The called third strike on Trevor Story to end the Rockies' game against the Pirates on Wednesday was bad. Real bad.
The team has lost seven of its last eight games, is already mired in injury hell and even somehow lost two separate games in which it stormed back from six- and seven-run deficits.
Rockies hurlers can't seem to execute that one key pitch they need to get out of the inning. And, even when they do make the pitch, more often than not it has resulted in a broken-bat flare or 300-bounce grounder that somehow winds up in the outfield.