Kyle Freeland was uncharacteristically wild but still kept his ridiculous ground ball rate and showed remarkable poise working through a game that remained close until the Rockies offense broke out into song in the final act.
Colorado got the first two runners on base to lead off the first two innings, capitalizing the second time around. After a single from Ian Desmond and a walk from Gerardo Parra, Pat Valaika sacrificed himself with a bunt to move the runner up which paid off on a Tony Wolters ground out to first that scored the first run of the game.