What is the cure for terrible clutch hitting?
Great pitching, of course.
On Friday night in San Diego, the Colorado Rockies offense was par for the course in 2011. They had opportunities to drive a nail into the coffin of the Padres, but failed in three separate innings to get a big hit when they needed it most.
The Rockies were bailed out by Kevin Millwood, a signing that had many scratching their heads at the reasoning. However, Millwood has brought the club a big lesson. The pickup has been far more than even the club sold it as. The Rockies said that picking up Millwood would help ease the workload of the bullpen because he was an innings-eater.
If eating innings was all the Rockies were hoping for out of Millwood, they have to be extremely happy with the results. On Friday night, Millwood looked more like the 19-win Millwood than the pitcher who couldn't find a Major League contract before spring training.
The veteran went seven innings, giving up no runs on eight hits. He...
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