Colorado RockiesvsSt. Louis Cardinals
COL 8/STL 6
Things to say
The Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6 at Busch Stadium.
01
opener
Rockies took it 8-6 in St. Louis. Colorado's bats actually showed up on the road for once. Cards kept clawing back but couldn't get the stop when they needed it.
02
key player
Colorado's heart of the order carried this one — they left the yard and kept the line moving all night. When the middle of that lineup gets into his stuff, they're a different team.
03
hot take
St. Louis manager went to the pen way too early and it cost them. The starter still had gas in the tank.
04
deep cut
Watch the Rockies away from Coors and this holds up — putting up eight on the road is the part nobody expects from them.
05
exit
Anyway, getaway day tomorrow — we'll see if the Cards can salvage the series before they head out.
The recap
The Rockies rolled into Busch Stadium as the last-place club and walked out with an 8-6 win over the Cardinals, so add this one to the pile of games St. Louis let slip away at home.
Colorado's bats did the heavy lifting, jumping ahead early and hanging on when the Cardinals tried to claw back into it. St.
Louis kept it close but couldn't string enough together with the heart of the order to flip it late. For a 46-71 team, this is the kind of getaway-day steal that ruins somebody's week.