As fans gathered for Harry Potter night, the Colorado Rockies hoped to find some magic at the plate to build on their victory on Friday. Sadly, an early hole and a rough middle inning caused a late game rally to fall short and dropping them to 40-102 on the season.
Expelli-arm-us
Hoping to take a better step forward in his third major league start, McCade Brown did the opposite in an extremely short outing.
After navigating the first inning with ease, the second inning doomed Brown’s start as his command disappeared,
and the Padres took advantage of mistake pitches. Brown hit two batters and surrendered a single to load the bases to start the inning, upon which Jake Cronenworth singled a ball to shortstop that deflected off of Brown, allowing a run to score. Freddy Fermin then doubled in two more runs before Fernando Tatis Jr. belted his 20th home run of the season to center field to make it a 6-0 ball game.
Brown allowed another single and a walk, effectively ending his night after recording two outs in the second inning as Angel Chivilli replaced him and closed out the inning. He lasted just 1 2/3 innings, giving up six runs on five hits with one walk and one strikeout. Through three starts, he now owns a 12.54 ERA.
Catch the Golden Snitch
While the Padres would add another four runs in the fifth inning, Brenton Doyle ensured they wouldn’t add on to their run total in the fourth.
Tatis Jr. blasted a ball to the deepest part of the ballpark, seemingly for his second home run of the game in as many at-bats. However, Coors Field contained the ball, allowing Doyle to fly over and make the catch.
Not long after, Manny Machado slugged a ball deep to right field, but once again, Doyle showed off his seeker skills to run down the ball and end the inning.
Bombarda!
Trailing 10-3 in the bottom of the sixth, Hunter Goodman continued his dominant season by blasting his 29th home run to left field.
While it didn’t make much of a difference in the game itself, it still etched Goodman in the franchise record books. The home run set a new record for primary catchers in a single season, surpassing the 28 that Wilin Rosario hit in 2012 as a rookie.
Goodman’s slugging percentage ranks in the top five in the National League.
The Rockies would then continue to close the gap in the score in the seventh inning. With two runs on and two outs, Jordan Beck crushed a ball to straightaway center field for home run to get the team back within three while simultaneously netting fans taco’s.
Order of the Bullpen
Despite a rough fourth inning for Roansy Contreras in his Rockies debut, in which he allowed four runs on three hits (although the defense didn’t help him out much), the bullpen was quite effective in picking up the slack on the night.
Angel Chivilli tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings, Jaden Hill and Anthony Molina 1 1/3 innings apiece, and a stellar 1 2/3 innings from Jimmy Herget. Molina and Herget combined for five strikeouts as they unit held the Padres in check to give the team a chance to find some magic.
Rally just short
The Rockies to tap into some more of that LoDo magic but fell just short in the ninth inning.
Mickey Moniak hit his 19th home run of the season to get the Rockies within two, and Beck reached with two outs to bring the tying run to the plate. Unfortunately, Doyle connected with a ball but it was just a routine fly ball to right field to end the game.
Colorado collected 14 hits, swatting three home runs, and going 4-for-10 with runners in scoring position. Unfortunately, the roughest spot in the lineup in some big situations came with Kyle Karros at the plate, who ended up striking out three times and leaving six men on base.
Beck, Ezequiel Tovar, and Warming Bernabel each had three hits on the night to lead the offense.
Up Next
The Rockies will look to take the series in the Sunday finale. Tanner Gordon will face another notable pitcher in Dylan Cease.
First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. MDT. See you then!
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