On a night when it seemed like everything was going horribly wrong once again in the first inning, something strange happened tonight in Texas. The Rockies completely reversed course after a dreadful first inning and won the series opener 9-5.
Anything you can do, the Rockies can do better
Normally, when a team is on a 3-10 skid and the starting pitcher gives up five runs in the first inning, that’s not a winning recipe. That’s exactly the situation the Rockies found themselves in going into the second inning in Texas. Chad Bettis had a disastrous first inning allowing two home runs and five runs to put the struggling Rockies in a 5-0 hole.