Rockies’ offense a no-show — again — in loss to Brewers at Coors Field

There s an old axiom in baseball that says hitting is contagious But with the Rockies strikeouts and empty at-bats are infectious In their - loss to the Brewers on Tuesday night in front of a crowd of the Rockies managed only five hits struck out times and were for with runners in scoring position Colorado s early-season offensive slide is looking like an avalanche The Rockies two highlights were a solo homer by Brenton Doyle in the third off Milwaukee right-hander Freddy Peralta and a bunt single by Zac Veen in the sixth Veen Colorado s No prospect made his big-league debut and started in right field He hit for with a strikeout Peralta per usual confounded the Rockies pitching five innings and giving up just three hits while striking out six Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland usually dominates the Brewers He entered the meeting - with a ERA against them He had a - with a ERA in four Coors Field starts Tuesday night however Milwaukee bashed him for five runs on eight hits in innings The Brewers put the match away with a three-run seventh on three solo homers Brice Turang the No hitter ended Freeland s night with a -foot solo homer to center Christian Yelich and William Contreras followed with back-to-back homers off right-hander Jimmy Herget Milwaukee s four-run third inning was Freeland s undoing Milwaukee set nine men to the plate had six hits and scored four runs Freeland s pitch location especially with his fastball was but only one of Freeland s pitches in the inning was crushed Freeland left a mph fastball over the heart of the plate and red-hot Jackson Chourio smoked it to left for a two-run double From the fourth through the sixth Freeland blanked the Brewers and gave up just one hit In the fifth Chourio blasted a triple to deep center where Doyle chased the ball down but couldn t make the catch at the wall But Freeland got tough striking out Yelich and Contreras before getting Rhys Hoskins to fly out softly to left The Rockies had a chance for a big inning in the third but as is their wont they couldn t cash in After Doyle s one-out homer off Peralta Ezequiel Tovar and Ryan McMahon followed with walks But Kris Bryant back in the cleanup spot struck out and Kyle Farmer grounded out to first Rally killed Bryant finished the night for and is hitting with no home runs and one RBI First baseman Michael Toglia is also in a deep funk hitting with no homers and no RBIs after starts Toglia hit for Tuesday and struck out three times Wednesday s pitching matchup Brewers LHP Tyler Alexander - ERA at Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela - p m Wednesday Coors Field TV Rockies TV streaming Comcast Xfinity channel DirecTV Spectrum or depending on region Radio AM FM Trending Senzatela off to an excellent start this season has fared well against Milwaukee during his career He is - in six career starts with a ERA walking and striking out Related Articles Rockies Zac Veen on debut When you are young and hungry you ve got nothing to lose Octavio Dotel former Rockies pitcher dies in Dominican Republic roof collapse Theodore Bubbles Anderson local Black baseball icon completely gets his due with induction into Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Zac Veen Chase Dollander promotions reveal Rockies championship plan Rockies calling up outfielder Zac Veen source says Pitching probables Thursday Brewers TBD at Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner - p m Friday Rockies RHP German Marquez - at Padres RHP Nick Pivetta - p m Patrick Saunders The Denver Post Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis