Dexter Fowler pulled through for the Colorado Rockies on Saturday evening. On the third pitch of his 14th inning at bat against the Dodgers Blake Hawksworth, Fowler singled to left field, plating Mark Ellis, who had nearly ended the game one at bat earlier, with what turned out to be a two-out double to the right-center gap.
With third place in the National League West on the line for the Colorado Rockies, the team potentially gutted out their biggest win of this disappointing season.
Finally, the Rockies didn't quit when they got behind. All too often in 2011, when the defense gives up a few runs early, the team's offense has given up, packing in the bats and hoping for a better day later in the season.
Instead, after the Dodgers scored two runs in the 12th inning, looking like they had wrapped up the game, the Rockies fought back and scored two runs of their own.
The first of those runs came when birthday boy Todd Helton showed that despite being 38-years old, he still kn...
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