Carlos Estevez jogged out of the bullpen late Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field. Truthfully, he felt like sprinting, so eager was he to face the Yankees.
Rock music blared as he took the mound in the ninth inning: “Wild Thing! You make my heart sing! Wild Thing! You make everything, groovy!”
With his fastball blazing up to 100 miles per hour, his slider slicing the corner of the plate at 88 and a 90 mph changeup keeping batters honest, Estevez coaxed groundball outs from Didi Gregorius, Aaron Hicks and Brian McCann to preserve the Rockies’ 6-3 victory and earn his third consecutive save.