Goodman leads Rockies past Orioles in MLB debut as Colorado snaps six-game skid

BALTIMORE (AP) — Hunter Goodman had a memorable main league debut in entrance of an ecstatic group of family and friends at Camden Yards.

The 23-year-old Colorado prospect had two hits and RBI, scoring the tiebreaking run within the ninth inning of a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Sunday that stopped the Rockies’ six-game dropping streak.

“I thought all around it was a good day,” Goodman mentioned. “I had a lot of fun. I really enjoyed a good win and being able to contribute in my first big league game.”

Goodman was chosen within the fourth spherical of the 2021 newbie draft and the 23-year-old was at Double-A earlier than he was moved as much as Colorado’s prime farm staff at Albuquerque on Aug. 8. After hitting .371 with 9 and 33 RBIs in 15 video games with the Isotopes, Goodman was introduced as much as the Rockies on Sunday after they launched Jurickson Profar.

His mother and father, Stephanie and Robert, had been at Camden Yards alongside together with his fiance, Sydney.

Batting sixth and enjoying first base, Goodman was 2 for 4. He flied out within the second, struck out within the fifth, hit an RBI single off Ryan Flaherty within the sixth for a 3-1 lead and reached on an infield single towards Yennier Cano (1-3) main off the ninth with the rating 4-all.

Goodman superior on shortstop Gunnar Henderson’s throwing error, took third on Michael Toglia’s groundout and scored on a groundout by Elias Diaz.

“I told him this morning when he came in, ‘There’s no day like your first day, you’ll remember this one,’” Rockies supervisor Bud Black mentioned of Goodman. “To get your first hit, to score the go-ahead run and to make a diving play on a bullet to the game, there was a lot in there.”

Justin Lawrence (4-6) retired Anthony Santander for the ultimate out of the eighth and struck out two in an ideal ninth.

Colorado (49-81), one loss from its fifth straight dropping season, was the primary staff since 1900 to lose six in a row whereas holding a lead within the sixth inning or later of all six.

Pinch-hitter Ryan O’Hearn tied the sport 3-3 with an eighth-inning homer off Jake Bird.

“We didn’t adjust very well,” Orioles supervisor Bradon Hyde mentioned. “I don’t think we swung the bats very well.”

Ryan Mountcastle went 1 for 3 with a stroll for AL-best Baltimore (81-49) and has reached base in 34 of his 35 begins since coming back from the injured checklist on July 9.

Rockies starter Ty Blach allowed one and three hits in seven innings with a season-high six strikeouts. He made 5 begins with the Orioles and entered 0-2 with an 18.47 ERA over 6 1/3 Innings at Camden Yards.

“I felt great today,” Blach mentioned. “I was able to locate all of my pitches, really command the fastball and save the changeup for late, which was really big to get through that top part of the order. It was a really special day, it’s my mom’s birthday as well.”

Brendan Rodgers hit an RBI single within the fourth and Michael Toglia homered for a 2-0 lead within the fifth, however Cedric Mullins homered over the right-field scoreboard within the backside half.

Flaherty, scratched Wednesday due to what the staff known as basic soreness, allowed three runs and 7 hits in 5 2/3 innings.

BUG PROBLEM

The sport was delayed for 5 minutes within the backside of the primary inning due to a swarm of honey bees in left-center subject.

MILESTONE FOR BLACK

Bud Black joined Clint Hurdle as the one particular person to handle 1,000 video games with the Rockies. Black managed 1,362 video games with San Diego from 2007-2015 and is the twelfth supervisor to achieve the 1,000-game milestone with two golf equipment.

MOVES

Rockies: Profar hit .236 with eight homers, 39 RBIs and one stolen base after signing a one-year contract as a free agent that paid him $8.75 million, together with a bonus.

UP NEXT

Rockies: LHP Austin Gomber (9-9, 5.48 ERA) is to make his team-leading twenty seventh begin of the season Monday towards the Braves and RHP Bryce Elder (10-4, 3.39 ERA).

Orioles: RHP Grayson Rodriguez will make his second profession begin towards the White Sox on Monday towards RHP Michael Kopech (5-11, 4.95 ERA).