It’s September at Coors Field, and the Rockies are in the chase for their first divisional title. Best bring the blood pressure medication.
The Colorado faithful needed loads of just that in the homestand opener against the Giants on Monday, as Noel Cuevas’ pinch-hit, two-RBI single in the eighth inning sealed Colorado’s 9-8 roller-coaster victory in LoDo.
Prior to Cuevas’ clutch at-bat off San Francisco reliever Tony Watson — and prior to the Colorado bullpen squandering away a four-run lead — three home runs put Colorado in command in what had the early makings of a blowout.