Give the Rockies points for creativity. They find excruciating ways to lose ballgames, largely because of their spectacular imploding bullpen.
Thursday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum, they turned a walk in the ballpark into a full-fledged soap opera. Ultimately, they lost 10-9 to the A’s in 11 innings.
A few sordid details:
• The Rockies led 4-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning before giving up 10 runs to lose the ballgame.
• They scored four runs in the top of the 11th and appeared to have finally clinched the win. Nope. Oakland scored five runs in the bottom of the frame, marking the first time in Rockies history they gave up five runs in an extra inning.