The Rockies had a roller coaster of an ending to the season at Coors Field. It started off not-fun, got fun-ish, and ended not-fun. It’s always a bittersweet ending, but this one was especially bitter.
Not-Poetry
As poetic as it was for Kyle Freeland to be both the Coors Field Opening and Closing Day starter, the results of the Closing Day start were far from that. Freeland had a rocky start to the game, facing seven Padres and allowing four to reach (one came around to score). He allowed a lead-off double to Ha-Seong Kim and got Juan Soto to ground out, but then gave up a single to Manny Machado and hit Brandon Drury.