We let their guy off the hook quite a few times. We worked counts, but gave away too many opportunities. A pitcher who has thrived on pressure situations, Pedro Astacio, opened the game with four dominating no-hit innings for the Rockies. In the fifth, however, the first five Phillies batters all got hits. But I started jumping, not throwing the ball where I wanted.
Baseball is real crazy.
Sometimes things happen and you don't know why. This was a bad game for us. The Rockies had their moments. Ron Villone came on for Astacio with the bases loaded in that fifth-inning fiasco and struck out Scott Rolen to end the rally. But those moments weren't enough to offset a second misplay in the past five games caused by poor communication between center fielder Juan Pierre and Larry Walker in right.