Morales meltdown.

Fixing what's wrong with prized left-hander Franklin Morales is turning into a long-term project. In a Triple-A loss to Fresno on Saturday night, Morales pitched four-plus innings, coughing up 10 earned runs on eight hits and seven walks. In his previous start for the Sky Sox, Morales pitched five innings of no-hit ball, but he walked six.

"It's more of the same," manager Clint Hurdle said. "He lacked fastball command and he really didn't have a whole lot to bring to the table with his secondary pitches. . . . For whatever reason, the to-do list has gotten extremely long."

The Rockies' goal is to help Morales regain his natural pitching motion and velocity.

"All we're trying to do is revisit with him what he was born to do and the God-given abilities he was presented with," Hurdle said. "Get back to that and then we'll work off that."

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