Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said the play gave him goose bumps and called it “baseball ballet.” Second baseman Clint Barmes called it “instinct.” It came in the first inning when Chicago’s Ryan Theriot scorched a grounder up the middle. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki dived, flagged it down and flipped the ball to Barmes, who caught the ball barehanded, wheeled and gunned it to first to complete a pretty double play. “I was just thinking I had to get rid of the ball quick, so I just grabbed and threw,” Barmes said.
Going deep.
Catcher Chris Iannetta hit his first homer of the season, a solo shot to left off Cubs starter Jason Marquis to lead off the seventh and give the Rockies a 2-1 lead. “I was looking fastball and got one I could hit,” said Iannetta, who’s hitting .333.
Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post
