DENVER — It looked like Ryan Feltner’s gem was about to go to waste, but Yonathan Daza had other plans.
The two young players keyed the Rockies to a 7-1 win over the Marlins in the series opener on Monday afternoon at Coors Field. Feltner turned in the best outing of his brief career, allowing one run over seven innings, while Daza’s bases-clearing double in the bottom of the seventh provided the decisive runs.
In Feltner’s four career starts prior to Monday, he hadn’t made it past the fifth inning. But the 25-year-old, starting in place of the injured Antonio Senzatela, showed no-let up against Miami, matching pitch for pitch against right-hander Pablo Lopez, who tossed six scoreless innings. It was Feltner’s first career win.
