Reds @ Rockies - game 2

I had a lazy day on Tuesday, as the game was scheduled for the evening. I wandered about the shops on the 16th Street Mall instead. There was a piper standing on the street corner outside my hotel, and although I was on the 4th floor, in a room with sealed windows, I could still hear him quite clearly as he ran through his entire repertoire of Scotland The Brave, The Skye Boat Song and God Bless America. Twice. God Bless America on the bagpipes ... doesn't work, if you were wondering.

Since the game was an evening game starting at 6.40pm, I had my main dinner at 5pm at the Keg restaurant near to the ballpark. I was quite surprised that the restaurant wasn't busier than it was, it was probably less than half full, and it's a recommended restaurant only 5 minutes walk from Coors Field. The dinner was very nice and very good value, I thought - much cheaper than the other places I'd eaten in Denver.

I was sitting in the club level on the first base side for this evening's game, whereas on Monday i was on the third base side. I had a front row seat in row 2 because that section juts out sideways as it goes from front to back, so I had an excellent view sitting next to some senior ladies who had come down from Aurora, near the airport, to support their team. The lady sitting next to me was very chatty and even offered me some of her peanuts to nibble on during the game.

The game opened up very early as CarGo (Carlos Gonzalez) hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 1st inning to put the Rockies on top early, with a lead that they would never relinquish. To be honest, the Reds wre fortunate now to be down even more early on as the Rockies had loads of baserunners. However, the Reds kept it much closer today, as they got a couple back and then a third after the Rockies had added one on. The crowd was really into the game today with lots of ear-splittingly loud cheering. Huston Street saved the game in the 9th, to give the Rockies another win. CarGo is now leading in two of the three triple crown categories (RBI and batting average), and trails Albert Pujols by just 3 in the home run category. With the majority of his remaining games at home, he has an excellent chance of winning the NL HR race too.

I'm now at Denver airport, just about to board the flight to San Diego.