DENVER – The Colorado Rockies were about due for a dud. After packing as much drama and excitement into their last five games as possible, they faced the Arizona Diamondbacks in the second game of a mid-week series at Coors Field and laid down a stinker, losing 16-5 in definitively non-dramatic fashion.
Jeff Hoffman looked just fine to start, maybe even great, over the first three innings but just lost it in the fourth, putting the Rockies into a hole they would never be able to climb out of.
In the bottom the second, Mark Reynolds launched one 420 feet over the “Bridich Barrier” fence in right-center field to give the Rockies a 1-0 lead.