20th and Blake: The Rockies Podcast
Jul 2, 2026 · 53 min · 20 segments
Mark and Drew dive into the exhilarating play from the Rockies of late including the walk off triple against the Red Sox and game-winning interference call against the Pirates. Plus, what does the…
Drew CreasmanHost
Mark KnudsonHost
But with Father's Day and a few other things, we've moved the show back a bit, which is great news for us because now we're recording the morning after maybe the most exciting, definitely the wildest win of the season.
I mean, most wins against the Pirates were last-second, controversial, last-minute deals in the ninth inning.
I'll ask you about interference in just a minute, but let's start with last night and scoring zero runs.
Not only that, but having, I can't remember the last time I've seen two put outs on the bases back to back in an inning like that.
So to have two guys thrown out in the eighth, And then what was it, eight consecutive
hits? Counting those, yeah, eight consecutive hits to end the game, seven singles and a triple.
Well, stuff, I mean, the old saying, you come to the ballpark and you see something you've never seen before.
This hasn't happened in 20 years to have a basis of clearing triple to end the game.
It was one of those deals where after the eighth inning, you think, well, it's just not their night.
Schaefer was very – At the end of the game, he goes, I was the third-base coach.
I would have sent the guy home, and Gonzalez sent him home, and he got thrown out.
And to come out against a Roldis Chapman, who maybe he's not the old Roldis Chapman, but he's still one of the best closers in baseball.
And to have left-handed hits off him to end the game, to start the rally and end the game, it's a great finish, remarkable.
It's always mind-blowing to me, too, when a team can't score any runs for eight innings against theoretically more handleable pitching, and then they bring in a guy with a .208 ERA who's probably the best reliever of his generation, one of the best relievers of all time, and they don't make a single out, and he throws only eight pitches, and the game ends.
But with Father's Day and a few other things, we've moved the show back a bit, which is great news for us because now we're recording the morning after maybe the most exciting, definitely the wildest win of the season.
I mean, most wins against the Pirates were last-second, controversial, last-minute deals in the ninth inning.
I'll ask you about interference in just a minute, but let's start with last night and scoring zero runs.
Not only that, but having, I can't remember the last time I've seen two put outs on the bases back to back in an inning like that.
So to have two guys thrown out in the eighth, And then what was it, eight consecutive
hits? Counting those, yeah, eight consecutive hits to end the game, seven singles and a triple.
Well, stuff, I mean, the old saying, you come to the ballpark and you see something you've never seen before.
This hasn't happened in 20 years to have a basis of clearing triple to end the game.
It was one of those deals where after the eighth inning, you think, well, it's just not their night.
Schaefer was very – At the end of the game, he goes, I was the third-base coach.
I would have sent the guy home, and Gonzalez sent him home, and he got thrown out.
And to come out against a Roldis Chapman, who maybe he's not the old Roldis Chapman, but he's still one of the best closers in baseball.
And to have left-handed hits off him to end the game, to start the rally and end the game, it's a great finish, remarkable.
It's always mind-blowing to me, too, when a team can't score any runs for eight innings against theoretically more handleable pitching, and then they bring in a guy with a .208 ERA who's probably the best reliever of his generation, one of the best relievers of all time, and they don't make a single out, and he throws only eight pitches, and the game ends.
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