WASHINGTON -- With a three-run lead and the bases loaded in the eighth inning, Drew Storen's first pitch to Carlos Gonzalez missed inside. That 96-mph sinker a few inches off the plate told Gonzalez what to do next.
"I think that pitch set the table," Gonzalez said of the pitch that preceded his go-ahead grand slam in Colorado's 5-4 win over Washington on Friday night. "He came in with a fastball and it [was off] the plate. And I said, 'OK, he might try to do the same thing not to let me extend my arms.