Looking to avoid a sweep by the Giants and for some sign of hope before heading to face a World Series contender in the Bronx, the Rockies needed Jon Gray to be howling on Wednesday.
His outing against the Giants, however, left little opportunity for wolf call imitations.
The right-hander surrendered three runs in a messy first frame to immediately put Colorado in the hole, and finished with six runs on 11 hits with three walks and three strikeouts across 5u2153 innings.
A two-run homer by Stephen Vogt in the fifth off Gray negated Colorado’s first comeback, and then after the Rockies managed to tie the game again, Gray surrendered a leadoff homer to Donovan Solano in the sixth.