Colorado RockiesvsMilwaukee Brewers
COL 5/MIL 2
Things to say
The Rockies beat the Brewers 5-2 on the road at American Family Field.
01
opener
Rockies went into Milwaukee and stole one. Colorado's what, twenty games under .500? And they walk into first place and put up five. That's the kind of loss that stings for the Brewers.
02
key player
Whoever Colorado ran out there kept the Brewers' heart of the order off balance all night. You hold that lineup to two runs on the road, you did your job.
03
hot take
Milwaukee's the best record in the league and they just got out-hit by a last-place club. That's not the bats, that's the pitching giving them nothing to work with.
04
deep cut
Two runs at home for a 64-win team? That's a bullpen-and-bats problem. Somebody left the yard for Colorado and Milwaukee never answered.
05
exit
One game doesn't sink the Brewers, but they gotta take the series. Let's see if they bounce back tomorrow.
The recap
The last-place Rockies walked into Milwaukee and stole one, knocking off a Brewers club that owns the best record in baseball. Colorado's arms shut down the heart of the order all afternoon, and a 5-2 final on a getaway day is exactly the kind of upset nobody circles on the calendar.
Milwaukee's bats never got going against Colorado's staff, and two runs just won't cut it. Chalk this up as a get-away-day letdown for the Brew Crew.