Article: ROCKIES 4, BREWERS 2 Throwing it away Lineup falters with runners in scoring position

Spoiler alert:

The Milwaukee Brewers are having trouble keeping leads.

As if you hadn't heard.

For the sixth time in nine games, the Brewers took a lead only to watch it vanish and be replaced by a deficit they could not overcome. Wednesday night was the 14th time this season that the Brewers have lost after being ahead.

The Colorado Rockies were to thank for that, just as they were a night before. The Rockies picked up their seventh consecutive victory, 4-2, in the second game of the series at Miller Park, taking the best-of-three set.

The Brewers are 4-6 in their last 10 games and sit 1 1/2 games in front of the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central.

"If you only get two runs ...

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