MILWAUKEE — Three strikes and you’re out in the National League division series.
The Rockies — their swings, misses and empty at-bats fanning fans’ frustrations — already have two strikes against them in the best-of-five NLDS vs. the Brewers. As the series heads to Coors Field for Game 3 on Sunday afternoon, the Rockies’ immediate future looks as gloomy as Denver’s weather forecast.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the team that goes up 2-0 in a division series in the wild-card era (since 1995) has gone on to win 48 out of 55 times. That’s 87.3 percent in favor of the Brewers, meaning the Rockies have a 12.7 percent chance of advancing to the National League Championship Series.
“A day off (on Saturday) will be good, and we’ve won three games in a row before,” manager Bud Black said. “That’s what it’s going to take.”
In the Rockies’ somber clubhouse, the players tried to put up a brave front.
“Our pitchers are doing a great job,” third baseman Nolan Arenado said. “If we can get our bats going, we’re going to be all right.”
