A three game series victory against the Red Sox had the Rockies and their fans invigorated. Finally this team had learned to battle back and find a way to win a game in the late innings.
Three days later the Rockies were back to their usual sloppy play, losing 10-3 to the Angels in Anaheim.
Once again, the victim was rookie pitcher Jhoulys Chacin. Chacin built on his dominating performance against Boston and struck out a career high 12 Angel batters. He went five innings and gave up just two earned runs. Unfortunately, his defense failed him again.
With two outs in the fourth inning, Juan Rivera hit a ground ball to Ian Stewart, who promptly booted the ball, allowing Rivera to take first base. Mike Napoli, the next hitter for the Angels, launc ...
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