PHOENIX — The road has rarely been kind to the Rockies.
An offense that roars at Coors Field often gets shushed in opposing ballparks. This season has been an extreme example of that.
Thursday night at Chase Field, the Rockies' offense showed life, but their bullpen blew up late in an 8-6 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The D-backs' three-game sweep gave them an 8-2 record against Colorado in the desert.
Though Colorado cranked out 12 hits Thursday, it entered the game with a team road batting average of .226, worst in the majors and tied with the 2010 team for the worst in franchise history.