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Fowler’s bat awakens in return to Colorado
- Updated: August 21, 2016
DENVER — Coming into the series against the Rockies, Cubs center fielder Dexter Fowler had just three hits in his last 21 at-bats and five hits in his last 30. Perhaps a return to hitter-friendly Coors Field is just what he needed to get back on track.
Fowler came up big in the first game of the series with a leadoff homer and go-ahead single in the 11th on Friday night. He finished 2-for-5 with a walk in a 7-6 loss to the Rockies.
Fowler entered Saturday with a .298 career average at Coors Field — he played with the Rockies from 2008-13 — hitting 29 of his 75 home runs there.
“You’ve still got to hit,” Fowler said of his history at Coors. “If you don’t get good pitches to hit or you get too big here — and it’s easy to get too big here because the ball flies — you’ve got to stay on your game and hit the ball hard and let it do what it does.”
Cubs manager Joe Maddon remembers facing Fowler and being impressed …
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