Rockies fail in the clutch, lose again to White Sox

Head bowed hands on his knees German Marquez struck a pose befitting the Rockies season The right-hander had just served up a two-run homer to Chicago second baseman Lenyn Sosa putting the Rockies in a - hole in the second inning When Marquez s night was done after six innings the hole was - Given the Rockies all-too-familiar failure to hit in the clutch they looked doomed They were And so it goes for the Rockies who lost - to the White Sox on Saturday night at Coors Field in front of a fireworks crowd of Colorado - fell to - at home and has now lost all home series this season The White Sox the majors worst road organization won the series opener on Friday night - Marquez who had been on a nice run until Saturday s battle didn t pitch well But then he didn t receive much offensive patronage Colorado went for with runners in scoring position after opening the night for in clutch Colorado s fifth-inning at-bat was a snapshot of frustration Rookie right fielder Yanquiel Fernandez led off with a single to right and advanced to third on a double by hot-hitting right fielder Tyler Freeman Second and third nobody out and the Rockies were in business But they couldn t cash in Hunter Goodman lined out to second short Jordan Beck flew out to second and Thairo Estrada grounded out to short Colorado s seventh inning was a facsimile of the fifth It had the bases packed with nobody out but Chicago reliever Jordan Leasure struck out Beck with a slider in a nine-pitch at-bat and Thairo Estrada grounded to third baseman Josh Rojas who started an inning-ending double play Early on Colorado s offense looked primed to bust out against right-hander Jonathan Cannon Freeman led off the first with a single extending his career-high on-base streak to games Goodman followed with a double and Beck drove them both home with a bloop single to right tying the event at -all Yet despite several scoring opportunities Cannon held Colorado in check for the rest of his start Over innings he gave up eight hits but just two runs walking two and striking out one Related Articles Rockies Coors Field misery continues vs road-challenged White Sox Charlie Condon Rockies top prospect learning lessons climbing minor league ladder Rockies Journal White Sox series is a history lesson for reeling Colorado Kyle Freeland brushes off bad luck gives Rockies six solid innings Rockies hang on beat Astros behind Thairo Estrada s big day Marquez entered the night on a roll He had a ERA with strikeouts over his last eight starts But the White Sox hit him hard and often In a two-run first Sosa who had a career-high four RBIs hit a one-out double Brooks Baldwin drove in Sosa with a two-out double to right and rookie shortstop Colson Montgomery drove in Baldwin with a triple to right Marquez - ERA gave up hits walked one and struck out two One ray of light for Colorado was a leadoff pinch-hit homer in the eighth by Brenton Doyle The White Sox had hits topped off by Michael A Taylor s two-run homer off lefty reliever Ryan Rolison in the ninth Rockies Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis