Rockies lose 5-2 at Chicago in first game of doubleheader against the Cubs

The Rockies’ roadworthy woes continued Wednesday arsenic they dropped the opener of a doubleheader astatine the Cubs, who clobbered 3 location runs successful a 5-2, seven-inning victory.

Cubs rookie near fielder Patrick Wisdom delivered the winning blow, a three-run homer successful the 5th inning to drawback a 2-2 tie. Rockies starter Austin Gomber recorded the archetypal 2 outs of the inning. Frank Schwindel past tripled to near tract earlier Gomber walked Matt Duffy. Wisdom past delivered a heavy thrust to near tract for his 21st homer of the season.

“I made immoderate bully pitches with the slider today. I conscionable made the atrocious transportation precocious and benignant of outgo america the game,” said Gomber, who had 8 strikeouts successful 4 2/3 innings. “I’m having a hard clip getting the results that I want. I felt similar my worldly was good today. Obviously, I got immoderate strikeouts and got retired of immoderate spots. Just didn’t marque the transportation erstwhile I needed to. Got to bash a amended occupation of keeping the shot successful the yard. Pretty overmuch each around, conscionable got to beryllium a small spot better.”

Colorado, which got a solo location tally from C.J. Cron successful the 2nd inning and an RBI azygous from Brendan Rodgers successful the third, had conscionable 3 hits, nary aft the 3rd inning.

Chicago won for the 2nd consecutive clip astatine location aft ending a club-record 13-game location losing streak. The Cubs rallied to decision Colorado 6-4 connected Monday nighttime to unfastened the three-game set. Tuesday’s crippled was postponed due to the fact that of inclement weather.

The Rockies, who fell to 14-47 connected the road, averted a superior wounded successful the archetypal inning erstwhile near fielder Connor Joe and halfway fielder Sam Hilliard collided portion some tried catching a alert ball. Joe got the worst of the collision but made the drawback for the 2nd retired of the inning. The crippled resumed aft a little hold during which Joe was evaluated.