Sustained prosperity remains an elusive proposition for the Colorado Rockies.
The Rockies were three outs from an improbable series win against the Washington Nationals before a calamitous top of the ninth inning Sunday afternoon.
Colorado wasted a wonderful start from Kyle Freeland in his return from the injured list, and the Nationals rallied to collect a smash-and-grab 2-1 victory in front of 30,407 at Coors Field. Freeland and Nick Mears had stymied the Washington bats with a combined eight innings of one-hit ball before the Nationals scored twice on Jalen Beeks.
“It just sucks because everybody but pretty much me did their job to win a game,” Beeks said.