My son took me to the Colorado Rockies final game of the regular season this past Sunday for an early birthday present. It was a great day of major league baseball in Denver as the Rockies bludgeoned the Washington Nationals by a 14-0 count to tie the LA Dodgers for the regular season divisional title.
It was glorious. Charlie Blackmon hit for the cycle. Nolan Arenado hit two home runs. Kendall Story hit a rocket into the centerfield bleachers and David Dahl hit an opposite field homer down the left field line.
Rookie left hander pitcher Tyler Anderson pitched seven innings of shutout ball. And former 2007 Rockie hero Matt Holiday made a pinch hit appearance.
It was a great day of baseball even with the Rockies eventually losing on Monday to the Dodgers in LA by a 5-2 count.
Didn’t matter though as these Rockies are resilient and advanced into the divisional playoffs late last night with an epic thirteen inning 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley.
Don’t discount this Rockie team. They along with the Milwaukee Brewers were the hottest teams in MLB coming down the stretch run of the season.
So it seems apropos they now meet in the playoffs with the winner most likely paying the LA Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
Colorado has one of the best players in all of baseball in Nolan Arenado. Period. Nice players around him and a pitching staff which could be dangerous in post season.
It should be a fun baseball post season in Denver.