ROCKTOBER!

The Rockies won their 8th Straight Game behind Kyle Freeland 5-2 to capture their 2nd Consecutive Postseason Berth.  At the moment they are the Visitor Wild Card Qualifyer, with their eye still on the big prize:  their first NL West Division Championship.  To accomplish that they need a combination of two wins or two losses by the Dodgers.  One win or Dodger loss would put them in a at least a tiebreaker game in LA on Monday at 2:09 PM MDT.  

Freeland struggled with bases-loaded situations in three straight innings the 2nd-4th, and only gave up 2 runs in another quality start.  The Rockies explosive offense backed him up with four Home Runs including back to back dingers in the 5th by Desmond and Iannetta, while David Dahl homered in his 5th Consecutive game, and Charlie Blackmon added another in the 3rd.  All of the homers were solo shots except for Desmond's with Cargo on board. 

The Rockies over the past 8 days have won 8 straight for their longest streak this year, and have erased a 2.5 game deficit that they had when they left Los Angeles last Wednesday.