Reds and Rockies Split Series, Colorado Snaps 9-Game Losing Streak

Reds @ Rockies

Every game was close and required a ton of exhausting managing.  I fell asleep 6 minutes after it ended!

GAME 1

Reds - 6

Rockies - 4

Reds put up 3 in the 1st with a Walker homer off of McGreevy.  They would never trail, but also never quite run away.  Delacruz had 3 hits and his own homer.  Wacha pitched six innings for the win.

GAME 2

Reds - 1

Rockies - 2

All the scoring was in the second inning.  Reds used a pair of doubles to score one.  The Rocks would get a 2-run homer from Luis Garcia, who came off the DL and promptly had 3 really good games!  Glasnow goes six strong and nabs a win.  The 9-game losing streak mercifully ends.

GAME 3

Reds - 8

Rockies - 6

Rockies struck out 17 Reds, which was the second highest total of the series.  But it wasn't enough.  We also gave up 13 hits, including a pair of homers.  We'd hit three homers of our own, but it was not enough.

GAME 4

Reds - 2

Rockies - 4

After 17 strikeouts in game 3, Snell and Ben Brown would rack up 19 Ks of Red's hitters over 8 frames.  Whoa!  Still, it was not enough to salt things away.  The game was 2-2 in the 9th.  The Rockies' Butto/Alvarado combo worked out of their half.  Tonkin then came in for the Reds, walked Jason Kelenic, and then tried to blow a 4-seamer by Mark Vientos.  He popped it out!  Rocks get a walkoff win for the split!

Rockies are 13-19, but we'll survive.  Reds are 17-5.