Prior to Thursday’s series opener against the Braves, Rockies manager Bud Black acknowledged the team’s poor pitching is the primary reason for Colorado’s free-fall over the past month.
“We’ve can’t have the variability of what’s going on with our pitching because it makes it too hard to win,” Black said. “We have to do a better job.”
But it was hard again on Thursday, no one did a better job and the free-fall continued.
Southpaw starter Austin Gomber was roughed up for nine runs in five innings, including two home runs and the bullpen didn’t fare much better in a 13-6 loss at Coors Field.