It was a misty night at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. And not because of the weather.
Before the Colorado Rockies series opener with the Atlanta Braves, tribute was paid to the late, great, Don Baylor, the first manager in Rockies history. And things continued to get more emotional from there.
Chad Bettis made his inspirational return to the mound after beating testicular cancer. He pitched phenomenally well in his season debut, going seven innings, giving up six hits but zero runs. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out two.
Neither team scored until Charlie Blackmon led off the eighth with his 14th triple of the season and came in on the most seeing of seeing-eye singles from Gerardo Parra.