Kid Tovar delivered for the Rockies on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Coors Field, putting Saturday night’s debacle in the dumpster.
Rookie shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, 21, hit a solo home run in the fifth and drove in another run with a single in the seventh to lift the Rockies to a redemptive 4-3 victory over the Angels.
The win took some of the sting out of Colorado’s 25-1 loss to the Angels on Saturday night — the worst loss in franchise history.
Before manager Bud Black began his postgame press conference, he asked no one in particular: “What was that Meat Loaf song?