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Coming off of a Friday afternoon win in Milwaukee, the Colorado Rockies came into Saturday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers looking to make it two straight wins.
Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer wanted to see starting pitcher Ryan Feltner not only provide some length, but also be able to keep the Brewers' powerful lineup in check.
Unfortunately, that didn't take place and the Rockies ended up on the wrong end of an 8-5 decision.
Let's take a look at three takeaways from this loss.
Compared to some other starts that Feltner has had in the 2026 MLB season, his outing on Saturday night was better. It just was not better enough to give the Rockies some real strong innings and that all-elusive length.
Feltner went five innings, giving up nine hits, five earned runs, walked one, struck out four, and surrendered a home run. Schaeffer came out and brought Juan Mejia into the game in the sixth inning. Mejia worked one inning, giving up two hits, two runs (one earned), walked one, and struck out one.
Tanner Gordon followed and worked two innings. He gave up two hits, one earned run, walked one, and struck out four.
All three Rockies pitchers in Saturday night's game now have ERAs north of five.
Colorado entered the ninth inning down 8-2, but showed some resiliency and guts in their half of the inning. TJ Rumfield coaxed a walk off Brewers reliever Lance McCullers Jr. Willi Castro then struck out.
Brett Sullivan then reached on a fielder's choice and Rumfield moved to second. An errant throw from Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers allowed Rumfield to get to second base. Tyler Freeman followed by popping out to Brewers second baseman Brice Turang,
McCullers, with being just one out away from a save, walked Ezequiel Tovar to load the bases. Jake McCarthy, who has been mentioned in trade chatter, singled to center, driving in Rumfield and Sullivan to cut the Brewers' lead to 8-4. Tovar reached second base.
At that point, Brewers manager Pat Murphy came out and pulled McCullers in exchange for Trevor Megill. Kyle Karros singled to center and Tovar scored, making it 8-5 Brewers.
With Karros at first and McCarthy at second, Colorado's Cole Carrigg worked the count to 2-2 against Megill. But Carrigg struck out and that was the ballgame.
Entering Saturday night's game, the Rockies knew that the San Francisco Giants pulled off a victory over the Los Angeles Angels 9-2 at Oracle Park.
Colorado really needs to keep pace with San Francisco for any chance to move into fourth place in the National League West Division. The Rockies are now 42-64 overall, still looking up at the Giants.
On Sunday, though, the idea of potentially getting a series win over Milwaukee will look quite daunting. Murphy sends out elite starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski to go get another win, this time over Colorado.
It will definitely be a tough test for the Rockies against the fire-balling right-hander for the Brewers.
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Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer wanted to see starting pitcher Ryan Feltner not only provide some length, but also be able to keep the Brewers' powerful lineup in check.
Unfortunately, that didn't take place and the Rockies ended up on the wrong end of an 8-5 decision.
Let's take a look at three takeaways from this loss.
Feltner was good, but not good enough
Compared to some other starts that Feltner has had in the 2026 MLB season, his outing on Saturday night was better. It just was not better enough to give the Rockies some real strong innings and that all-elusive length.
Feltner went five innings, giving up nine hits, five earned runs, walked one, struck out four, and surrendered a home run. Schaeffer came out and brought Juan Mejia into the game in the sixth inning. Mejia worked one inning, giving up two hits, two runs (one earned), walked one, and struck out one.
Tanner Gordon followed and worked two innings. He gave up two hits, one earned run, walked one, and struck out four.
All three Rockies pitchers in Saturday night's game now have ERAs north of five.
Rockies put up a fight
Colorado entered the ninth inning down 8-2, but showed some resiliency and guts in their half of the inning. TJ Rumfield coaxed a walk off Brewers reliever Lance McCullers Jr. Willi Castro then struck out.
Brett Sullivan then reached on a fielder's choice and Rumfield moved to second. An errant throw from Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers allowed Rumfield to get to second base. Tyler Freeman followed by popping out to Brewers second baseman Brice Turang,
McCullers, with being just one out away from a save, walked Ezequiel Tovar to load the bases. Jake McCarthy, who has been mentioned in trade chatter, singled to center, driving in Rumfield and Sullivan to cut the Brewers' lead to 8-4. Tovar reached second base.
At that point, Brewers manager Pat Murphy came out and pulled McCullers in exchange for Trevor Megill. Kyle Karros singled to center and Tovar scored, making it 8-5 Brewers.
With Karros at first and McCarthy at second, Colorado's Cole Carrigg worked the count to 2-2 against Megill. But Carrigg struck out and that was the ballgame.
Loss pushes Rockies further behind Giants
Entering Saturday night's game, the Rockies knew that the San Francisco Giants pulled off a victory over the Los Angeles Angels 9-2 at Oracle Park.
Colorado really needs to keep pace with San Francisco for any chance to move into fourth place in the National League West Division. The Rockies are now 42-64 overall, still looking up at the Giants.
On Sunday, though, the idea of potentially getting a series win over Milwaukee will look quite daunting. Murphy sends out elite starting pitcher Jacob Misiorowski to go get another win, this time over Colorado.
It will definitely be a tough test for the Rockies against the fire-balling right-hander for the Brewers.
Rockies Rap
Rockies Roundtable has its own weekly podcast!
Rockies Rap, which covers the latest data, analytics, and information around the Rockies, is available now on Spotify. New episodes drop on Thursdays.
Like and subscribe to Rockies Rap.
Check it out right here on Spotify.
Continue reading...
