MIAMI — In his regular confab with the club before this four-game series, Rockies manager Walt Weiss laid out, as clear as the Biscayne Bay, the problem with playing in South Florida.
“Historically, we’ve had a hard time scoring runs here,” he said, “even back when I played here. We knew that coming in.”
The Rockies are allergic to this place. In 19 games since Marlins Park opened in 2012, Rockies hitters have barely reached the Mendoza Line there, with a .200 batting average. And three games into their annual trip to Miami, the Rockies had scrimped up just six hits in 26 innings (minus a five-hit inning Saturday, in a game they still lost).