When this Colorado Rockies team was put together, it was heralded as a young club with veteran leadership. The two would combine to produce fundamentally sound defense and clutch hitting on offense.
That could not have been further from the truth on Wednesday as the Rockies dropped the rubber match of a three game series with the Brewers 5-4.
Even in the first inning, which entailed a 41-pitch effort from Brewers starter Doug Davis, the Rockies struggled to get clutch hits. After plating two runs, Ian Stewart was up to bat with the bases loaded and no one out. The slugger had gone deep in each of the first two games of the season, and had been enjoying a much tighter swing. Instead of hitting something to the outfield that would at least guarantee a sacrifice fly, the third baseman str ...
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