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Why didn't Walt Weiss allow Carlos Gonzalez to hit in the ninth inning?

Walt Weiss used two pinch hitters in the ninth inning, and then decided to allow the worst hitter on his roster to ground into a game ending double play with Carlos Gonzalez on the bench. I wasn't impressed.

There was no point Monday night where I expected the Rockies to win this game.

For starters, they were facing Dallas Keuchel, which means they were even more unlikely than usual to have a solid road game offensively. As expected, Keuchel was dominant early, retiring the first 15 batters he faced, but the Rockies did manage break through with two, two-out runs in the sixth, and another in the seventh to chase Keuchel from the game, push his ERA on the season over 2.