It turns out that you really, really can't predict baseball.
The deck seemed to be stacked against the Rockies on Friday night. They were facing Atlanta's ace, Shelby Miller, and they were leaning on two arms who had yet to throw a pitch for the Rockies in their careers. Even more remarkable, Gonzalez Germen was starting for the first time in his career and Aaron Laffey was pitching at the Major League level for the first time in over two years. This is what we like to call a "schedule loss", but the wonderful thing about sports is that you actually have to play the game in order for it to count.