Cleveland Guardians at Colorado Rockies

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Cleveland Guardians

63-66, 32-32 Away

Final
9 - 1

Colorado Rockies

50-78, 27-36 Home

Bazzana, Bailey and Halpin help power the Guardians to a 9-1 win over the Rockies

Cleveland Guardians vs. Colorado Rockies: Game Highlights

Bazzana, Bailey and Halpin, batting in the seventh through ninth spots, combined to drive in seven of the nine runs to help Cleveland gain ground in the AL wild-card race. The Guardians moved past Toronto and remained a game behind Texas for the final playoff berth.

Tim Herrin (2-4) tossed 1 1/3 innings of relief for Cleveland and Chase DeLauter returned to the lineup after missing three games with a hamstring injury.

Colorado third baseman Kyle Karros singled and walked in his return from the seven-day concussion injury list, but shortstop Ezequiel Tovar left the game in the fourth inning due to illness. Catcher Brett Sullivan got the final two outs in the ninth inning in his seventh relief appearance this season.

Cleveland built a 3-1 lead against Tanner Gordon (0-4) on Halpin’s solo home run in the third and Bazzana’s two-run single in the fourth. The Guardians took advantage in the fifth when Steven Kwan walked and Rockies center fielder Cole Carrigg lost DeLauter’s fly in the lights for a single.

Kwan scored on Jo Adell’s single to make it 4-1, and they added another run in the sixth on Kwan’s groundout.

Colorado loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth, chasing starter Joey Cantillo. But, Herrin came on to retire Willi Castro on a groundout to second to keep it a three-run game.

The Guardians put the game out of reach on Baily’s three-run homer in the seventh inning.

Up next Guardians RHP Tanner Bibee (4-13, 4.01) makes his second career start against the Rockies and first since his major league debut on April 26, 2023. Colorado RHP rookie Gabriel Hughes (0-4, 6.69) seeks his first big-league victory.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Veen struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Veen hit for Carrigg
	9th Inning	Karros flied out to right.
	9th Inning	McCarthy grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Festa relieved Yoho
	9th Inning	Kwan lined out to right.

Statistics

CLE		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	14
6	Strikeouts	10
9	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
41	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
28	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
23	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
152	Pitches	160
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	0
23	Total Bases	7
46	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
9.1	Runs Created	2.7
.341	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.561	Slugging Percentage	.219
.366	Secondary Average	.250
.413	On Base Percentage	.333
.974	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.552
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.8
8.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
63.0	Batter Rating	12.0
20.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.30	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.10
.220	Isolated Power	.031
0.83	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.70
.109	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.179
.024	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
18.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
107.3	MLB Rating	66.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0