy "J-Roll" Rollins to advance to second on his RBI single, catcher Miguel Olivo who let Rollins steal third without a throw, and pitcher Rafael Betancourt who threw a wild pitch and failed to cover home, allowing Rollins to score the winning run. Honorary goat awards go to Stewart, Spilborghs, and Gonzalez, who between them left 14 runners on base, 6 in scoring position.
Monday's antiheroes were Jason Giambi who made 2 errors on consecutive plays to allow an unearned run, and Ryan Spilborghs again, who rolled out to the pitcher in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded and the Rockies down by a run, 5-4.