Kansas City Royals at Colorado Rockies

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Kansas City Royals

48-42, 17-24 Away

Final
2 - 4

Colorado Rockies

31-57, 19-26 Home

Brenton Doyle breaks 8th-inning tie with 2-run double, Rockies beat Royals 4-2

Doyle finished with three hits, the tiebreaking double coming off reliever John Schreiber (3-3). Michael Toglia had a solo home run for Colorado that weathered a replay review.

“I knew the guy had a good sinker and sweeper, so I wanted to get something up in the zone,” Doyle said. “I took the first ball and was going to be pretty aggressive with the next pitch, just wanted it up in the zone, and I got it.”

The winning double was Doyle's seventh extra-base hit in his last four games, the most by a Colorado player in a four-game span since Charlie Blackmon also had seven from June 13-16, 2019. Doyle's batting average stands at .274, 71 points higher than his average at the end of last year, his first full season in the majors.

“When you’re producing, putting good swings on the baseball and finding barrels, you know this game can be a lot more fun and confidence can also raise with that. I’m in a good spot," said Doyle, who worked hard in the offseason fine-tuning his swing.

Salvador Perez had an RBI single and Freddy Fermin added three hits, including a single off Jalen Beeks leading off the ninth inning. Nick Loftin followed with a single before Beeks retired the next three batters for his eighth save. Victor Vodnik (2-1) worked a scoreless inning in relief for the victory.

The Royals went up 1-0 in the first inning when Bobby Witt Jr. doubled and scored an out later on a single by Perez.

Toglia connected on a 2-2 offering from Cole Ragans in the third inning, sending it the opposite way and just barely over the fence in left. Left fielder Dairon Blanco made a leaping attempt at the wall, his glove appearing to make glancing contact with the cupped hands of a fan who also tried to catch the ball. The ball dropped into the first row of the bleachers. The replay review upheld the home run call, ruling there was no conclusive evidence the spectator had interfered with Blanco in the field of play.

Toglia was relieved by the decision.

“I would have been pretty upset, like very upset actually,” Toglia said. “Because it’s not easy. But every one counts and I’m glad that one went my way.”

Ragans, though, had a replay review on a homer go against him for the second straight start. He also saw a home run call upheld in his last start against Cleveland when replay review could not determine whether a ball struck a metal support for netting before appearing to hit off the foul pole.

“At the end of the day, you just got to move on,” Ragans said. “It’s early in the game. It’s a 1-1 tie. ... It’s out of my hands. Nothing that I can do about it. Just got to move on and keep executing."

The Royals moved in front on an unearned run in the fourth inning, and the Rockies tied it at 2 in the sixth on Elias Díaz's RBI single.

Both starters turned in solid performances, with Ragans going seven innings and allowing two runs on five hits. He struck out eight but had four wild pitches, the most in a game by a pitcher this season. Colorado’s Kyle Freeland also went seven innings and allowed two runs — one earned — on seven hits.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rockies RHP Germán Márquez is getting closer to returning from reconstructive elbow surgery. Márquez threw 69 pitches for Double-A Hartford on Thursday in his second rehab start, striking out two and walking one. He reached 99 mph with his fastball. “He came out of that fine,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “He’s healthy. He feels good.” Márquez, who underwent Tommy John surgery in May 2023, is expected to have one more rehab start Tuesday with Hartford and could rejoin the Rockies during their seven-game road trip next week that leads up to the All-Star break July 15-18.

Kansas City RHP Seth Lugo (11-2, 2.17 ERA), who’s tied for the major league lead in wins, was scheduled to start Saturday against LHP Austin Gomber (1-5, 4.72 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Rockies: 32.3%

Royals: 67.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Garcia grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Blanco fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Hampson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Loftin singled to left, Fermin to second.
	9th Inning	Fermin reached on infield single to second.
	9th Inning	Beeks relieved Vodnik

Statistics

KC		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	10
7	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	17
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
125	Pitches	136
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	0
13	Total Bases	13
37	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
3.7	Runs Created	4.3
.278	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.361	Slugging Percentage	.419
.139	Secondary Average	.290
.297	On Base Percentage	.343
.658	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.762
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
3.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.8
23.5	Batter Rating	31.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.38	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.083	Isolated Power	.161
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
-.139	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
78.3	MLB Rating	80.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0