Leave it to Carlos Gonzalez to put things in perspective. After the Rockies lost 7-6 to the Padres at Coors Field Monday night, CarGo offered the following:
“It’s been pretty bad, these first couple of games at home. Normally we play better than that. Yesterday (in a 4-0 loss to Atlanta) our offensive performance was poor, and today it was just the opposite. We understand we are better than that.”
That was the bottom line from a frustrating game that left the Rockies 5-6 overall and 1-3 at home in the young season.
Here are five other takeaways from the game:
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