The Diamondbacks have been among baseball’s hottest teams since the All-Star break, surging from out of a playoff position to a four-game cushion atop the NL wild card standings. The Colorado Rockies, on the other hand, have remained awful.
That stark contrast was on display early on in the D-backs’ matchup with Colorado at Chase Field on Wednesday.
The Rockies couldn’t even make it out of the first inning without embarrassing themselves in a huge way.
With Joc Pederson at the plate for Arizona, he turned on Tanner Gordon’s changeup for a hard grounder fair down the first-base line. It should have been a two-RBI double for Pederson and ended with that. But Michael Toglia tried to catch Pederson napping at second base, and, uh, some throws should not be made.
Clear the bases, Joc! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/MdGGx9kXux
— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) August 14, 2024
Toglia’s throw was extremely off the mark and went all the way to the left-field wall. Pederson got to his feet and scored easily for the Little League home run.
Officially, that went down as a double for Pederson and an error. The D-backs scored four runs in that first inning.
