Colorado Rockies at Washington Nationals
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Meneses' 3-run HR highlights a 4-run eighth inning as the Nationals rally to beat the Rockies 6-5
The game was delayed nearly 90 minutes before the first pitch due to inclement weather in the area, and halted for 51 minutes by rain with one out in the top of the seventh inning.
Washington was trailing 5-2 when CJ Abrams led off the eighth with a single against Justin Lawrence (3-4) and stole second. Lane Thomas reached on an error by third baseman Ryan McMahon and Jeimer Candelario doubled to right center, scoring Abrams. Meneses followed with a homer to left field, his seventh of the season, on a 1-1 sweeper pitch.
“I saw that first base was open, and I figured more than likely he was going to throw a lot of off-speed in that at-bat to me,” Meneses said via an interpreter. "I was ready for the fastball, regardless, but I was kind of expecting the off-speed. I saw it well, and I took a good swing at it.”
Lawrence hadn't allowed a run in his past eight appearances.
“He’s pitched really, really well," manager Bud Black said of Lawrence. “They went down and got some balls. He just missed on the wrong side of the plate a couple of different times and they took advantage of it.”
Meneses added a double and a single, finishing 3 for 4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Stone Garrett hit a solo homer in the seventh inning for Washington.
Jose A. Ferrer (1-0) pitched 1 2/3 innings and earned his first major league victory, and Kyle Finnegan worked the ninth for his 14th save.
Ezequiel Tovar homered, and Elias Diaz had three hits and two RBI for the Rockies.
Colorado starter Austin Gomber allowed six hits and an unearned run while striking out five without a walk over six innings. In his past six starts, the 29-year-old left-hander is 4-1 with a 3.00 ERA and has struck out 22 batters and walked two.
“I didn’t think I had my best stuff," Gomber said. “I thought I was in the zone with everything though. I thought I commanded the fastball. Just wasn’t my best fastball."
Washington starter Trevor Williams gave up four runs on nine hits over six innings, but was perfect over his final three innings.
"We can’t control the weather, especially here in the summertime,” Martinez said. “For me, the biggest thing about that game is Trevor Williams giving us six innings. If he doesn’t do that, we’re going to be strapped.”
The Rockies took a 2-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI-double by Michael Toglia and a run-scoring single by Alan Trejo.
Washington got one back on Riley Adam’s two-out double to left in the bottom half.
Tovar led off the third with his 10th homer of the season, and Diaz added an RBI-single later in the inning to make it 4-1.
Garrett's homer made it 4-2 in the seventh, and Diaz's RBI single in the eighth increased the lead to 5-2.
RECORD SETTER
Gomber hasn’t walked a batter in 27 innings, the longest streak in team history, surpassing the previous mark of 23 2/3 innings by Jose Jimenez in 2002.
“A lot of that is probably not getting to three-ball counts in the first place," Gomber said. "Getting early contact, getting in plus counts in the AB and not getting into those longer ABs. Part of it’s probably some luck. Twenty-seven innings is a long time.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rockies: OF Kris Bryant (fractured left index finger), who was hit by a pitch on Saturday, was placed on the 10-day injured list retroactive to July 22. … 1B CJ Cron (back muscle spasms) took batting practice and remains day to day. … LHP Kyle Freeland threw a simulated game Tuesday and could return Friday against the Oakland Athletics.
Nationals: RF Lane Thomas was in the starting lineup. He had left Monday’s game in the eighth inning after getting hit by a pitch on his left knee.
ROSTER MOVES
Rockies: Recalled infielder Elehuris Montero and RHP Riley Pint from Triple-A Albuquerque. RHP Karl Kauffmann, who earned his first major league win Monday, was optioned to Albuquerque.
UP NEXT
Rockies: RHP Peter Lambert (2-1, 5.49) makes his 17th appearance of the season and third start.
Nationals: Rookie RHP Jake Irvin (3-5, 4.87) struck out a career-high nine batters in his last start, a win against the Giants.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | McMahon grounded out to second. | |
9th Inning | Tovar singled to center. | |
9th Inning | Profar lined out to shortstop. | |
9th Inning | Doyle struck out looking. | |
9th Inning | Finnegan relieved Ferrer | |
9th Inning | Smith at first base. |
Statistics
COL | WSH | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
7 | Ground Balls | 14 |
7 | Strikeouts | 6 |
5 | Runs Batted In | 6 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
15 | Hits | 10 |
1 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
0 | Walks | 2 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
5 | Runs | 6 |
2 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
39 | At Bats | 33 |
1 | Home Runs | 2 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
14 | Runners Left On Base | 13 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
1 | Doubles | 3 |
25 | Fly Balls | 13 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
141 | Pitches | 135 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
19 | Total Bases | 19 |
39 | Plate Appearances | 35 |
162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
2 | Extra Base Hits | 5 |
6.3 | Runs Created | 6.2 |
.385 | Batting Average | .303 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.487 | Slugging Percentage | .576 |
.128 | Secondary Average | .364 |
.385 | On Base Percentage | .343 |
.872 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .919 |
0.3 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.1 |
6.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 7.0 |
41.0 | Batter Rating | 47.0 |
39.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 16.5 |
1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
3.62 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.86 |
.103 | Isolated Power | .273 |
0.00 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.33 |
.000 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .057 |
-.256 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .061 |
10.0 | Runs Produced | 12.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.5 | Patience Ratio | 0.6 |
0.5 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
95.5 | MLB Rating | 93.5 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 18,182 | Capacity:
2024 National League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles | 98 | 64 | .605 | - | W5 |
San Diego | 93 | 69 | .574 | 5 | L1 |
Arizona | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | W1 |
San Francisco | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | L1 |
Colorado | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37 | L3 |
2024 National League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia | 95 | 67 | .586 | - | W1 |
Atlanta | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | W1 |
New York | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | L1 |
Washington | 71 | 91 | .438 | 24 | L1 |
Miami | 62 | 100 | .383 | 33 | W4 |