Nolan Arenado found plenty to displease him in a Tuesday loss to the Braves. Even his long home run to center field was not enough to soothe the trouble.
“I was just trying to hit the ball hard and I got one out,” said Arenado, the Rockies’ all-star third baseman. “But the rest of my at-bats weren’t very good. Not a very good day.”
He is not alone. In the first half of August, the Rockies struggled through one of their worst hitting stretches this season. They were trending for the slightest-hitting month this year, on pace for fewer runs, RBIs and home runs.