Rockies buried by Chacin’s walks, Lowe’s double
Jhoulys Chacin was burned by six walks in his five innings and a extra-base hit from the Atlanta Braves’ least likely run producer as the Colorado Rockies fell 5-3, dropping the first two of a four-game series with the Braves.
Chacin started the fourth inning by allowing a ground-rule double to Chipper Jones. After striking out Freddie Freeman and getting Jason Heyward to pop out, Chacin, who had already walked two in the game, issued back-to-back walks to Dan Uggla and Nate McLouth to load the bases in front of Derek Lowe. The Braves pitcher had already come up in one tough spot for Chacin, two on and two out in the second inning, and grounded out to shortstop. In their second matchup, Chacin got ahead 0-2 but was unable to finish him off, and Lowe hit a bases-clearing double down the left field line to put the Braves up 4-0.
Rockies hitters, though, outhit the Braves 9-7 and managed to scrape enough runs to get back into the game, scoring twice in the fifth on a Chacin groundout and Charlie Blackmon single and adding another run on a Chris Iannetta single in the sixth. But the Rockies’ best chance came up empty.
After the the Braves had extended the lead to 5-3 with a solo home run by Dan Uggla, the Rockies got the first two runners on in the eighth with a Seth Smith walk and a single by Mark Ellis, who was 3-for-4 with his fourth multihit game in five since joining the Rockies. But Ian Stewart produced the first out of the inning with a weak grounder to second that could have been a double play had Uggla fielded the ball cleanly. Iannetta followed by looking at three pitches, all called strikes. Pinch-hitter Jason Giambi finished the inning with another strikeout, also looking.
Booo. Just a group of guys punching their timecards and collecting a check. Absolutely no heart, no fire, no passion for the game. Hard to watch when most of us would give up a testicle just to play again. It doesnt help that our big aquisitions are guys like Jose Lopez and Mark Ellis, but I guess it doesnt really matter. This team doesnt care. We, the diehard fans, are the only ones who feel devastated after a loss. Ive never seen this team so devoid of emotions. Very sad
Now that the attendance bump from the holiday is over, I wonder what kind of crowds they’re going to draw.
I,m getting the fork ready,because they are about done!
I listened to the game on radio tonight, because I just didn’t want to watch, and I can do other things listening…like work.
Good thing: the Giants aren’t pulling away.
Bad thing: the D-Backs are catching the Giants.
Bad thing: the Padres have almost caught the Rox.
Good thing: the season isn’t over.
Bad thing: the season is now more than half gone.
Bad thing: our “big guns” are down
More bad things than good things. I also will be interested in seeing what home attendance is after fireworks weekend. Atlanta is in contention for WC, but only got 17K tonight? Of course, that has been a normal thing in ATL.
Please vote for Helton for the ASG “man in”. I got in about 35 votes this afternoon, and mlb.com just kept saying “Vote Again?” so I did ’til I got tired of it. You just know Phillie fans are on the site voting for Victorino, so it may be a waste of time.
These are the real Rockies. They will be lucky if they finish near .500.
Why did they bring up Stewart not Dex? Fowler could play CF leaving the defensive alignment in a much more natural state (than Wiggy and CB in left and center), and Dex brings more offense than Stewart.
now for some of Rocky’s deep thoughts…
by the all star break the Rockies will be trailing the Padres, bank on it
Pirates are 1.5 games out of first place, and 4 games above .500
now it’s all just about re-arranging the deck chairs
sorry, but that’s all the inspiration have have right now
I think Tracy Ringolsby summed it up pretty well. It was along the lines of: Hard to be a contender if you can’t make it to .500
Dave, attendance in Atlanta is alleged to be an issue this season.