It has been uttered thousands of times throughout baseball history … perhaps even millions; even by Dodgers Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda:

“Any team can beat any other team on any given day.”

On Monday evening, the third worst team in the National League – the (now) 32-42 Colorado Rockies – beat the second best team in the National League – the (now) 45-27 Los Angeles Dodgers – and did so rather handily.

To be fair, Dave Roberts‘ Dodgers were simply out-pitched, out-hit, and out-managed by Bud Black‘s Rockies … significantly. Whereas 29-year-old Rockies right-hander Chad Kuhl pitched a stellar complete-game three-hit shutout, 32-year-old Dodgers right-hander Tyler Anderson, who entered the game with an 8-0 record and 3.00 ERA, was, quite frankly, not good in his (far too long) 6.0 innings of work, allowing four runs on 10 hits that included a sixth-inning solo home run by 32-year-old Rockies shortstop José Iglesias, his first of the season, in the Dodgers 4-0 loss to the Rockies.

“Tonight wasn’t our best offensive performance,” Roberts told reporters after his team’s loss to the last place division rivals. “I just thought (Kuhl) used his slider to right, to left, really effectively, away to the right-hander, backdoor to the left-hander. You’ve got to give credit. We didn’t square many balls up. I don’t think we made adjustments soon enough.”

…or at all.

In fact, of the Dodgers three hits, only one went for extra bases – a double by Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux to lead off the ninth inning.

But even though Monday was the Dodgers ‘given day,’ Tuesday is a brand new day that will begin with a score of 0-0 and a guy named Clayton Kershaw on the mound for the Dodgers.

…and you’ve got to love that.

Play Ball!

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