• Another good defensive play, Triolo with low grounder charging in and throwing Goodman out at first.
• Moniak lines out to Suwinski in right, what a play to reach up and snag it.
• Not off to a great start, Santana hits Freeman with a pitch.
• The error on Doyle has been removed, now ruled a double.
• Peguero grounds out to Tovar. Dennis Santana will pitch the bottom of the ninth.
• Pham flies out to left.
• Cruz strikes out looking.
• Gonzales reaches second base on shallow fly to center that Doyle slides to catch and is unable to grab. Call is ruled an error.
• Nick Anderson pitching for the Rockies in the ninth.
• End eighth inning: Arcia pops out to Triolo.
• Fernandez pops out to shallow left, runners can't advance.
• Estrada walks.
• Bernabel grounder to Mattson, he drops the ball and throws it away. Then for reasons... Bernabel turned towards second base and had to run and dive back to first to avoid being tagged out.
• Tovar is called out on automatic strike after calling timeout for the second time. We're seeing it all in Denver.
• Isaac Mattson is now pitching for the Pirates.
• The infield playing in, not sure what Bernabel was doing there stepping on first base on the grounder by Horwitz, then throwing home. Reynolds grounds out to end the inning. Pirates 9-5
• Chivilli hits Suwinski and Davis, Triolo moves the runners over on grounder to Tovar at shortstop.
• Beck was ejected for arguing the strike call, Brenton Doyle replaces him in the lineup.
• End seventh inning: Moniak soft liner to Pham, Goodman grounds into a force out to Peguero to get Freeman at second base, and Beck strikes out looking on a low sinker out of the zone. Mlodzinski wasn't getting any low calls earlier in the inning.
• Arcia slices single to center over Peguero and Freeman walks on four pitches.
• Both Pham and Peguero strike out swinging.
• After Gonzales' leadoff single to left and a Cruz fly out to left, Angel Chivilli will pitch for the Rockies.
• End sixth inning: Mlodzinski works his way around a two-out double by Estrada and strikes out three of the four batters he faces to limit the damage done in the sixth.
• Keller's line: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, BB, 4 K. Only the second time this season in which he's allowed two or more home runs in a game. Gave up two against the Royals on July 8.
• All three homers came on breaking balls. Slider to Moniak, sweeper up in the zone to Goodman and a sweeper on the outer third to Beck.
• HOME RUN: Beck makes it three straight homers off Keller. That's going to be it for him. Was really cruising before this inning. Similar to Skenes yesterday. CarmenMlodzinski enters. Pirates, 8-5
• HOME RUN: Now Goodman goes deep to left. Pirates, 8-4
• HOME RUN: Rockies get two back on a two-run shot by Moniak. Not a bad 2-0 pitch from Keller. Breaking ball that looked bound for the bottom inside corner of the zone. Good swing by Moniak. Pirates, 8-3
• First home run in 30 at-bats against lefties this season for Horwitz. Entered hitting just .138 against them.
• HOME RUN: Third career multi-homer game for Horwitz. Second comes off a lefty. Three-run shot. Horwitz seemed to know that if it was fair, it was gone. Pirates, 8-1
• Suwinski walks and goes first to third on a single by Triolo. Heck of a throw to third by Fernandez in right. Credit to Jack, too, for keeping that right foot on the bag after that slide. Runners on the corners for Horwitz.
• End fifth inning: Keller allows a two-out single but strikes out two in a scoreless frame.
• Pirates set down in order again. Seven straight have been retired. No hits since the second inning.
• End fourth inning: Tovar grounds out and Keller limits the damage.
• RUN: Beck bloops a single into center and Freeman scores. Pirates, 5-1
• Freeman singles into center and Cruz lets it go through his legs. That just can't happen. Leadoff baserunner in scoring position now.
• Pirates retired in order in the top of the fourth.
• End third inning: Arcia grounds out.
• Fernandez came off the bag and Gonzales kept the tag applied. He's out. Wise challenge and a good play there all around by Pham and Gonzales.
• Fernandez bloops a double into left. Just stayed fair. First Rockies hit. Pirates are challenging the safe call at second, though. Strong throw by Pham to even make it a play.
• End second inning: Another clean frame for Keller. Flyout, strikeout and a groundout.
• Pirates add two more runs on two hits and two walks, all of which came with two outs in the inning in the top of the second.
• Just remember, no leads are safe...
• HOME RUN: Horwitz goes deep to right, a two-run shot that followed a walk to Triolo. Fourth of the season. Pirates, 5-0
• End first inning: Goodman sends one deep to right, but Suwinski has room near the wall to make the catch. A 1-2-3 first for Keller.
• Pham is hitting .388 with four home runs and 21 RBIs over his last 30 games.
• Peguero flies out to center to end the top of the first.
• HOMERUN: Pham continues to mash. He sends an absolute shot 446 feet out to center. Two-run homer. Pirates, 3-0
• RUN: Gonzales plates Horwitz with an infield single after the latter moves up on a Reynolds groundout. Pirates, 1-0
• Horwitz leads off the game with a double on a 3-2 pitch from Blalock.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Rockies, 3:10 p.m. Eastern, Blalock to Horwitz, 85 degrees, sunny
• Don Kelly's lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B 2. Bryan Reynolds, DH 3. Nick Gonzales, 2B 4. Oneil Cruz, CF 5. Tommy Pham, LF 6. Liover Peguero, SS 7. Jack Suwinski, RF 8. Henry Davis, C 9. Jared Triolo, 3B
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THE ASYLUM
Final: Pirates 9, Rockies 5
• Who: Pirates (47-64) vs. Rockies (30-80)
• What: MLB regular season, Game 112
• When: 3:10 p.m. Eastern
• Where: Coors Field
• Weather: 85°, sunny
• Pitchers: RHP Mitch Keller (4-10, 3.69 ERA) vs. RHP Bradley Blalock (1-2, 7.09 ERA)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Pirates Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MLB.TV
• Satellite: SiriusXM 179/861
• Boxscore: MLB.com
• Media notes: Pirates | Rockies
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Doyle lines out to Pham. Pirates 9-5.
• Another good defensive play, Triolo with low grounder charging in and throwing Goodman out at first.
• Moniak lines out to Suwinski in right, what a play to reach up and snag it.
• Not off to a great start, Santana hits Freeman with a pitch.
• The error on Doyle has been removed, now ruled a double.
• Peguero grounds out to Tovar. Dennis Santana will pitch the bottom of the ninth.
• Pham flies out to left.
• Cruz strikes out looking.
• Gonzales reaches second base on shallow fly to center that Doyle slides to catch and is unable to grab. Call is ruled an error.
• Nick Anderson pitching for the Rockies in the ninth.
• End eighth inning: Arcia pops out to Triolo.
• Fernandez pops out to shallow left, runners can't advance.
• Estrada walks.
• Bernabel grounder to Mattson, he drops the ball and throws it away. Then for reasons... Bernabel turned towards second base and had to run and dive back to first to avoid being tagged out.
• Tovar is called out on automatic strike after calling timeout for the second time. We're seeing it all in Denver.
• Isaac Mattson is now pitching for the Pirates.
• The infield playing in, not sure what Bernabel was doing there stepping on first base on the grounder by Horwitz, then throwing home. Reynolds grounds out to end the inning. Pirates 9-5
• Chivilli hits Suwinski and Davis, Triolo moves the runners over on grounder to Tovar at shortstop.
• Beck was ejected for arguing the strike call, Brenton Doyle replaces him in the lineup.
• End seventh inning: Moniak soft liner to Pham, Goodman grounds into a force out to Peguero to get Freeman at second base, and Beck strikes out looking on a low sinker out of the zone. Mlodzinski wasn't getting any low calls earlier in the inning.
• Arcia slices single to center over Peguero and Freeman walks on four pitches.
• Both Pham and Peguero strike out swinging.
• After Gonzales' leadoff single to left and a Cruz fly out to left, Angel Chivilli will pitch for the Rockies.
• End sixth inning: Mlodzinski works his way around a two-out double by Estrada and strikes out three of the four batters he faces to limit the damage done in the sixth.
• Keller's line: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, BB, 4 K. Only the second time this season in which he's allowed two or more home runs in a game. Gave up two against the Royals on July 8.
• All three homers came on breaking balls. Slider to Moniak, sweeper up in the zone to Goodman and a sweeper on the outer third to Beck.
• HOME RUN: Beck makes it three straight homers off Keller. That's going to be it for him. Was really cruising before this inning. Similar to Skenes yesterday. Carmen Mlodzinski enters. Pirates, 8-5
• HOME RUN: Now Goodman goes deep to left. Pirates, 8-4
• HOME RUN: Rockies get two back on a two-run shot by Moniak. Not a bad 2-0 pitch from Keller. Breaking ball that looked bound for the bottom inside corner of the zone. Good swing by Moniak. Pirates, 8-3
• First home run in 30 at-bats against lefties this season for Horwitz. Entered hitting just .138 against them.
• HOME RUN: Third career multi-homer game for Horwitz. Second comes off a lefty. Three-run shot. Horwitz seemed to know that if it was fair, it was gone. Pirates, 8-1
• Suwinski walks and goes first to third on a single by Triolo. Heck of a throw to third by Fernandez in right. Credit to Jack, too, for keeping that right foot on the bag after that slide. Runners on the corners for Horwitz.
• End fifth inning: Keller allows a two-out single but strikes out two in a scoreless frame.
• Pirates set down in order again. Seven straight have been retired. No hits since the second inning.
• End fourth inning: Tovar grounds out and Keller limits the damage.
• RUN: Beck bloops a single into center and Freeman scores. Pirates, 5-1
• Freeman singles into center and Cruz lets it go through his legs. That just can't happen. Leadoff baserunner in scoring position now.
• Pirates retired in order in the top of the fourth.
• End third inning: Arcia grounds out.
• Fernandez came off the bag and Gonzales kept the tag applied. He's out. Wise challenge and a good play there all around by Pham and Gonzales.
• Fernandez bloops a double into left. Just stayed fair. First Rockies hit. Pirates are challenging the safe call at second, though. Strong throw by Pham to even make it a play.
• End second inning: Another clean frame for Keller. Flyout, strikeout and a groundout.
• Pirates add two more runs on two hits and two walks, all of which came with two outs in the inning in the top of the second.
• Just remember, no leads are safe...
• HOME RUN: Horwitz goes deep to right, a two-run shot that followed a walk to Triolo. Fourth of the season. Pirates, 5-0
• End first inning: Goodman sends one deep to right, but Suwinski has room near the wall to make the catch. A 1-2-3 first for Keller.
• Pham is hitting .388 with four home runs and 21 RBIs over his last 30 games.
• Peguero flies out to center to end the top of the first.
• HOME RUN: Pham continues to mash. He sends an absolute shot 446 feet out to center. Two-run homer. Pirates, 3-0
• RUN: Gonzales plates Horwitz with an infield single after the latter moves up on a Reynolds groundout. Pirates, 1-0
• Horwitz leads off the game with a double on a 3-2 pitch from Blalock.
• First pitch: Pirates vs. Rockies, 3:10 p.m. Eastern, Blalock to Horwitz, 85 degrees, sunny
• Don Kelly's lineup:
1. Spencer Horwitz, 1B
2. Bryan Reynolds, DH
3. Nick Gonzales, 2B
4. Oneil Cruz, CF
5. Tommy Pham, LF
6. Liover Peguero, SS
7. Jack Suwinski, RF
8. Henry Davis, C
9. Jared Triolo, 3B
• Starting nine for Warren Schaeffer's Rockies:
1. Tyler Freeman, DH
2. Mickey Moniak, CF
3. Hunter Goodman, C
4. Jordan Beck, LF
5. Ezequiel Tovar, SS
6. Warming Bernabel, 1B
7. Thairo Estrada, 2B
8. Yanquiel Fernandez, RF
9. Orlando Arcia, 3B
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