MLB

Chicago Cubs at Colorado Rockies

· Major League Baseball
Chicago Cubs
75-73, 37-40 Away
Final
5 - 6
Colorado Rockies
57-92, 34-37 Home

Hilliard ties it with pinch-hit HR in 9th and Doyle's single in 10th lifts Rockies over Cubs 6-5

Michael Toglia homered, Charlie Blackmon had three hits and Doyle drove in three runs for the last-place Rockies, who took their second consecutive game from Chicago.

Cody Bellinger and Pete Crow-Armstrong each hit a solo homer for the Cubs, who are six games behind the Braves and Mets for the third NL wild card.

The Rockies trailed 5-3 going into the bottom of the ninth, and their first two batters struck out against reliever Porter Hodge. But then Hunter Goodman drew a walk to bring up Hilliard, who was batting for Jordan Beck.

“He obviously pitched to two great hitters," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said. “Goodman had a good at-bat to work a walk. And Hilliard, give him credit. I don’t think he’s given up a homer to a left-handed hitter this year.”

Hilliard took the first pitch for a ball before driving the next one over the right-center fence and into the Rockies' bullpen to tie it. It was his fifth career pinch-hit homer and his eighth overall this season. “The main thing I was telling myself is, just be relaxed,” Hilliard said. “Just put a good at-bat together. If you just touch the ball, it’s gonna go, so I was trying to get on that guy’s fastball because it was playing up and had a little bit of cut to it. He just threw it right there, right in the middle of the plate, and I put a good swing on it. It’s a good feeling.”

Doyle’s clean single to left field off Drew Smyly (3-8) in the 10th scored automatic runner Aaron Schunk to end it.

“I wanted a pitch up in the zone, and he threw me a curveball up in the zone that started up and I just put a good swing on it,” Doyle said. “I didn’t want to beat anything into the ground, so I knew to elevate something a little bit, and that’s what I did.”

Tyler Kinley (6-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the win.

Jameson Tallion went six innings and allowed two runs, but the Cubs' bullpen could not preserve the lead for him.

Chicago led 2-0 when Bellinger started the fourth by driving a 91 mph sinker from Kyle Freeland into the right-field seats behind the out-of-town scoreboard for his 18th home run. He just missed a second homer, driving a flyball to straightaway center in the sixth that Doyle caught at the wall.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cubs: LHP Justin Steele, on the 15-day injured list with elbow tendinitis, could be on the verge of rejoining the rotation after another strong bullpen session Saturday. “Everything went well,” Counsell said. “He felt good, threw all his pitches. It was very positive.” Barring a setback, Steele could be reinstated within a week.

Rockies: RHP Antonio Senzatela is scheduled to be reinstated from the 60-day injured list to start Monday night against Arizona. It will be his first appearance since May 10, 2023, when he left a start against Pittsburgh early. He later underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. Senzatela made five starts at Double-A Hartford as part of a rehab assignment ahead of his return to the Rockies. “He’s really super confident physically and I think that’s the most important thing,” manager Bud Black said. “We’re going to monitor him. We’re hopeful he can go four or five innings.”

UP NEXT

Chicago RHP Kyle Hendricks (3-11, 6.51 ERA) is set to start Sunday’s series finale against RHP Cal Quantrill (8-9, 4.63), who is scheduled to be reinstated from the 15-day injured list after recovering from right triceps inflammation.

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Matchup Prediction

Rockies: 38.7%
Cubs: 61.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

10th Inning Doyle singled to left, Schunk scored, Tovar to second.
10th Inning Tovar intentionally walked.
10th Inning Blackmon grounded out to first, Schunk to third.
10th Inning Smyly relieved Hodge
10th Inning Hoerner flied out to right.
10th Inning Busch struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 7
7 Strikeouts 9
5 Runs Batted In 6
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 8
3 Stolen Bases 0
1 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 6
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 2
40 At Bats 34
2 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
20 Runners Left On Base 11
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 1
1 Doubles 2
22 Fly Balls 20
0 Caught Stealing 0
143 Pitches 135
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
18 Total Bases 16
43 Plate Appearances 39
324.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
3 Extra Base Hits 4
5.9 Runs Created 5.0
.275 Batting Average .235
.000 Pinch Hit Average 1.000
.450 Slugging Percentage .471
.275 Secondary Average .324
.302 On Base Percentage .282
.752 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .753
0.5 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
5.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.8
42.0 Batter Rating 42.0
20.0 At Bats Per Home Run 17.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.33 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.46
.175 Isolated Power .235
0.14 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.33
.023 Walks Per Plate Appearance .077
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .088
10.0 Runs Produced 12.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
90.5 MLB Rating 87.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Coors Field

Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 47,493 | Capacity:

2024 National League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Milwaukee 93 69 .574 - L1
St. Louis 83 79 .512 10 W1
Chicago 83 79 .512 10 L1
Cincinnati 77 85 .475 16 W1
Pittsburgh 76 86 .469 17 L1

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
Full Standings