ANAHEIM, Calif. — Clutch DJ LeMahieu had seemingly done it again Monday, swatting a late-game home run — and his first career grand slam at that — to put Colorado in command for a comeback win to open the team’s southern California road trip.
But the Rockies’ bullpen, which had been making baby steps of improvement as of late, didn’t let that narrative stand as Adam Ottavino and Seunghwan Oh combined for a five-run, eighth-inning implosion in Los Angeles’ 10-7 win at Angel Stadium.
When LeMahieu strode to the plate with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth inning, the Rockies had been anemic in clutch situations all night.