PHOENIX — In two recent games, Mark Reynolds displayed just how invaluable he has been to the Rockies’ bid for their first playoff visit since 2009.
Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, the veteran first baseman hit an eighth-inning grand slam, sealing an 8-1 win over the Dodgers. In Colorado’s 4-2 victory here Tuesday night, Reynolds stretched like an Olympic gymnast to snare Nolan Arenado’s throw from third base. Somehow, Reynolds kept his foot on the bag as Arenado’s throw barely nipped the Diamondbacks’ Paul Goldschmidt for the final out of the eighth inning.
Reynolds’ recent heroics aren’t aberrations, he has been doing it all season.