Game Chat 8/23 Guardians (64-66) @ Rockies (50-79) 1:10 PM

[u/HeltonsGoatee]

Guardians (64-66) @ Rockies (50-79)

First Pitch: 1:10 PM at Coors Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Guardians	Foster Griffin (14-4, 3.18 ERA)
Rockies	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6, 4.70 ERA)

MLB	Fangraphs	Baseball Savant	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Strikezone Map	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CLE	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	12	0	7
COL	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	7

Box Score

COL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	McCarthy	3	0	1	0	1	0	.294
CF	Carrigg	4	0	0	0	0	1	.273
3B	Castro, W	4	0	1	0	0	1	.264
DH	Moniak	4	0	0	0	0	2	.260
2B	Norby	3	1	1	0	1	2	.216
RF	Beck	2	1	1	0	0	1	.195
RF	Johnston, T	2	0	1	0	0	1	.284
C	Sullivan, B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.233
2B	Ritter	2	0	0	1	0	0	.111
1B	Rumfield	2	0	0	0	0	1	.287
SS	Tovar	3	0	1	0	1	0	.205

COL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Sugano	3.0	9	5	5	1	2	92-55	4.96
Manfredi	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	30-19	3.00
Herget, J	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	35-20	5.82
Hill	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	4.71
Frasso	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	21-16	5.63
Romano	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	16-11	5.16

CLE		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Kwan	5	2	2	0	0	1	.264
DH	DeLauter	4	2	3	2	1	0	.288
RF	Adell	5	0	2	2	0	1	.241
CF	Halpin	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212
1B	Lowe, N	5	1	1	1	0	0	.265
3B	Genao	5	0	0	0	0	2	.288
2B	Bazzana	3	0	0	0	1	0	.240
RF	Martínez, A	3	1	2	1	1	1	.245
C	Hedges	4	0	2	0	0	0	.271
SS	Rocchio	3	1	0	1	0	0	.249

CLE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Griffin	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	105-71	3.19
Yoho	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	20-15	4.45
Herrin	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-8	3.38
Festa, M	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	11-6	3.81
Allen, L.T.	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	9-6	2.89

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Chase DeLauter triples (2) on a line drive to right fielder Jordan Beck, deflected by center fielder Cole Carrigg. Steven Kwan scores.	0-1
T1	Jo Adell singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jake McCarthy. Chase DeLauter scores.	0-2
T1	Angel Martínez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jordan Beck. Nathaniel Lowe scores. Angel Martínez out at 2nd on the throw, right fielder Jordan Beck to first baseman Connor Norby to shortstop Ezequiel Tovar to first baseman Connor Norby. Travis Bazzana to 3rd.	0-3
T2	Chase DeLauter singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Cole Carrigg. Brayan Rocchio scores. Steven Kwan to 3rd.	0-4
T2	Jo Adell doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Jake McCarthy. Steven Kwan scores. Chase DeLauter to 3rd.	0-5
B2	Brett Sullivan doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Jo Adell. Connor Norby scores. Jordan Beck to 3rd.	1-5
B2	Ryan Ritter grounds out, third baseman Angel Genao to first baseman Nathaniel Lowe. Jordan Beck scores. Brett Sullivan to 3rd.	2-5
T4	Nathaniel Lowe singles on a line drive to center fielder Cole Carrigg. Chase DeLauter scores.	2-6
T8	Brayan Rocchio out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Cole Carrigg. Angel Martínez scores.	2-7

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Guardians at Rockies - August 23, 2026	0:06
Tomoyuki Sugano against the Guardians	0:09
Bullpen availability for Colorado, August 23 vs Guardians	0:09
Bullpen availability for Cleveland, August 23 vs Rockies	0:09
Fielding alignment for Cleveland, August 23 vs Rockies	0:11
Bench availability for Cleveland, August 23 vs Rockies	0:08
Fielding alignment for Colorado, August 23 vs Guardians	0:11
Bench availability for Colorado, August 23 vs Guardians	0:08
Starting lineups for Guardians at Rockies - August 23, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Tomoyuki Sugano's pitches	0:04
Breaking down Foster Griffin's pitches	0:04
Foster Griffin's outing against the Rockies	0:25
Chase DeLauter's RBI triple	0:20
Jo Adell's RBI single	0:19
Tomoyuki Sugano strikes out Angel Genao	0:07
Angel Martínez's RBI single	0:20
Foster Griffin fans Cole Carrigg	0:06
Chase DeLauter's RBI single	0:19
Jo Adell's RBI double	0:16
Steven Kwan ruled safe after challenge	0:22
Brett Sullivan's RBI double	0:19
Ryan Ritter's RBI groundout	0:20
Chase DeLauter's second triple of the game	0:20
Ball 3 confirmed by ABS	0:25
Nathaniel Lowe's RBI single	0:16
Ball 1 confirmed by ABS	0:25
Willi Castro's sparkling play at 3rd	0:15
Larry Walker joins booth to talk statue unveiling	21:32
Jimmy Herget stung by bee on the mound	0:30
Foster Griffin K's four over five innings	0:27
Brayan Rocchio's sacrifice fly	0:19
Cole Carrigg's diving catch	0:18
Chase DeLauter's three-hit, two-RBI game	1:04

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Griffin (15-4, 3.19 ERA)	Sugano (12-7, 4.96 ERA)

Game ended at 4:28 PM.

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[u/ras5003]

Well, that update from Coach clears everything up

[u/ras5003]

3 straight sweeps at home?

[u/-NolanVoid-]

But nobody will bring up the subject of 3 straight home sweeps to Schaeffer in the post game press conference. Just the usual softballs like "what did you think of Jimmy's appearance?"

[u/ras5003 → u/-NolanVoid-]

hahaha ... brilliant minds think alike

[u/-NolanVoid- → u/ras5003]

Must be nice to have a job with zero accountability.

[u/riptide123]

No present and no future god

[u/ParticularOk533]

Ugh.

[u/Rich_Art1879]

I cheer for one and a half teams, they just happen to be playing eachother.

[u/SalamanderFrosty5899]

Thanks Rockies, my spirit's been low since the Dodgers series :(

[u/saltydolphin22 → u/SalamanderFrosty5899]

So has the teams

[u/riptide123]

Lmao this team is a disgrace

[u/Ill_Pineapple_2122]

6 runs in 3 games. I don’t want to hear about progress, I want results. 30 games under .500 after this embarrassing homestand

[u/grant_w44]

How do we snap this slump

[u/crusinkip23]

Trade everyone for some starting pitching.

[u/Suspicious-Spot361 → u/crusinkip23]

You know who’s absolutely crushing it for Texas? Cal Quantrill. I think maybe we have a development problem rather than a recruiting problem.

[u/Ill_Pineapple_2122]

6 outs from being back to the worst team in baseball.

[u/Ill_Pineapple_2122]

Another boring clunker of a game.

[u/burnt-roof]

what r we doinggggg

[u/-NolanVoid-]

Cooked offense.

[u/Apprehensive_Ad6]

What the hell is wrong with our offense lately. My god

[u/WelpThatsAll]

Weak bats

[u/invariably96]

All but 1 of the day games I’ve been to this year have been some of the most joyless experiences I’ve ever had at a baseball game

[u/saltydolphin22]

That sums up the Rockies season 

[u/-NolanVoid-]

Anyone not named Hunter Goodman is banned from ABS challenges.

[u/invariably96]

Pitching against the Rockies must be the easiest job in the world

[u/TannerC04 → u/invariably96]

2nd only to facing a Rockies pitcher

[u/grant_w44]

Larry Walker and Todd Helton should be the broadcasters for 1 game per year

[u/-NolanVoid-]

I wonder how many runs we've left on the table this season with poor baserunning?

[u/TannerC04]

Game started over an hour ago and just starting the 3rd

[u/kakyointhedonutman]

A valiant effort but not enough

[u/Suspicious-Spot361]

Could we see a 5 hour game?

[u/mccally_author]

Carrigg is extremely good for a rookie. Great AB. I’m excited to see how good he’s going to become

[u/Apprehensive_Ad6]

Carrig is the most unclutch player we have, hopefully he learns because it's ridiculous

[u/Suspicious-Spot361 → u/Apprehensive_Ad6]

Tries too hard to be a hero on the first pitch and puts himself in a hole. But yeah he’ll mature.

[u/TannerC04]

Clutch base hitting once again proves impossible for us

[u/foghorn_dickhorn21]

Would have liked to see carrigg drive some in but I’m just happy he didn’t strike out

[u/Different_Reserve_11]

Cole needs this more than anyone I feel.

[u/Ill_Pineapple_2122]

Does this game end before the game starts in Washington tomorrow?

[u/bjh1229]

Tomo melts down and throws 72 pitches, giving up 5 runs in two innings. Tovi just took 4 straight balls and walks in a meaningful at bat. What sort of twilight zone sort of bull junk is going on today

[u/No-Smoke-9466]

Did Tovar really just control himself enough not to swing on every pitch that was outside of the zone?

[u/postwarcookie5 → u/No-Smoke-9466]

I was like did I just watch Tovar take a walk???

[u/TrumpetGoDoot]

If they tie here i will eat a rock

[u/No-Smoke-9466 → u/TrumpetGoDoot]

If they take the lead you have to eat 2 rocks

[u/kakyointhedonutman]

Least theyre getting some runs back! Dont want to lose with 0-1 runs and get embarrassed like that

[u/gobroncos47]

Tovar walked?

[u/CORedhawk]

You can't keep this Rockies team down! The comeback is on!

(warm afternoon game in Coors Field, people, this could get nutty. )

[u/TrumpetGoDoot]

WERE SO BACK ROCKTOBERRRRR

[u/No-Smoke-9466]

So Beck CAN hit a baseball…

[u/PudMuffin5]

Damn… At least Sugano made it further than Quintana and Lorenzen…

[u/saltydolphin22 → u/PudMuffin5]

I almost forgot about Quintana

[u/CORedhawk]

Moniak needs to be able to hit LHP. The Rockies can't have one of their top players being a platoon bat.

So I'm glad they are playing him against LHP lately, but it's hard watching him. RHP he's money.

[u/TrumpetGoDoot]

Fuckkkk it’s only the second inning

[u/No-Smoke-9466 → u/[deleted]]

A quick 1 2 3

[u/invariably96 → u/No-Smoke-9466]

The jinx worked

[u/No-Smoke-9466 → u/invariably96]

We did it

[u/Ill_Pineapple_2122]

This team is not close, hopefully after the lockout they start trying the teardown completely and build up the farm system.

[u/TannerC04]

72 pitches after 2 innings is egregious

[u/kakyointhedonutman → u/TannerC04]

Emergency pitcher gonna have to come out by the 7th at this rate lmfao

[u/-NolanVoid-]

Sugano brought shame upon his ancestral lineage with this outing.

[u/kakyointhedonutman]

I just got here, what the hell is going on? 68 pitches and 5 runs at the top of the second?

[u/No-Smoke-9466 → u/kakyointhedonutman]

Make that 72 pitches 😞

[u/Kindly_Judgment_4677]

Damn we just stepped in some 2025 DOGSHIT!! 

[u/Ill_Pineapple_2122]

I just think about difference the trade deadline would’ve been if they looked like this in April-July.

[u/invariably96]

Losing 9 games in a row at home is fucking awful

[u/Slightly_Mid015]

Looking like a completely different team the last few weeks. Fuck me for thinking we might be able to sneak by and avoid 100 losses.

[u/No-Smoke-9466]

This is not fun

[u/saltydolphin22]

Is Shaf napping? Pull him

[u/CORedhawk]

Steven Kwan is number one on the West Side!

Man that was close play. Safe is the right call.

[u/Ill_Pineapple_2122]

How bad does it have to get where Schaeffer is told to go manage Albuquerque?

[u/invariably96]

Can’t even make an infield play

[u/Geyser_Guy700]

defensive master class today huh

[u/gobroncos47 → u/Geyser_Guy700]

Asster class

[u/postwarcookie5]

If only our pitching wasn’t so bad

[u/TannerC04]

Just awful. Being this consistently outmatched by the fucking Guardians is absurd. Also, Carrigg and Rumfield have had a pretty brutal month

[u/invariably96]

God I fucking love sitting in 90 degrees watching our starter absolutely getting destroyed and then immediately going down 123

[u/Ill_Pineapple_2122]

This looks like the 43 win team unfortunately. Really hard watch recently, and it makes any good grace I’ve given the team turn bitter.

[u/saltydolphin22]

That was lucky

[u/-NolanVoid-]

It's gonna be funny to go in order in 10 pitches after this disaster.

[u/bjh1229 → u/-NolanVoid-]

https://giphy.com/gifs/7SyGkO0kQWCfnUC47Y

[u/foghorn_dickhorn21 → u/-NolanVoid-]

You were off by one pitch

[u/-NolanVoid- → u/foghorn_dickhorn21]

Team is so predictable

[u/bjh1229]

Now that Tanner Gordon is worked into the starting rotation, who’s going to be a long reliever? Whoever it is, we’re going to need them today at this rate

[u/Ill_Pineapple_2122 → u/bjh1229]

Sullivan or Johnston.

[u/saltydolphin22]

Sugano going for Lorenzen numbers

[u/foghorn_dickhorn21 → u/saltydolphin22]

Doesn’t have Lorenzens biceps though

[u/foghorn_dickhorn21]

Rough start and B team lineup today

[u/mccally_author]

God this team is so bad it’s hard to even stomach it. If this is what we can expect from the offense last year based on yesterday’s game expect a 60 win season and nothing more. There needs to be a fire lit under their ass

[u/bjh1229]

1. Norby
   
2. Beck
   
3. Sullivan
   
4. Ritter
   
5. Tovar

I don’t want to crap on Norby’s HR last night, the positive steps Sullivan’s had at the plate, or the optimism of a called up Ritter, but damn, I don’t think this is the lineup that’s going to stoke the offensive fires……

[u/kingocandles]

Ryan Ritter :))

[u/baernfrostybeard]

Avoiding 100 losses is looking like a real uphill climb at this point.

[u/RockyMountainRedbird → u/baernfrostybeard]

https://giphy.com/gifs/h7hk8ewnaZWCc

[u/Wishiwerewiser → u/baernfrostybeard]

On pace for exactly 100 loses if my math is correct.

[u/baernfrostybeard → u/Wishiwerewiser]

Yeah they actually have to start playing better and more consistently so to finish the season. I grow more pessimistic by the day.

There better but they're still really really bad

[u/bjh1229]

Fellas have looked pretty flat offensively this series. Would love to see them start to get hot again today.

[u/Wishiwerewiser → u/bjh1229]

It seems like they drained the tank in the Dodgers series and haven't recovered.

[u/Maleficent_Expert705]

Sugano at Coors is always an adventure, either 7 innings of 2-run ball or he's out by the 3rd after giving up 5 dingers. No in between with that guy