If there were ever a place for Jason Hammel’s run to end, Colorado made sense. But this was an ugly way to go. The Rockies scored seven runs off Hammel in the first inning, taking advantage of two Cubs errors and some meaty pitches in an 11-4 win to take the three-game series.
Describe this game in three words: Rear view mirror.
Hammel Time: I’m not saying the Cubs were out of this one early, but in about the same amount of time it took Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder to finish a pre-song digression Saturday night at Wrigley Field, the Cubs were down 7-0 on Sunday.