Rockies’ offense AWOL again as they get swept by Astros

“Momentum is the adjacent day’s starting pitcher” — Hall of Fame manager Earl Weaver.

The Rockies tin lone privation that Weaver’s shot adage applied to them.

Wednesday afternoon, successful a 5-1 nonaccomplishment astatine Houston, they received a prime commencement from Antonio Senzatela. In fact, the Rockies person 53 prime starts this season, tied with Milwaukee for the third-most successful the majors.

And yet the losses connected the roadworthy proceed to equine due to the fact that Colorado’s discourtesy remains AWOL distant from Coors Field. And so, aft an encouraging 5-1 homestand, the Rockies were swept by the Astros successful a two-game bid astatine Minute Maid Park, getting outscored 10-1.

The Rockies slid to 13-42 connected the road, and they statesman a daunting four-game bid astatine San Francisco. The Giants ain the champion grounds successful the majors.

The Rockies surely had their chances Wednesday, but they deed 1-for-9 with runners successful scoring position, continuing a season-long roadworthy drought. At home, the Rockies are hitting .295 successful the clutch. On the road, they are hitting .193.

C.J. Cron drove successful Colorado’s lone run, hitting an RBI azygous to close to people Connor Joe, who led disconnected the crippled with a azygous disconnected lefty Framber Valdez and moved to 3rd connected Trevor Story’s single. But aft the archetypal inning, Colorado managed conscionable 2 hits the remainder of the way.

Valdez struck retired 8 successful six innings, but helium besides allowed 4 hits and deed a batter, but the Rockies could ne'er currency in. In the fifth, Cron came to the sheet with Joe connected 2nd and Story connected archetypal — some of them walked — but Cron grounded retired to the shortstop.

Cron leads the Rockies with 60 RBIs, but his home-road splits are dramatic, arsenic good arsenic emblematic of the Rockies’ dilemma. At Coors Field, he’s hitting a singular .444 with runners successful scoring presumption (20-for 45). On the road, he’s hitting .166 (4-for-24).

Senzatela pitched six innings, allowing 3 runs connected 9 hits, 1 locomotion and 3 strikeouts.

Yonathan Daza astir erased 1 of those runs with a large propulsion from close field. With Jake Meyers connected third, Martin Maldonado deed a alert to close tract wherever Daza caught it, loaded up and threw a onslaught to catcher Elias Diaz. Meyers was primitively called out, but aft a replay review, the telephone was reversed and Houston had a 3-1 pb connected the sacrifice.

Houston padded its pb successful the seventh, scoring 2 runs disconnected Jhoulys Chacin, who was tagged for run-scoring doubles by Carlos Correa and Aledmys Diaz.