Cubs find just enough offense, win fifth in a row against Rockies this season

Can Coors Field help free up Cubs' offense going into stretch run?

DENVER — The Cubs-Rockies game Saturday got off to an uncharacteristically low-scoring start at Coors Field. But the baseballs started soaring, at least to the fence, in the fifth inning of the Cubs’ 4-3 victory.“There’s a lot of grass out there,” Cubs switch hitter Ian Happ said Friday. “I think that’s the biggest thing. People talk about how well it flies — and it does, like there’s some balls that get to the wall that wouldn’t — but there’s j…

Cubs find just enough offense, win fifth in a row against Rockies this season

The work done by the Rockies pitchers while in peril was admirable, but how they got there was the problem and they couldn’t escape enough times to scratch out a victory. Chicago couldn’t find a knockout punch Saturday night, but Kyle Tucker’s run-scoring single in the top of the sixth inning was the difference in a 4-3 win for the Cubs in front of a sellout crowd of 47,394 at Coors Field. The Cubs have now won all five games against the Rockies…