Saturday, prior to the Rockies’ penultimate game of the season, manager Bud Black discussed some of the things his club needs to accomplish during the offseason.
Naturally, finding better pitching topped Black’s to-do list.
Then the Rockies took the field and illustrated Black’s point, with exclamation points.
The Rockies fell, 14-6, to Minnesota before a lively crowd of 40,264 at Coors Field on a perfect late-September night. Colorado, 58-103, is limping toward the finishing line, having lost 11 of its last 13 games.
The American League Central champion Twins banged out four homers: a grand slam by Trevor Larnach in the third, a three-run homer by Max Kepler in the sixth, a leadoff homer by Matt Wallner in the seventh, and a two-run homer by Edouard Julien, also in the seventh.