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If TJ Rumfield played his career in Wrigley Field, then he might have a lot of home runs. As it is, though, Rumfield plays at Coors Field for the Colorado Rockies. But he put his power stroke in use as the Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 at the friendly confines and ivy-covered outfield walls.
Rumfield, in his rookie MLB year, joined Trevor Story as the only Rockies players with 10-plus home runs before the All-Star break in their first MLB seasons. That's according to an MLB.com report.
Rockies starter Ryan Feltner worked 4.2 innings, which probably didn't make Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer too happy. The Colorado manager might have wanted to see more length out of his starter, but that didn't happen.
Feltner gave up six hits, two earned runs, walked three, struck out seven, and gave up a first-inning home run. Reliever Blas Castaño came on and worked 1.1 innings, eventually getting the victory on Tuesday night. Jaden Hill worked a clean ninth inning to earn his first save.
Chicago starter Edward Cabrera took the loss, falling to 4-4 this season. Cabrera worked 4.1 innings, giving up three hits, five earned runs, walked two, struck out three, and also gave up a home run.
Pete Crow-Armstrong, coming off his first career cycle in the Cubs' Monday night come-from-behind victory, hit his 14th home run this season. It was a solo shot and Chicago jumped out to an early 1-0 lead.
The Cubs added another run in the bottom of the second on Feltner's wild pitch that scored Matt Shaw and gave Chicago a 2-0 advantage.
In the top of the fourth inning, Jake McCarthy singled to right field. Willi Castro's 12th double this season brought McCarthy home and the Rockies got on the board, down 2-1. Rumfield followed with his 10th home run this season, a two-run bomb that let Castro score ahead of him. That made it 3-2 Rockies at that point.
But the Cubs had to sub out Cabrera in the top of the fifth inning after he developed a hand cramp. Brett Sullivan and Ezequiel Tovar walked, then Edouard Julien was called out on strikes. It was after Julien's at-bat that Cubs manager Craig Counsell and a member of the Cubs' training staff came out to check on Cabrera.
After a minute, Cabrera was pulled in favor of Cubs reliever Ryan Rolison. Rolison ended up giving up a McCarthy single to center field, loading up the bases. Rolison then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Sullivan to score from third and that made it 4-2 Colorado.
Castro followed that up with a groundout to shortstop, letting Tovar score to wrap up the runs across the plate on Tuesday night.
Final score: Rockies 5, Cubs 2.
The Rockies were pretty efficient in the RISP category on Tuesday night. Colorado was 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position and ended up leaving five runners on base.
As for the Cubs, they had runners on base all night long. They just couldn't get them across home plate enough. Chicago was 0-for-8 in the RISP category, while also leaving nine total runners on base.
Colorado and Chicago will close out their three-game series on Wednesday night as the Rockies will look to pick up a series victory.
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Rumfield, in his rookie MLB year, joined Trevor Story as the only Rockies players with 10-plus home runs before the All-Star break in their first MLB seasons. That's according to an MLB.com report.
Rockies starter Ryan Feltner worked 4.2 innings, which probably didn't make Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer too happy. The Colorado manager might have wanted to see more length out of his starter, but that didn't happen.
Ryan Feltner Had Short Night
Feltner gave up six hits, two earned runs, walked three, struck out seven, and gave up a first-inning home run. Reliever Blas Castaño came on and worked 1.1 innings, eventually getting the victory on Tuesday night. Jaden Hill worked a clean ninth inning to earn his first save.
Chicago starter Edward Cabrera took the loss, falling to 4-4 this season. Cabrera worked 4.1 innings, giving up three hits, five earned runs, walked two, struck out three, and also gave up a home run.
Pete Crow-Armstrong, coming off his first career cycle in the Cubs' Monday night come-from-behind victory, hit his 14th home run this season. It was a solo shot and Chicago jumped out to an early 1-0 lead.
The Cubs added another run in the bottom of the second on Feltner's wild pitch that scored Matt Shaw and gave Chicago a 2-0 advantage.
In the top of the fourth inning, Jake McCarthy singled to right field. Willi Castro's 12th double this season brought McCarthy home and the Rockies got on the board, down 2-1. Rumfield followed with his 10th home run this season, a two-run bomb that let Castro score ahead of him. That made it 3-2 Rockies at that point.
Cubs' Edward Cabrera Forced Out With Injury
But the Cubs had to sub out Cabrera in the top of the fifth inning after he developed a hand cramp. Brett Sullivan and Ezequiel Tovar walked, then Edouard Julien was called out on strikes. It was after Julien's at-bat that Cubs manager Craig Counsell and a member of the Cubs' training staff came out to check on Cabrera.
After a minute, Cabrera was pulled in favor of Cubs reliever Ryan Rolison. Rolison ended up giving up a McCarthy single to center field, loading up the bases. Rolison then uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Sullivan to score from third and that made it 4-2 Colorado.
Castro followed that up with a groundout to shortstop, letting Tovar score to wrap up the runs across the plate on Tuesday night.
Final score: Rockies 5, Cubs 2.
The Rockies were pretty efficient in the RISP category on Tuesday night. Colorado was 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position and ended up leaving five runners on base.
As for the Cubs, they had runners on base all night long. They just couldn't get them across home plate enough. Chicago was 0-for-8 in the RISP category, while also leaving nine total runners on base.
Colorado and Chicago will close out their three-game series on Wednesday night as the Rockies will look to pick up a series victory.
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.
Like and subscribe to Rockies Rap.
Check it out right here on Spotify.
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