DENVER — J.T. Realmuto had neither dropped his bat nor run more than halfway down the first-base line when the mighty Phillies offense stalled once again Monday night.
Things were finally starting to percolate. Not much. But after being muted for seven innings in this notorious hitter’s ballpark by the Colorado Rockies, the Phillies were rallying. Pinch-hitting Didi Gregorius had just doubled in a run, and Realmuto stepped to the plate as the tying run with Bryce Harper on deck.
Realmuto hit the ball hard, too. But he lined it directly at Rockies reliever Carlos Estévez, who snared it out of midair and threw to second base to double off Gregorius and help send the Phillies to a 4-1 loss in the opener of a three-game series at Coors Field.
