It felt like October at chilly Coors Field on Tuesday night.
But please don't mistake that for "Rocktober," because there is no magic in LoDo this year.
Only futility.
Despite pounding out 13 hits, including home runs by Carlos Gonzalez, Jose Ryes and Kyle Parker, and despite three errors committed by the Washington Nationals, the Rockies lost 15-6.
The victory snapped the Nationals' six-game losing streak. It was the Rockies' eight loss in their last 10 games, they are now 26-32 at Coors Field and are on pace to lose 96 games.
Adding injury to insult, Gonzalez, whose 28th homer of the season arrived in the first inning, left the game with inflammation in his right knee after his at-bat in the fifth.