Tampa Bay RaysvsColorado Rockies
TB 9/COL 7
Things to say
The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Colorado Rockies 9-7 in 11 innings at Coors Field.
01
opener
Rays took it 9-7 out at Coors, went eleven innings. Classic Coors slugfest, nobody's pitching survives that yard. Rays just had one more rally in them.
02
key player
The heart of the Rays' order carried it — kept leaving the yard and putting up crooked numbers when it mattered.
03
hot take
Honestly, that's less a win and more a survival. At Coors both bullpens were cooked by the seventh.
04
deep cut
Rockies are 45-69 and still hanging seven on a first-place team at home — the bats aren't the problem in Denver, the arms are.
05
exit
Rays are rolling at 67-46 though — anyway, curious to see if they can keep it up on this road trip.
The recap
Rays and Rockies went the distance at Coors Field, and Tampa Bay outlasted them 9-7 in 11 innings. The thin air did what it always does — nobody could hold a lead, and it took extras to settle it.
Tampa's bats finally broke through in the 11th to put it away, and the bullpen slammed the door before Colorado could answer back. Getaway day at a mile high, and the Rays keep rolling while the Rockies drop another one at home.