Excellent observation on the honks at Root. Drew Goodman is an embarrassment to play-by-play work. 

But the Rockies are a very good hitting club, probably the best lineup up-and-down in the National League, even with Carlos Gonzalez dragging it down. The fact they faced the Giants’ hottest pitcher -- Jeff Samardzija has something like two walks in the last month or so -- may have had something to do with last night.

The lynch pin on this club is and always was the pitching. They had it going surprisingly well for a while, given the youth in the rotation and the non-household names in the bullpen. There ought to be a red alert on that club in terms of pitching.