Rockies manager Bud Black has made a routine of telling reporters, “It’s going to take all 25 guys for us to win.”
On Saturday night at Coors Field, the red-hot Rockies again proved that’s not simply coachspeak by Black, as a pair of the team’s non-headlining players led the way to a 4-1 victory over Oakland.
Antonio Senzatela, who began the season as a reliever and was with Triple-A Albuquerque for all of May and June, pitched like an ace, with 5u2153 innings of one-run ball, while grinding through a career-high 110 pitches.
And Pat Valaika, hitting .