SAN DIEGO -- This is crunch time for the Colorado Rockies, who dropped 1 1/2 games behind the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West race late Thursday night by suffering a 13-inning, walk-off loss to the Padres at Petco Park.
Not only did the Rockies lose while the Diamondbacks were beating the Dodgers, Colorado used five of its eight relievers.
Yes, help is on the way. The rosters can be expanded Saturday. But there is still Friday's game to play and the Rockies can't afford to lose again to the division's last-place Padres.