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09/01 23:04 CDT Rumfield and Amador homer as Rockies stop 10-game home skid
with 4-2 win over Orioles
Rumfield and Amador homer as Rockies stop 10-game home skid with 4-2 win over
Orioles
DENVER (AP) --- TJ Rumfield broke a seventh-inning tie with a two-run homer and
the Colorado Rockies beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 on Tuesday night to snap
their franchise-record home losing streak at 10 games.
Adael Amador also went deep for the Rockies, who won at Coors Field for the
first time since an 8-1 victory over Kansas City on Aug. 2 and snapped a
five-game skid overall.
Jackson Holliday launched a tying homer in the seventh off winning pitcher
Jaden Hill (1-3) and finished with three hits, but Baltimore (69-70) dropped 1
1/2 games behind Cleveland for the final American League wild card.
Mickey Moniak reached on Holliday's fielding error at second base before
Rumfield hit a towering shot into the Colorado bullpen off Luis De Len (0-1)
to give the Rockies a 4-2 lead.
The 23-year-old De Len was making his major league debut.
Jordan Romano struck out two in a 1-2-3 ninth for his 14th save.
Amador, called up from Triple-A Albuquerque earlier in the day, opened the
scoring with a two-out solo homer in the second. Zac Veen tripled off the top
of the center-field wall and scored when Jake McCarthy followed with a single
to make it 2-0.
Brennan Bernardino replaced Rockies starter Gabriel Hughes with two outs and
the bases loaded in the fifth and retired Gunnar Henderson --- the only batter
he faced --- to preserve a one-run lead.
Up next
Orioles LHP Trevor Rogers (9-9, 4.38 ERA) starts Wednesday afternoon opposite
RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8, 5.23) to conclude the three-game series.
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