By and large, the Rockies were getting opportunities against Roy Oswalt. Though the veteran struck out 9 Rockies, Oswalt also allowed 9 hits (3 for extra bases) and a walk against Colorado in 6.2 innings. The problem was that Colorado had trouble getting a couple of them to happen in a row.

It wasn't until a two out triple by Dexter Fowler immediately followed by a double by Marco Scutaro in the 7th that Colorado got on the board. Wilin Rosario led Colorado with 3 hits, including a double, while Todd Helton and Chris Nelson both had 2. Overall, the 6-8 hitters for Colorado went 7-12 on the day, but had no runs or RBI to show for it. Pretty frustrating, I dare say.

Christian Friedrich took the loss (4-4) and allowed all 4 runs, but he managed to go 6 innings in just 73 pitches. On the night Friedrich allowed 7 hits (2 of them homers to pretty much the exact same place) and walked 1 while punching out 4. Guillermo Moscoso was impressive in throwing 2 hitless innings and striking out 4.

I certainly wasn't expecting a Rockies win tonight against baseball's best team, but you generally will put up a lot more than 1 run if you have 12 hits.

Tomorrow the 4 man rotation experiment gets its first 2 timer in Josh Outman, so there's that.

Source: FanGraphs

We Salute: Rosario (.032), Moscoso (.029)

We Are Disappointed In: Everyone else

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