The year of the home run has spelled misery for Rockies pitchers.
They served up five solo blasts in a 10-3 loss to St. Louis on Thursday afternoon at Coors Field, enabling the horde of red-clad Cardinals fans to go home happy after their team avoided a three-game sweep.
Rockies starter Tim Mellville was victimized by the long ball four times in three innings and the Rockies suffered through an embarrassing meltdown in the Cardinals’ ninth.
In their 27 years of existence, the Rockies have given up 4,934 home runs, but the 242 home runs they’ve allowed this season is a franchise record.