Last night, with the series opener, the Colorado Rockies soundly defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in a 14-5 onslaught. In Game 2, the Rockies hit some bad luck and (again) couldn’t seem to get the offense working (again). Add to that a seventh inning that put the Rockies on the back foot.
They ended up ceding the second game to the Blue Jays, 5-1.
More bad luck for Ryan Feltner
The game was fairly uneventful — a bit of a pitchers’ duel between Ryan Feltner and Max Scherzer — until the bottom of the third inning when Feltner was injured
on a 106 mph comebacker from Andrés Giménez.
The injury was diagnosed as a “right glute contusion.”
After finishing the inning, he was removed from the game.
Before his exit, Felter looked excellent. He left the game with 3.0 IP, giving up one hit and striking out four on 47 pitches. Given Feltner’s history of injuries in 2025, any potential derailment of his season is reason for concern.
Although there was some traffic on the base paths, the game remained scoreless through four innings.
Manager Warren Schaeffer said of Feltner after the game, “I think we avoided something bad there” since Feltner’s hip tightened up after the contact and prevented him from re-entering the game.
According to Feltner, his hip “just stiffened up,” and he expects to make his next start.
The bullpen takes over
Juan Mejia entered in the fourth. He gave up hits to Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. and Kazuma Okamoto before pulling off this nifty double play.
However, Mejia was not so fortunate in the fifth where he loaded the bases before handing the ball over to Jaden Hill, who promptly game up an RBI single to Jesús Sánchez, making the score 1-0 Blue Jays.
He then walked Guerrero Jr with the bases loaded, making the score 2-0 Blue Jays. Following that, Hill struck out Okamoto and Lukes with the bases loaded.
In addition, the Blue Jays had used both of their challenges by the end of the fifth inning.
Hunter Goodman enters the chat
The Rockies certainly had their chances early in this game, courtesy of singles from T.J. Rumfield and Brenton Doyle, but neither were able to score.
That all changed in the sixth when the Rockies got on the board after Hunter Goodman hit his first home run of the season, a gorgeous second-decker (435 ft, 110.9 mph).
Scherzer’s evening was done after tossing 6.0 innings. He allowed four hits and one run (earned), walking one and striking out four and the Blue Jays leading 2-1.
Rumfield led off the seventh with a single (sensing a theme here) and made it to second on a wild pitch before being picked off at second and ending the inning.
Blue Jays feather their nest in the seventh
Zach Agnos came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh and gave up three singles that led to the Blue Jays taking a 3-1 lead on a Okamoto RBI. Nathan Lukes followed that with another RBI single, and the score was 4-1 Blue Jays. Ernie Clement followed that with a double, and it was 5-1.
Signs of life late, but it’s not enough
With two outs, Jake McCarthy hit a double in the eighth inning, but, again, the Rockies were unable to bring him home.
Old friend Jeff Hoffman entered to close the game, and surrendered a single to Ezequiel Tovar, but, once again, the Rockies were unable to capitalize.
Final score: Blue Jays 5, Rockies 1
Notable numbers
The Rockies finished the evening with one run on seven hits. They walked once and struck out six times (a notable improvement from last season). They were 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position and left five runners on base.
In addition, it was a long night for the bullpen:
- Mejia: 1.1 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs (earned), 1 BB, 0 K
- Hill: 0.2 IP, 1 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 2 K
- Bernadino: 1.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 BB, 1 K
- Agnos: 2.0 IP, 7 hits, 3 runs, 1 BB, 3 K
“I’m extremely proud of our ‘pen,” Schaeffer said. “We’ve asked a lot of them this season.”
Looking ahead
Join us tomorrow at 11:07 am when the Rockies will win their series against the Blue Jays. They will need length from starting pitcher Kyle Freeland given the usage of the bullpen tonight.
See you then.
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