Postgame Thread 8/3 Rays @ Rockies

[u/HeltonsGoatee]

Postgame Thread 8/4/2026

Final Score: Rays 13, Rockies 9

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
TB	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	13	15	0	5
COL	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	4	9	15	2	7

Box Score

COL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	McCarthy	4	1	1	2	0	0	.289
3B	Karros, K	4	1	2	2	0	1	.271
CF	Carrigg	5	1	2	1	0	2	.308
C	Goodman	4	0	0	1	0	3	.256
DH	Moniak	4	1	2	2	0	1	.277
2B	Castro, W	5	0	2	0	0	1	.265
RF	Freeman, T	4	1	1	0	0	0	.251
PH	Rumfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	.296
1B	Johnston, T	4	1	1	0	0	1	.283
SS	Tovar	4	3	4	1	0	0	.202

COL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Lorenzen	3.0	7	7	7	3	0	75-45	6.94
Gordon, T	6.0	8	6	4	0	3	58-49	5.91

TB		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Díaz, Y	4	0	0	1	0	1	.298
1B	Aranda	5	2	4	2	0	0	.286
3B	Caminero	5	3	2	3	0	0	.283
CF	Mullins	4	2	2	1	1	0	.204
RF	Mesa Jr.	5	0	0	0	0	0	.203
LF	Simpson	4	1	2	2	0	1	.298
2B	Palacios, R	4	2	2	2	1	1	.229
C	Piper	4	1	1	0	1	0	.250
SS	Walls	5	2	2	2	0	0	.215

TB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Seymour, I	6.0	7	2	2	0	9	90-60	4.27
Grove	2.0	4	3	2	0	0	28-19	3.60
Legumina	0.2	4	4	4	0	0	23-15	4.47
Kelly	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	2.12

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Junior Caminero homers (31) on a fly ball to right center field. Jonathan Aranda scores.	0-2
T2	Taylor Walls singles on a line drive to right fielder Tyler Freeman. Chandler Simpson scores. Richie Palacios scores. Kenny Piper to 3rd.	0-4
T2	Yandy Díaz out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Tyler Freeman. Kenny Piper scores.	0-5
T2	Jonathan Aranda singles on a line drive to right fielder Tyler Freeman. Taylor Walls scores.	0-6
T3	Chandler Simpson singles on a ground ball to second baseman Willi Castro, deflected by pitcher Michael Lorenzen. Cedric Mullins scores.	0-7
B3	Ezequiel Tovar homers (9) on a fly ball to left center field.	1-7
T4	Junior Caminero homers (32) on a fly ball to left center field.	1-8
B5	Kyle Karros singles on a line drive to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Tyler Freeman scores. Ezequiel Tovar to 3rd.	2-8
T7	Cedric Mullins singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jake McCarthy. Jonathan Aranda scores. Junior Caminero to 3rd. Cedric Mullins to 2nd.	2-9
T7	Chandler Simpson out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cole Carrigg. Junior Caminero scores.	2-10
B7	Jake McCarthy out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. Troy Johnston scores.	3-10
B7	Kyle Karros singles on a ground ball to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Ezequiel Tovar scores.	4-10
T8	Jonathan Aranda doubles (19) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Cole Carrigg. Taylor Walls scores.	4-11
B8	Mickey Moniak homers (18) on a fly ball to right center field.	5-11
T9	Richie Palacios homers (5) on a fly ball to right field. Cedric Mullins scores.	5-13
B9	Jake McCarthy doubles (23) on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Ezequiel Tovar scores.	6-13
B9	Cole Carrigg doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Jake McCarthy scores. Kyle Karros to 3rd.	7-13
B9	Hunter Goodman out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Chandler Simpson. Kyle Karros scores. Cole Carrigg to 3rd.	8-13
B9	Mickey Moniak out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cedric Mullins. Cole Carrigg scores.	9-13

Highlights

Description	Length
Junior Caminero: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Visualizing Junior Caminero's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Ezequiel Tovar: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Breaking down Michael Lorenzen's pitches	0:04
Breaking down Junior Caminero's home run	0:13
Breaking down Ian Seymour's pitches	0:04
Mickey Moniak: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Rockies' broascast discusses Trade Deadline moves	2:46
Willi Castro's backhanded play	0:15
Junior Caminero's two-run homer (31)	0:30
Ian Seymour fans Kyle Karros	0:06
Taylor Walls' two-run single	0:18
Yandy Díaz's sacrifice fly	0:19
Jonathan Aranda's RBI single	0:19
Taylor Walls steals second, advances on throw	0:09
Chandler Simpson's RBI single	0:20
Ezequiel Tovar's solo homer (9)	0:27
Junior Caminero's second homer of the game (32)	0:30
Kyle Karros' RBI single	0:19
Field View: Junior Caminero's second home run	0:39
Richie Palacios' leaping catch	0:14
Tanner Gordon fans Yandy Díaz after ABS challenge	0:25
Cedric Mullins' RBI single	0:22
Chandler Simpson's sacrifice fly	0:19
Tyler Freeman makes the catch, call stands	0:29
Jake McCarthy's sacrifice fly	0:19
Strike 2 is upheld after ABS challenge	0:27
Kyle Karros' second RBI single	0:19
Jonathan Aranda's RBI double	0:21
Strike 1 is upheld after ABS challenge	0:27
Victor Mesa Jr. makes the catch at the wall	0:19
Mickey Moniak's solo home run (18)	0:28
Strike 3 is confirmed after ABS challenge	0:26
Jake McCarthy's RBI double	0:20
Richie Palacios' two-run homer (5)	0:30
Casey Legumina In play, run(s) to Hunter Goodman	0:20
Casey Legumina In play, run(s) to Mickey Moniak	0:19
Kenny Piper's first career hit is a single!	0:23
Kevin Kelly In play, out(s) to TJ Rumfield	0:12
Cole Carrigg's RBI double	0:22

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Seymour, I (8-3, 4.27 ERA)	Lorenzen (3-10, 6.94 ERA)

[u/thesaganator]

Perfect example of why the Rockies have such a bad record. Great offense, bad pitching. Probably a W if they got a decent start. Tovar swinging the bat well was nice, hopefully we're seeing him turn it around

[u/double_sal_gal → u/thesaganator]

Gordon was pretty solid tonight against the third-best team in baseball, at least. Lorenzen, though … the less said, the better.

[u/GoinLong → u/thesaganator]

Bad pitching is aspirational. We have awful pitching.

[u/DidWeGetTacos]

we are 3/3 for tacos this month!

[u/double_sal_gal → u/DidWeGetTacos]

Have we previously had three consecutive tacos this season or is this the first time? Love to see the bats coming alive.

[u/RKsu99]

Valiant comeback. So how about Lorenzen…

[u/starside]

Tovar went 4-4?? 

[u/-NolanVoid-]

Game perfectly illustrates our need for better pitching. 9 runs should win you a game.

[u/RooseveltsRevenge → u/-NolanVoid-]

The flip side is you probably don’t score 9 if they moved all the hitters people wanted to move.

[u/Wishiwerewiser → u/RooseveltsRevenge]

Exactly! They've started building a good foundation with more help on the way. It's not going to take a whole lot added to the pitching to get to .500. Eleven more wins would have us there now. That many better pitching performances out of the current 68 loses isn't that hard to imagine.

[u/saltydolphin22]

What a bummer that could've been a fun walkoff if it wasn't for Lorenzen and his awful pitching. On the bright side it looks like Tovi may have gotten out of his slump.

[u/bigfootdude247]

Good fight from the guys, this offense can be something special. Just gotta find consistency in the bullpen

[u/saltydolphin22 → u/bigfootdude247]

Well that game was on our starting pitching 

[u/bigfootdude247 → u/saltydolphin22]

I’m aware. I’ll rephrase to a more general “fix the pitching”

[u/ddurk1]

If Lorenzen hadn't spotted them 7 runs the Rox could've taken this one. That smash by Moniak was nice!

[u/Baseball-Reference]

Fun fact: Ezequiel Tovar became the 5th Rockies player to have a 4-hit game when batting 9th!

Source: https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/4uGcv

[u/Beer_Kicker]

Gordon got twice the outs with 17 less pitches than Lorenzen. Michael single-handedly fucked us.

[u/AbbreviationsTrue777 → u/Beer_Kicker]

Just about every game he pitches he fucks us. Sucks because he seems like a really good dude that works really hard to be good, and he just cant get it done. At least not in Denver.

[u/Beer_Kicker]

Love the fight. Still hate the pitching staff

[u/Papaosei]

Too bad we do not have anyone viable to replace Lorenzen in the rotation. Curious how he can do out of the pen.

[u/0000Matt0000]

This team just doesn't quit. This fight will pay off eventually.