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05/18 23:21 CDT Rockies outlast Rangers 7-6 as Texas starter Mackenzie Gore
leaves with injury after 1 inning
Rockies outlast Rangers 7-6 as Texas starter Mackenzie Gore leaves with injury
after 1 inning
DENVER (AP) --- Texas starter MacKenzie Gore surrendered a two-run double to
Ezequiel Tovar and then left with an injury after one inning as the Rangers
lost 7-6 to the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
Willi Castro doubled leading off the first against Gore (3-4), and Brenton
Doyle and TJ Rumfield drew walks to load the bases. Tovar doubled with one out.
Gore dived for the ball on a swinging bunt by Jake McCarthy that reloaded the
bases. He remained in the game and struck out Kyle Karros before getting rookie
Sterlin Thompson to ground out, then was replaced by Peyton Gray to start the
second.
Jose Quintana (2-2) allowed three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings and left
with a three-run lead.
Victor Vodnik began the eighth with a 7-3 lead and left without retiring a
batter, allowing a double by Josh Jung and two walks. Brennan Bernardino gave
up a two-run single to Ezequiel Duran and an RBI grounder, but he retired
pinch-hitter Kyle Higashioka on a popup to preserve a one-run lead.
Juan Mejia allowed a two-out single to Jake Burger in the ninth before
completing his third save in three opportunities. It was his sixth straight
scoreless appearance.
The Rockies scored two in the third when Karros hit a grounder to third baseman
Jung for a two-out error. Gray allowed two more runs in the fourth.
Rookie Justin Foscue went 3 for 3 and drove in three runs with his first two
doubles and his second homer --- a solo shot off Quintana in the fifth. Duran
went 3 for 4 and scored twice.
Colorado improved to 10-13 at home this season and 19-11 against the Rangers at
Coors Field.
Up next
The Rockies haven't announced who will start opposite Rangers RHP Kumar Rocker
(1-4, 4.34) on Tuesday.
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