Rockies second baseman Kyle Farmer didn’t wait for the interview request. “Dude, that was the best defensive game I’ve ever been a part of,” Farmer said after the Rockies beat the Rays, 2-1, by the glove,

Taj Bradley looked incredibly sharp in his first start of the season, capturing the combination of stuff and command we saw in spurts last year. He gave up runs in the fifth and sixth inning, but finished his outing with seven strikeouts and zero walks.

Which was fully reinforced Sunday afternoon at Steinbrenner Field after the score was tied 2-2 in the sixth thanks to a first-inning homer by Brandon Lowe and a strong start by Taj Bradley, who got nicked for solo runs in the fifth and sixth.