Rocky Montain Low

"I don't think this game should be a tone-setter for the rest of the trip," said Said Boston Red Sox pitcher Alan Embree.

Embree reacts after giving up a two-run home run to Colorado Rockies' Todd Helton, rear, in the eighth inning of the Rockies' 6-3 win in Denver, Tuesday, June 15, 2004.
(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The Sox Lost to the second worst team in Baseball, while managing only to score three runs in Colorado.

"It's not a fun place to pitch," Curt Schilling said last night, sharing some of the advice he could offer teammates like Bronson Arroyo, who had never before taken the mound at Coors Field. "It's a matter of really changing your expectations sometimes and having your goal be giving up one less run than the other guy."

"A lot of times this year, the team has gone out and battled to get runs and I've given them right back," Starter Bronson Arroyo said. "That's why I haven't won too many games."

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Full Story By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff June 16, 2004