The Latest Breaking News from Randal Grichuk

A red sea of Cardinals fans inundated Coors Field Tuesday night, pumped up to cheer on heroes Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina and Paul Goldschmidt.

If there was one saving grace about the previous three years of Rockies futility, it was that they weren’t the worst team in the NL West.

In the latest battle for fourth place in the National League West, the Colorado Rockies ruined the night of one of the state of Colorado’s all-time best pitchers to get the win.

The Rockies have the Dodgers’ number, and Kyle Freeland is better than Clayton Kershaw.

DENVER — Hey Larry, Vinny, Dante, Ellis and Big Cat, meet C.J. Cron. Back in the day, he would have fit in quite nicely with the Blake Street Bombers.

PITTSBURGH — When the Pirates reported to Bradenton, Fla., back in February, Jack Suwinski was a well-regarded prospect new to the 40-man roster — but still seemingly a year or so away. Josh VanMeter played for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Pirates didn’t acquire him until the end of spring.

PHILADELPHIA — It took only a few minutes Sunday night for Kyle Schwarber to calm down after blowing his top on national television over home-plate umpire Ángel Hernández’s strike zone.

DETROIT — The Tigers, like a lot of teams around baseball, have been treading water for most of this first month of the season.