4 years agoColorado Rockies reliever Mychal Givens took the loss against the Dodgers on Saturday after he allowed two runs on two hits with a pair of walks and a strikeout over one inning. Givens entered the game in the top of the eighth inning with the score knotted up at 4-4. He got two quick outs via pop-out before serving up a flukey inside the park home run to Zach McKinstry. McKinstry launched a ball to left-field and Raimel Tapia scaled the wall to rob him but accidentally knocked the ball back into the field of play as his body slammed into the fence. Tapia thought the ball had gone over the wall so he sat on the field for several seconds before realizing the ball was sitting to his right. McKinstry kept running the entire time and put the Dodgers ahead with his inside-the-park home run. Givens then walked back-to-back batters before Chris Taylor laced an RBI double to left field. He then struck out Cody Bellinger to end the frame but the damage had been done. This was Givens' first appearance of the season and if not for some bad luck he probably could have preserved the tie. He doesn't hold much fantasy value as he's not the closer and is one of a handful of arms that Colorado uses in high-leverage situations.--Jon Mathisen - RotoBaller
Source: MLB.com