The AAA Pirates HUMILIATE the Colorado Rockies on their own field.

[madinmaryland]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2009/08/11/26961_recap.html

DENVER(AP) The Colorado Rockies hoped to build on their successful series against the Chicago Cubs . Instead, the NL Wild Card leaders came out flat against the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates .

Ross Ohlendorf pitched solidly into the seventh inning, Andrew McCutchen stole three bases and scored three runs and the Pirates beat Colorado 7-3 on Tuesday night to end an eight-game losing streak.

The Rockies took three of four games from the Cubs, including consecutive 11-5 victories to end the series, but they couldn't build on that momentum against the Pirates. They walked nine batters and committed three errors in one of their sloppiest games of the season.

''For whatever reason there was no energy out there today, and if we're going to make the playoffs we better wake up and start playing again,'' second baseman Clint Barmes said.

Troy Tulowitzki , who had five hits, seven RBIs and hit for the cycle Monday night, gave the team a jolt when he homered in his first at-bat Tuesday, and Carlos Gonzalez also homered for the Rockies.

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:evilgrin:

[El Supremo]

1. The Rox just needed a day off.

After working hard to humiliate the Cubs. It was sort of like a "personal" day off.

[CreekDog]

2. they need more off days

:applause:

[EastTennesseeDem]

4. I appreciate the Rockies for that series by the way

St. Louis is three games up thanks to them.

[El Supremo]

3. The attendance was 1.81 times more than Pittsburgh's home average.

How embarrassing! How humiliating!

[madinmaryland]

5. A disgraceful and shameful performance by the Rockies, who,

by the way as you mentioned, are drawing nearly twice as much people as the Pirates.

I working on my cboyism's!