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3 days ago
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Rockies beat Twins 10-6 for first home series victory of the season
DENVER (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar hit a three-run homer to break a fifth-inning tie and the Colorado Rockies secured their first home series victory of the season with a 10-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. Hunter Goodman had three hits, the last a two-run homer in the eighth, and Ryan McMahon homered for the second straight game, The Rockies have won two straight home games for the first time this season. The Rockies lost their first 15 home series. At 24-74, they remain on pace to set a major league season record for losses. Antonio Senzatela (4-13) gave up three runs in the second inning but faced only one batter over the minimum in the next five, going seven innings for the first time this season. Senzatela, who leads the major leagues in losses, gave up five hits and struck out three with one walk. He used an economical 78 pitches. Kody Clemens had a double and a triple for the Twins, who have lost 12 of their last 15 road games and their last five road series. Clemens' two-out, two-run double made it 8-5 in the eighth, but Tyler Kinley struck out Carlos Correa with runners on second and third to end the inning. Tovar had three hits and Mickey Moniak had three hits for the Rockies. Zebby Matthews (1-2) gave up five runs on eight hits in four-plus innings, leaving after the first two batters reached in the fifth. He was activated from the injured list to make the start after missing six weeks with a strained shoulder. The start of the game was delayed 38 minutes by rain. Key moment Goodman hit a slow roller that hugged the third base line and stayed fair in the fifth, leaving third baseman Brooks Lee no option but to hope it would go foul. It did not, Goodman got a single, and Tovar hit his tie-breaking homer three batters later. Key stat The Rockies are on pace for 39 wins. The Chicago White Sox were 41-121 when they set the major league record for regular-season losses a year ago. Up next Minnesota RHP Joe Ryan (9-4, 2.72 ERA) was set to oppose Colorado RHP German Marquez (3-10, 5.57) on Sunday. ___ AP MLB:
Washington Post
3 days ago
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- Washington Post
Rockies beat Twins 10-6 for first home series victory of the season
DENVER — Ezequiel Tovar hit a three-run homer to break a fifth-inning tie and the Colorado Rockies secured their first home series victory of the season with a 10-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. Hunter Goodman had three hits, the last a two-run homer in the eighth, and Ryan McMahon homered for the second straight game, The Rockies have won two straight home games for the first time this season.
Reuters
3 days ago
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Rockies beat Twins again to clinch home series
July 20 - Ryan McMahon, Ezequiel Tovar and Hunter Goodman homered and the host Colorado Rockies rallied from a 3-0 deficit for a 10-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night at Denver in a game that was delayed 38 minutes by rain. The Rockies have won the first two games to clinch their first home series win of the season as Tovar was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs, and Goodman also drove in three runs. It was the third consecutive loss for the Twins. Kody Clemens was 2-for-4 (double, triple) with three RBIs. Rockies starter Antonio Senzatela (4-13) earned the win after allowing three runs and six hits in seven innings with a walk and three strikeouts. Minnesota starter Zebby Matthews (1-2) gave up five runs and eight hits in four plus innings with a walk and six strikeouts in taking the loss. Clemens' two-run, bases-loaded double in the eighth pulled the Twins to within 8-5. Goodman countered in the bottom of the inning with a two-run blast. It was his 18th homer of the season. Harrison Bader doubled in a run for the Twins in the ninth. Tovar's two-out, three-run homer in the fifth gave Colorado a 6-3 lead. The blast, off reliever Brock Stewart, traveled an estimated 433 feet to center field and was Tovar's fourth home run. The Rockies added two more in the sixth to make it 8-3 on Tyler Freeman's RBI double and Goodman's groundout, which brought in a run. The Rockies tied it 3-3 in the third on McMahon's two-run homer. It was his 15th of the season. Ryan Ritter's run-scoring double in the bottom of the second cut Colorado's deficit to 3-1. Ritter left the game in the sixth after getting hit on the finger as he executed a sacrifice bunt. The Twins took a 3-0 lead in the second on an RBI triple by Clemens, a run-scoring double by Carlos Correa and an RBI single by Matt Wallner. --Field Level Media
Associated Press
3 days ago
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Rockies beat Twins 10-6 for first home series victory of the season
DENVER (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar hit a three-run homer to break a fifth-inning tie and the Colorado Rockies secured their first home series victory of the season with a 10-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. Hunter Goodman had three hits, the last a two-run homer in the eighth, and Ryan McMahon homered for the second straight game, The Rockies have won two straight home games for the first time this season. The Rockies lost their first 15 home series. At 24-74, they remain on pace to set a major league season record for losses. Antonio Senzatela (4-13) gave up three runs in the second inning but faced only one batter over the minimum in the next five, going seven innings for the first time this season. Senzatela, who leads the major leagues in losses, gave up five hits and struck out three with one walk. He used an economical 78 pitches. Kody Clemens had a double and a triple for the Twins, who have lost 12 of their last 15 road games and their last five road series. Clemens' two-out, two-run double made it 8-5 in the eighth, but Tyler Kinley struck out Carlos Correa with runners on second and third to end the inning. Tovar had three hits and Mickey Moniak had three hits for the Rockies. Zebby Matthews (1-2) gave up five runs on eight hits in four-plus innings, leaving after the first two batters reached in the fifth. He was activated from the injured list to make the start after missing six weeks with a strained shoulder. The start of the game was delayed 38 minutes by rain. Key moment Goodman hit a slow roller that hugged the third base line and stayed fair in the fifth, leaving third baseman Brooks Lee no option but to hope it would go foul. It did not, Goodman got a single, and Tovar hit his tie-breaking homer three batters later. Key stat The Rockies are on pace for 39 wins. The Chicago White Sox were 41-121 when they set the major league record for regular-season losses a year ago. Up next Minnesota RHP Joe Ryan (9-4, 2.72 ERA) was set to oppose Colorado RHP German Marquez (3-10, 5.57) on Sunday. ___ AP MLB:
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4 days ago
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Gold Glove shortstop Ezequiel Tovar back in Rockies' lineup after oblique injury
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies reinstated Gold Glove shortstop Ezequiel Tovar from the 10-day injured list on Friday. Tovar was hitting .258 with three homers and 10 RBIs in 32 games before straining his left oblique muscle and going on the injured list June 2. He was in the lineup for Friday night's game against the Minnesota Twins, playing shortstop and batting fifth. Second baseman Thairo Estrada was placed on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left thumb, retroactive to July 11. ___ AP MLB:
