CINCINNATI — This defeat left the Rockies shaking their heads all the way back to Colorado.
Cincinnati beat them 6-5 Wednesday afternoon on a walk-off single by catcher Tucker Barnhart off reliever Christian Bergman. Barnhart drilled a single down the right-field line to score Brandon Phillips from third. Phillips opened the inning with a single off Bergman and advanced to third on a single by Jay Bruce.
Even before the ninth-inning meltdown, Colorado wasted opportunities, squandered a mostly terrific start by Chad Bettis and were on the wrong side of a bizarre call.