kicked a ball as it bounced to him,<\/a> enabling a pair of Yankees baserunners to each move up 90 feet. Then McCarthy nonchalantly lobbed his throw into the infield to\u2026 no one. Catcher Hunter Goodman wasn\u2019t paying attention, and the ball rolled all the way to the backstop, enabling New York to take a 1-0 lead. Rockies play-by-play announcer Drew Goodman didn\u2019t mince his words, describing the play as \u201cflat embarrassing.\u201d McCarthy yelled after the throw, confused about why Hunter Goodman wasn\u2019t paying attention. Entering Thursday, the Rockies ranked third-worst in baseball with 93 errors on the season. The difference in the game ended up being Heliot Ramos\u2019 three-run homer in the 8th off southpaw Brennan Bernardino, Colorado\u2019s best reliever.\n<\/p>\nHomers sink Rockies<\/p>\n
In the Yankees\u2019 6-1 win in Game 2 on Wednesday, the long ball was Colorado\u2019s undoing. Right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano gave up a solo bomb to Luis Garc\u00eda Jr. in the opening inning before George Lombard Jr. tagged him for a grand slam in the third inning to make it 5-0. Cody Bellinger added on in the eighth with a solo shot off Juan Mejia. The trio of homers highlights what\u2019s been a season-long issue for the Colorado pitching staff, which, entering Thursday, had surrendered 196 homers, the fourth-most in baseball. New York homered twice again on Thursday in the Yankees\u2019 10-3 win in the series finale, including another grand slam, this time by Anthony Volpe off Jimmy Herget in the seventh to blow the game open. Rockies starters have given up 125 homers, the third-most of any rotation behind the Braves and Cubs\u2019 tied tally of 136.\n<\/p>\n
Strikeouts keep mounting<\/p>\n
The recent swing-and-miss by the Colorado offense has been astounding. During the club\u2019s current four-game losing streak that began with a 10-8 loss to the Cardinals at home last Sunday, the Rockies have struck out a total of 52 times. That included 29 Ks and just one walk over the final game of the St. Louis series and the first game of the Yankees series, only the second time in club history that the Rockies have struck out at least 29 times and walked once or fewer times in a two-game span. That also happened in 2023, and the last non-Rockies team to do so was the Braves in 2022. During this stretch, Colorado\u2019s hitters are consistently chasing and also whiffing on hittable pitches in the zone.\n<\/p>\n
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