In the estimation of manager Bud Black, first baseman Ian Desmond had a “great game” Monday night in Colorado’s 6-5 win, 10-inning win over the Giants. Desmond batted 2-for-3, drove in two runs and made a number of smooth plays at first, including a key play in the top of the 10th when he threw out Evan Longoria trying to advance to third.
Desmond, now hitting .184, has been the target of fans’ boos at this season. Monday night, he heard cheers. Either is fine with Desmond.
“I appreciate any emotion the fans want to give,” he said. “You want to come out and boo me? That’s fine, cheer on the other guys. If you want to come out and cheer me that’s fine. As long as you come out and are making noise … we feed on that. Whether you are booing me or cheering me, I don’t care, just make some sort of noise.”
Five takeaways from Monday’s game:
No. 1:The Rockies got their second walk-off win of the season. The first came on April 7 vs. Atlanta.
No. 2: It was Colorado’s first non-walk, walk-off since Aug. 1, 2017. Its last three walk-off victories all came on bases-loaded walks.
No. 3: It was the first time this season the Rockies won a game when trailingafter seven innings. They are now 1-24 in such games.
No. 4: is 6-for-8 over his last two games and recorded back-to-back multihit games for just the second time this season.
No. 5:The Giants lost their first game of the season when leading after seven innings, and also suffered their first walk-off loss of the season.
Quotable: “We know in portions of the season we are going to play to our potential or exceed our potential at times. There are times when you play long enough when you (aren’t going to hit). It’s always good to do it in the first half … because it produces headlines. So you guys will have a lot more to write about in September. You guys can have a field day with that. So we would rather do it now, because it gives you something else to write about (in September).” — catcher Chris Iannetta, on the Rockies’ early-season offensive woes. Iannetta hit the game-winning, walk-off single in the 10th inning.
