Kansas City Royals at Colorado Rockies

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Kansas City Royals

46-65, 20-38 Away

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Colorado Rockies

43-67, 25-29 Home

Sugano helps the Rockies beat the Royals 3-1 in game delayed at start by hailstorm

Sugano (11-4) gave up five hits and matched his longest outing this season to help the Rockies end a four-game skid. He left after 83 pitches with Salvador Perez on first base, and Johnny Rave greeted Antonio Senzatela with a single to put runners on the corners. Josh Rojas flied out to left field to keep it 3-1.

Senzatela and Brennan Bernardino each got two outs and Jordan Romano pitched the ninth for his fifth save in five opportunities with Colorado.

Sugano has gone 7-0 since June 1 — tied with the Giants' Robbie Ray for best in the majors over that span. He is the first 11-game winner for Colorado since Germán Márquez went 12-11 in 2021.

Mickey Moniak had a one-out double off Royals starter Michael Wacha (5-8) in the first, and TJ Rumfield added a two-out single for a 1-0 lead.

Kyle Karros singled with one out in the fourth, advanced on a groundout and scored on a throwing error by second baseman Troy Johnston. Brenton Doyle doubled in his second at-bat following a 2 1/2-month stay on the injured list to make it 3-0.

Sugano gave up Carter Jensen's 15th homer with two outs in the sixth to cut it to 3-1. It was the 21st surrendered in 19 starts by the right-hander — 18 of them solo shots.

Wacha allowed three runs — one earned — on five hits in six innings. He struck out seven, including a career-best five in a row.

Sugano went 10-10 as a rookie last season for the Orioles and collected his first major league win on April 5, beating Wacha and the Royals 8-1 in Kansas City.

Up nex t Royals RHP Luinder Avila (5-3, 4.95 ERA) was set to start Saturday opposite Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (3-5, 5.73).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Collins flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Massey flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Perez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Romano relieved Bernardino
	8th Inning	Rumfield grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Goodman struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	13
4	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	8
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
116	Pitches	111
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	7
33	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
1.9	Runs Created	0.5
.188	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.344	Slugging Percentage	.226
.188	Secondary Average	.065
.212	On Base Percentage	.161
.556	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.387
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.5
15.5	Batter Rating	19.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.52	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.58
.156	Isolated Power	.065
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.030	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.097
2.0	Runs Produced	5.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
70.8	MLB Rating	67.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0