You could almost hear the Deadheads muttering, “Man, what a long, strange trip it’s been.”
And that was only in the fifth inning when the Rockies scored four runs to cut the Pirates’ lead to 15-10.
By the end of the 3-hour, 37-minute scoreathon on Grateful Dead Night at Coors Field, the Rockies walked it off with a 17-16 win on Brenton Doyle’s dramatic two-run homer off Dennis Santana.
Trailing from the beginning, the Rockies never stopped truckin’ at the plate.
They rapped out 22 hits, including a memorable night for shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, who celebrated his 24th birthday by blasting out a 4-for-6 performance that included an MLB record-tying four doubles and two RBIs.