MIAMI — A road drought inevitably strikes the Rockies' offense every season.
This year it arrived with a vengeance in the spacious cavern known as Marlins Park.
The Rockies fell 5-1 to Miami on Friday night, after getting blanked 6-0 on Thursday night. The Rockies are now 14-15 on the road. Tracing back to Wednesday afternoon's homestand finale at Coors Field against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Rockies were blanked for 17 consecutive innings.
Carlos Gonzalez finally snapped the dry spell in the seventh inning with a one-out, solo homer off Miami starter Jose Ureña. Given that CarGo had to reach for the pitch, then power the ball to the opposite field, it was one of the most impressive of his seven home runs this season.