Sometimes, all you really need to know about a baseball game can be summed up by the tone, and outcome, of the first inning.
Such was the case in the Rockies’ 5-2 loss to the Brewers in Thursday’s series opener, where a few unfortunate first-inning plays epitomized the way the rest of the game shook out.
.First, Lorenzo Cain took German Marquez deep 431 feet to center field for a home run on the first pitch of the game. Then, in the bottom half of the frame, the Rockies went down in an unconventional 1-2-3 fashion. After DJ LaMahieu singled to lead off, Charlie Blackmon lined out to first and LaMahieu was doubled off.