Colorado Rockies at Chicago White Sox

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Colorado Rockies

27-54, 11-30 Away

Final
3 - 5

Chicago White Sox

23-61, 15-28 Home

Thorpe tosses 2-hit ball over 6 innings, White Sox beat Rockies 5-3

Thorpe (2-1) retired 16 in a row after Brenton Doyle led off the game with a single. He walked Sam Hilliard with one out in the sixth before Doyle put Colorado on top 2-1 with a 426-foot drive to left.

Those were the only baserunners Thorpe allowed in his fourth career start. The 23-year-old right-hander tossed six scoreless innings at Detroit last week on the way to his first major league victory.

“I had a good game plan going in,” Thorpe said. “Me and (catcher) Korey (Lee) worked really well together, mixing speeds, getting in on guys. Command was good overall, I was just kind of able to move the ball around.”

Manager Pedro Grifol considered letting Thorpe take the mound for the seventh. He opted instead to go with Tanner Banks to start the inning rather than have him relieve, potentially, with runners on base.

“He’s got the package to be a legitimate starter in this league," Grifol said of Thorpe. "He’s strong, he’s physical, he’s got the makings of a guy that can give you a lot of innings.”

The White Sox scored four in the sixth and chased Rockies starter Dakota Hudson. Tommy Pham capped it with a two-run single against Justin Lawrence to bump the lead to 5-2.

Banks gave up a Michael Toglia in the seventh, and John Brebbia pitched around a walk in the eighth. Michael Kopech worked the ninth for his seventh save in 11 chances, and the White Sox came away with their second straight win in a game delayed more than two hours at the start because of rain.

Chicago improved baseball’s worst record to 23-61, while Colorado fell to 27-54.

Hudson (2-11), the major league leader in losses, gave up five runs and six hits. The right-hander exited with none out in the sixth after Paul DeJong lined an RBI single with the bases loaded to tie it at 2-all.

Lawrence got Nicky Lopez to fly out before Korey Lee put Chicago on top 3-2 with a chopper toward first. Toglia opted to step on the bag rather than throw home for the force.

The Rockies intentionally walked pinch hitter Gavin Sheets to load the bases before Pham singled in two more runs.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Rockies: The Rockies plan to activate OF-DH Charlie Blackmon (strained right hamstring) on Saturday, manager Bud Black said. The four-time All-Star was hurt running the bases against the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 18. ... RHP Germán Márquez (Tommy John surgery) was scheduled to pitch for Triple-A Albuquerque on Friday and will likely make at least one more rehab start, Black said. He has been sidelined since April 26, 2023.

White Sox: RHP Mike Clevinger, who returned from his minor league rehab assignment because of neck stiffness, will likely throw a bullpen session on Sunday and could pitch Tuesday or Wednesday for Triple-A Charlotte, Grifol said.

White Sox RHP Jonathan Cannon (1-2, 4.59 ERA) looks to shake off a rough outing, while the Rockies go with RHP Cal Quantrill (6-5, 3.50 ERA). Cannon got tagged for eight runs and was knocked out in the second inning in a loss at Detroit on Sunday, after tossing 8 2/3 scoreless innings against Houston in his first career win.

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Matchup Prediction

White Sox: 54.3%

Rockies: 45.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Toglia grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Rodgers grounded into double play, shortstop to first, McMahon out at second.
	9th Inning	McMahon walked.
	9th Inning	Kopech relieved Brebbia
	8th Inning	Lee struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Lopez reached on infield single to second.

Statistics

COL		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	14
9	Strikeouts	7
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	3
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	28
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	7
0	Caught Stealing	1
131	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	10
32	Plate Appearances	35
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
1.3	Runs Created	3.7
.103	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.310	Slugging Percentage	.357
.345	Secondary Average	.250
.188	On Base Percentage	.429
.498	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.786
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	2.0
1.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.1
22.0	Batter Rating	32.0
14.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.09	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.57
.207	Isolated Power	.071
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.094	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.171
.241	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.036
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
69.3	MLB Rating	81.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0