The headlines coming into tonight’s contest between the Colorado Rockies were about another marquee match-up between NL West aces. Jon Gray versus Madison Bumgarner just five days after Gray versus Clayton Kershaw.
Coming into this first game of a 10-game road trip for the Rox, worries were also swirling about the lackluster (to be friendly) offense for a team that most believed sported a formidable lineup.
But we got a decidedly different game than that. Bumgarner, who can be unbeatable at times, didn’t have his best stuff and the Rockies, who had looked lost against lesser pitchers, were dialed in on the Giants ace, grabbing three runs on six hits.