Carlos Gonzalez, hitting 7-for-June and looking up at a slump so deep his belt was underwater, dug into the dirt around home plate Tuesday staring back at Arizona’s ace. Within a week, the streaking Rockies will face two Cy Young winners, the tallest obstacles to date in a headlong rush through the National League.
First up: Zack Greinke, the Diamondbacks’ wily veteran control artist, a pitcher with an enviable 10-to-1 strikeout to walk ratio. He came to Denver with a perfect career record at Coors Field.
The Rockies, though, are riding an otherworldy path, a snowboard on a moonbeam.