Rockies rally but lose 11-inning heartbreaker to Royals
It was a gut-wrenching gut-churning gut-punch kind of loss The Rockies wasted a dramatic ninth-inning rally and fumbled away chances to win in extra innings not to mention spoiling a superb start from Ryan Feltner before losing - to the Royals in innings Tuesday night K C backup catcher Freddy Fermin singled a line drive to center off Tyler Kinley to result ghost runner Mark Canha for the game-winner at Kaufmann Stadium The Rockies - overall have lost consecutive road games with their lone road win coming on March at Tampa Bay in the second tournament of the season The Rockies were one strike away from defeat in the ninth when Ryan McMahon drew a walk from Royals closer Carlos Estevez the former Rockie Then Hunter Goodman drew a walk and so did Michael Toglia Clutch hits have been sparse and far between for Colorado but veteran catcher Jacob Stallings came through with a three-run double to left giving the Rockies a - lead It was Colorado s only extra-base hit We strung together three really good walks off a really good pitcher who was around the plate with good stuff manager Bud Black advised reporters in Kansas City We eyeballed Estevez and then Stahls fell behind but got a slider up and put the ball in the corner What a momentum changer that was But the momentum didn t last long for reliever Seth Halvorsen A bloop single to right field by Salvador Perez followed by a double from Maikel Garcia and a sacrifice fly by Michael Massey tied the battle - Halvorsen escaped being a walk-off loser with a nice pickoff move that caught Garcia between second and third The Rockies for with runners in scoring position failed to amount in the th primarily because Fermin picked off Mickey Moniak at third for the second out of the inning It looked like to me that Mickey was likely a little bit overzealous Black declared It was a really great throw from Fermin on a slider down and away out of the strike zone But it was maybe a little over-aggressive lead by Moniak In the th Goodman Toglia and Braxton Fulford had three empty at-bats leaving two runners stranded The Rockies are hitting with runners in scoring position ranking th in the majors We couldn t deliver the big hit and they did Black explained Feltner s gem had one flaw Just one The right-hander gave up one run on three hits over seven innings striking out four and walking one One stray pitch cost him Kansas City right fielder Drew Waters led off the sixth with a solo home run Waters hit Feltner s floating changeup feet and into the right-field seats Feltner straightaway knew he had made a mistake and didn t even watch Waters ball clear the wall He pitched great and he had to because their guy lefty Kris Bubic pitched really well also Black stated I thought Feltner s pitches were on-point all night except for that one pitch Related Articles Renck vs Keeler How bad are Rockies Like Mets White Sox Antonio Senzatela s strong start helps Rockies end losing streak Rockies Kris Bryant won t quit but chronic back problems really suck Rockies rally late but lose seventh straight falling - to Nationals Rockies Clint Hurdle I m here to be Buddy s hitting coach The Rockies were haunted by Waters who had three of the Royals nine hits Waters one-out triple off Jaden Hill in the eighth set up K C s second run Waters scored on a perfect bunt up the first baseline by Kyle Isbel Bubic confounded the Rockies for seven innings allowing four hits striking out six and walking none Colorado owners of the majors worst offense managed just five hits in at-bats although it did draw six walks McMahon struck out looking three times leaving his strikeout rate at Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis
