The Colorado Rockies saw off the Cardinals 10:7 in the regular season on Saturday evening. It was a high-scoring affair that flipped the script on a series where the visitors had been running hot. The home side took the momentum back with a performance that showed plenty of teeth when it mattered.
Both teams brought plenty of firepower into this one. The Rockies had won two of their last three before the match, while the Cardinals had been involved in some entertaining contests against the Dodgers over the past few days. And here's the thing — when two sides with that kind of offensive intent meet, you tend to get something special.
The final score tells you the story, but the context matters more. The hosts were coming off a narrow 6:5 victory earlier in the week, and they carried that confidence into this encounter. The visitors, meanwhile, had just been beaten 2:3 by the Dodgers in what looked like a sterner test than their earlier wins suggested.
By then you'd have spotted the pattern. The Rockies are on a good run, and this result extends it. The Cardinals, despite their recent success against Los Angeles, found themselves on the wrong side of a game they probably thought they had in hand. Things came to a head when the home side pulled away in the later innings.