Colorado Rockies: St. Louis Cardinals Take Game 2 of Series

The Colorado Rockies dropped another game at the hands of the St. Louis Cardinals. However, it wasn’t because of the arm of Adam Wainwright, but rather the bat.

Wainwright went 2-for-2 at the plate with a single, double, a sacrifice bunt and 4 RBI as the Cardinals took a 10-5 decision. As the game went south for the Rockies, it wasn’t a total loss for the team as this gave Walt Weiss the opportunity to bring in some young reserves to see some playing time and get to hit against Cardinals closer Trevor Rosenthal.

Here are a few takeaways from tonight’s game.

Jorge De La Rosa‘s possible last start at Coors Field or even as a Rockie was not one he wants to remember.

De La Rosa was pulled before he could finish the fifth inning after allowing eight runs (seven earned) on seven hits and three walks. It was not all bad though, as he was able to fan eight batters in the process.

This would be a sad ending to a marvelous run De La Rosa has put together with his time with Rockies. But only time will tell if he gets another start or appearance this season … and if he will remain on the team come April.

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It was a pleasure being at the game tonight though, giving him at least eight more “HIP HIP JORGE”‘s before his early departure.

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The Cardinals are in playoff mode.

Not to say the Rockies weren’t playing hard, as they did fight until the 27th out, but the Cardinals know where they stand in the playoff run. They also know how important each and every win is. Winning any game in Major League Baseball is not easy, especially winning on the road, and the Cardinals seem to be handling this as we have seen in years past.

Usually we find the Cardinals on top of the NL Central not needing to compete in the last few weeks. However you could tell they have been on high alert. Wainwright hitting in four runs and the bottom of the Cardinals lineup accounting for seven RBI shows they are firing on all cylinders.

I think the Rockies fans finds this loss not quite as painful knowing this is making it harder for the San Francisco Giants to keep up in the Wild Card race.

The Rockies fan base has officially jumped ship back to the Broncos for the rest of the year.

With the Rockies well out of contention and the Broncos winning their first two games of the year, it appears Rockies fans have given up for the season.

Of the 28,000-plus people in attendance for tonight’s game, I could probably feel confident saying that nearly half of them were wearing Cardinals attire. It’s always a sad sight to see when fans have given up on the team for the year, but I can say that this year, that time took a lot longer to get to then some of the recent years past. The Rockies have been able to showcase a plethora of young talent as the season concludes, helping to keep Rockies fans excited for the upcoming years.

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It was another tough loss for the Rockies, but there is still plenty of time to play spoiler for teams making a playoff push. With one more game against the Cardinals left and series against both the Dodgers and Giants, this could make for a fun end of the season crushing playoff hopes for contending teams.

This will also be a good time to see what the Rockies future has to hold as we continue to watch top prospects take the field and show managers everything they have to get ready for 2017. The Rockies finish their series against the Cardinals Wednesday afternoon, but for now, I will leave you with one final, “Hip Hip… JORGE!”