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For Colorado, an 'Unbelievable' Run
Colorado's Matt Holliday was the National League Championship Series MVP after going 5 for 15 with two home runs and four RBI to help sweep Arizona.
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Two nights later, with the Rockies hosting the Padres in a one-game tiebreaker to determine the wild card, Hoffman entered in the bottom of the 13th with a two-run lead. Coming into the game, Hoffman had made 60 appearances on the season and had allowed as many as three runs exactly once, back in April. Yet the only out Hoffman recorded was on Jamey Carroll's game-winning sacrifice fly -- one that followed two doubles, a triple and an intentional walk -- and the Rockies advanced to the postseason.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]"It's got to be an ESPN Classic, I would think already," Manager Clint Hurdle said.
By Monday night, with the sweep of the Diamondbacks in hand, the Rockies had enough material for a week's worth of classics.
"I feel like it's going too fast," right fielder Brad Hawpe said. "I want to slow it down. I feel like I'm going to forget all this, and there's nothing about it that I don't want to remember. I want to remember it all."
The final victory over the Diamondbacks seemed comparatively mundane. Colorado took a 6-1 lead in the fourth -- first getting a bloop two-out, two-run double from rookie Seth Smith, who had never driven in a run in the majors, then benefiting from an error by Arizona first baseman Conor Jackson. Two batters later, left fielder Matt Holliday -- the most valuable player of the series -- drilled a 1-1 slider from Micah Owings to center for a three-run homer. The Rockies, of course, withstood the Diamondbacks' late rally, and won yet again.
Earlier in the postseason, Hurdle spoke of one of his messages to his team: "Be in awe of nothing. Respect everything."
The Rockies, right now, are deserving of more awe and respect than anyone thought possible a month ago. At this rate, it might last generations.
