Rockies and Marlins Score 35 Runs

The Florida Marlins played the Colorado Rockies in the second game of their four game series on Friday night in which turned out to be an epic offensive duel. The Rockies, who are the defending National League champions who have struggled this season, defeated the Marlins 18-17. The Marlins at one point led 13-4. The Rockies started to come back on home runs from Ryan Spilborghs, Matt Holliday, Chris Iannetta and Garrett Atkins. The home runs by those four players cut the Marlins lead to 13-12 and they built it into a five run lead by scoring four more runs, leading 17-12. But in the seventh inning, with the bases loaded, Matt Holliday hit his second home run of the game. That home run was a grand slam, once again cutting the Marlins lead to one at 17-16. The Rockies then scored two more runs in the bottom half of the ninth inning to win the game. This was a game where pitching was horrible on both sides. Matt Holliday and Ryan Spilborghs hit two home runs. Hanley Ramirez hit a leadoff home run in the first inning to start the wild affair. There were 43 hits in the game as well. The Marlins had 22 hits, while the Rockies had 21 hits. With the dramatic victory, the Rockies have climbed in the NL West standings, despite being over 10 games under .500. The Marlins, with the lost, lost a little ground on the NL East race. Was this the best game this year? Was this the best regular season game ever?