Rockies’ hitters produced. Rockies’ pitchers got pummeled. And the Rockies lost. Again. by psaundersdp
Washington thumped Colorado, 13-7, in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Nationals Park. Colorado pitchers were blistered for 14 hits, including two home runs.After opening the season 16-11, the Rockies have lost 14 of their last 18.
They are 6-14 on the road, going 2-13 after a 4-1 start away from Coors Field. Left-hander Austin Gomber had his second-worst start in a Rockies uniform. Staked with a 3-0 lead by C.J. Cron’s three-run, first-inning home run, Gomber promptly gave up five runs on six hits in the bottom of the frame. Gomber lasted only 1 1/3 innings and was charged with eight runs on seven hits as his ERA soared from 4.11 to 5.51. “I didn’t really command anything and everything they hit kind of found a hole,” Gomber told the media after the game. “It just wasn’t my day. I was in bad counts pretty much the whole time I was in there. And it was pretty uncharacteristic with the walks … That’s not really how I pitch. We’ll just wipe it and be ready to go next time out.” Said manager Bud Black: “Fastball command is a big part of his game and he just couldn’t get that pitch going. And his slider is also a big pitch for him and he couldn’t get that going, either.” Long reliever Ashton Goudeau didn’t fare much better: three runs on four hits over 2 2/3 innings. His two walks in the fourth set the table for Victor Robles’ three-run homer that gave Washington an 11-7 lead. The Rockies received a 3-for-5 day from Charlie Blackmon and had 12 hits overall, but it wasn’t nearly enough. Robles went 3-for-4 and drove in a career-high six runs, and Riley Adams’ two-run homer off Robert Stephenson in the eighth completed the Nationals’ field day at the plate. The Nationals were 8-for-15 with runners in scoring position. In the second half of the doubleheader, Colorado starts right-hander Chad Kuhl against right-hander Joan Adon .
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