DENVER -- When a player is fighting through a slump, even the smallest break can seem like the biggest life preserver.
Brandon Barnes may have found just that on Friday. In Colorado's 9-5 loss to the Padres at Coors Field, the Rockies left fielder delivered a game-tying triple in the sixth, which snapped an 0-for-22 skid and represented his first hit this month. He also added a fourth-inning sacrifice fly and an eighth-inning single, producing his first multi-hit game since July 18.
Barnes' triple, though, didn't come in an ordinary fashion. With DJ LeMahieu on third and Colorado trailing, 4-3, Barnes sent what appeared to be an easy popup out to right-center.