Rockies vs Angels Recap: Rockies dominate 8-2 on Wednesday

The Rockies walked into Angel Stadium ready to fight back. They had lost the night before to the Angels 9-8, but this Wednesday, June 3 game felt different. Colorado was hungry. The Angels were searching for answers. When Hunter Goodman stepped up in the second inning, he launched a fastball over the left-field wall for a solo home run. The ball rocketed 389 feet into the California sun. That was just the start. Ezequiel Tovar sent a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Troy Johnston. Then Edouard Julien slapped a single to right, driving in Sterlin Thompson. Colorado had three runs before the Angels could blink. The scoreboard read 3-0, and you could feel the momentum shift.

The second inning wasn't the end of Colorado's onslaught. In the fourth inning, Jake McCarthy singled to left field. The Angels' left fielder threw wildly, and suddenly two runs scored on the error. Karros raced home. McCarthy was safe at second. The Rockies weren't done. Willi Castro stood in the batter's box and crushed a Grayson Rodriguez fastball 433 feet to right field. The ball was a missile. Castro's three-run blast made it 7-0. TJ Rumfield followed with another home run to right-center, a 364-foot shot that sailed over the wall. That was 8-0. Rodriguez was getting hammered. Colorado's bats were on fire. Every swing seemed to find contact. The Angels' pitcher couldn't find his rhythm against this Colorado lineup.

The Angels finally got on the board in the fifth inning when Wade Meckler doubled to center field. The hit scored Mike Trout and Jorge Soler, cutting the lead to 8-2. But it was too little, too late. Colorado's Tomoyuki Sugano was throwing well enough. He scattered hits and struck out five batters. The Rockies' pitching was holding strong. By the time the final out came, Colorado had dominated from start to finish. The scoreboard read 8-2 in the Rockies' favor. Colorado improved to 25-39 on the season. The Angels dropped to 24-40. This loss stung for Los Angeles. But the Rockies had shown exactly why they came to Southern California hungry and angry after yesterday's defeat.