Thank you, Ryan Feltner for an impressive start. Thank you, Jake Bird, Scott Alexander and Seth Halvorsen for the collective bullpen stop Rockies fans needed. Thank you, Ryan McMahon, Michael Toglia, Brenton Doyle and Zac Veen for your delightful doubles in the eighth inning to give the Rockies a 7-2 win on Thursday.
After a 17-2 shellacking on Wednesday night and a 2-9 start to the season, the Rockies had to stop the bleeding. Thursday was a short reprieve, capping off a disappointing 2-4 home opening weekend where they were outscored 44-29. The five-run eighth inning offered a glimmer of hope for an otherwise hopeless offense in front of a daytime crowd of 18,593 at Coors Field.