Dahl the lone bright spot in Rockies 9-2 loss

For the second game in a row—and for the second game in a row after learning of the impending signing of Carlos Gonzalez—Colorado Rockies outfielder David Dahl provided most of the offense for the team he still very much intends to make, even as early as opening day.

It was an ugly start, but Dahl has been Colorado’s most consistent hitter this week. In fact, he leads the team in hits for the month of March with eight and is hitting .320 with three home runs, 11 RBI, and four runs scored over those nine games.

He was the lone RBI-man, and really the lone bright spot for the Rockies in their 8-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers with his two-run, seventh-inning triple.

Tyler Anderson was not-at-all sharp in the first but the defense didn’t do any favors behind him. He was tagged for four runs in the first inning, though only one of them earned.

The big, admittedly odd, mistake came after the Brewers had already taken a 1-0 lead on a Ryan Braun double, Anderson was lucky it didn’t leave the ballpark with how center cut the pitch was and how hard it was hit. His luck quickly reversed when Braun made a poor decision to try for third on a groundball to shortstop Brendan Rodgers, and the youngster even unleashed a pretty good throw, but Nolan Arenado lost it in the chaos at third base and it ended up going down as a costly error. Braun scored and Domingo Santana ended up at second base.

This was one of the frustrating baseball moments where Rodgers actually made the right decision and didn’t have terrible execution but still got greatly punished for it. All that said, his defense has lagged behind his offense since being drafted by the Rockies and though he made some solid plays later in this game, he has shown signs this spring that we still needs some work in order to become an everyday MLB shortstop.

Manny Pina would bring in Santana on a sac fly and Jonathan Villar would drive in the fourth run on the second double Anderson surrendered in the inning before the lefty finally escaped the inning.

After giving up a leadoff single to Lorenzo Cain in the second, Anderson bounced back and sat down the next, and final, six batters he faced in order.

Once again, Yency Almonte cruised through an easy inning but ran into some trouble in his second frame, giving up two runs on three hits but striking out two. He stayed on for a third inning but continued to struggle and was pulled after tallying one more strikeout but giving up another run on a pair of hits.

The Rockies take on the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday at 2:10 MST. German Marquez is scheduled to pitch.