GAME STORY: Punchless Rockies lose to Diamondbacks, waste Kyle Freeland’s strong start
Friday night at Coors Field they received a stellar start from Kyle Freeland and a highlight reel catch from rookie center fielder Brenton Doyle.The culprits were familiar ones: a punchless offense , and a shaky defense. A ninth-inning meltdown by the bullpen was just salt in the wound.
Arizona right-hander Merrill Kelly limited Colorado to one run over six innings on six hits and one walk. He struck out five. C.J. Cron, who entered the game buried in a 2-for-21 slump, and who grounded into a rally-killing double play in the first inning, finally delivered in the third with an RBI single, making it 1-1. Cron steered Kelly’s 3-1 pitch into right field, scoring Ezequiel Tovar, who led off the inning with a single up the middle.
But from that point on, the Rockies were stymied by Kelly and Arizona’s bullpen, not recording a hit until Charlie Blackmon led off the eighth with a single off of Miguel Castro. Freeland reached into his toolbox to dominate the Diamondbacks for the first six innings. Mixing and matching his pitches, he limited Arizona to one run, a solo home run to Ketel Marte with two outs in the third.
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