St. Louis Cardinals at Colorado Rockies

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St. Louis Cardinals

81-78, 37-41 Away

Final
8 - 10

Colorado Rockies

61-98, 37-41 Home

Blackmon drives in 3 runs in one of the last games of his career as Rockies beat Cardinals 10-8

A two-run, game-tying double from Ezequiel Tovar was the catalyst of a five-run eighth inning for the Rockies, who had lost five of their previous six games. The double was Tovar’s NL-leading 45th of the season. Ryan McMahon’s double to right field in the next at-bat brought home Tovar for the eventual winning run.

“I think you just never know what’s going to happen at Coors Field," Blackmon said. "I told the guys that was a Coors Field grinder. We’ve seen that game before, over and over. You’ve got to make sure you never quit. You never know what could happen.”

Tovar, McMahon, Jake Cave and Aaron Schunk each finished with two hits. McMahon entered the game hitting just .192 in 54 games since he was Colorado’s lone representative at the All-Star Game.

The Rockies will need to win two out of three games against the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend to avoid the second 100-loss season in the franchise's 31-year history.

“It’s on the forefront of everybody’s mind," McMahon said. "We’ve all talked about it. That’s the goal. It’s not a great spot to be in, but it’s the spot we’re in, so might as well make the most of it.”

Blackmon’s two-run home run in the second inning was the 227th of his 14-year career, tying Carlos Gonzalez for the fifth in franchise history. The 38-year-old Blackmon announced Monday he would be retiring at the end of the season. His three RBI were his most in a game since May 27. His father threw out the game's ceremonial first pitch, a strike.

“I think I’d like to be able to enjoy this, these last three games," Blackmon said. "I don’t have any goals except for the fact I want to remember as much as I can and enjoy it.”

Angel Chivilli (2-3) picked up the win for the Rockies while Ryan Fernandez (1-6) took the loss for St. Louis after giving up four of Colorado’s five eighth inning runs. Seth Halvorsen pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his second save of the season.

The loss snapped a four-game win streak for the Cardinals, who need one more victory to secure their 23rd winning season in the last 25 years.

“Fernandez has to get you to Hels (MLB saves leader Ryan Helsley) and unfortunately, it didn’t work out for him today," Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. "He’s been really good all year. It happens. We took our shot. It didn’t go our way.”

Lars Nootbaar had two hits and two RBI, including his 11th home run of the season, for St. Louis. Paul Goldschmidt hit his 22nd home run of the season, a 457-foot solo shot to center field in the first inning that snapped a 19-game drought without a homer.

Pedro Pagés and Ivan Herrera also homered for the Cardinals.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Cardinals: Placed LHP JoJo Romero (left forearm flex inflammation) on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Sept. 22, and recalled RHP Chris Roycroft from Triple-A Memphis.

Rockies: RHP Ryan Feltner will start Colorado’s season finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers after leaving his start Tuesday in the seventh inning with a cramp in his right arm.

Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (9-11, 5.35 ERA) will take the mound against host San Francisco and RHP Landen Roupp (1-1, 2.70).

Rockies: RHP Cal Quantrill (8-10, 4.72 ERA) will face off against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers and a yet-to-be-determined starter.

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Matchup Prediction

Rockies: 43.7%

Cardinals: 56.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Burleson flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Burleson hit for Siani
	9th Inning	Donovan singled to left.
	9th Inning	Donovan hit for Herrera
	9th Inning	Goldschmidt struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Nootbaar lined out to left.

Statistics

STL		COL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
9	Strikeouts	8
8	Runs Batted In	10
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
14	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	10
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
39	At Bats	35
4	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	16
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	5
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	158
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
31	Total Bases	24
41	Plate Appearances	41
648.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
9	Extra Base Hits	7
10.1	Runs Created	9.3
.359	Batting Average	.400
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.795	Slugging Percentage	.686
.462	Secondary Average	.400
.390	On Base Percentage	.450
1.185	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.136
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
10.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.0
68.0	Batter Rating	69.5
9.8	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.83	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.436	Isolated Power	.286
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.049	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.098
.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
16.0	Runs Produced	20.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.5
111.8	MLB Rating	111.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0