Sullivan's walk-off in 11th wins series over Orioles
Brett Sullivan's first career walk-off hit in the 11th gave Colorado a 6-5 win over Baltimore and the series, and the Rockies host the Cardinals tonight.
Sullivan's first career walk-off beats Baltimore
Brett Sullivan's first career walk-off hit, a two-run single in the 11th, gave the Rockies a 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles on September 2 and closed out a 2-1 series win at Coors Field. Cole Carrigg went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI, and starter Tomoyuki Sugano worked 6 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 6 hits with 4 strikeouts.
Orioles1-2Orioles4-2Orioles6-5Colorado trailed 3-0 after a Luis Robert Jr. two-run double in the third before tying it in the ninth on back-to-back doubles from Carrigg and Zac Veen off Andrew Kittredge. Josh Walker and Alex Hoppe worked around trouble in the 10th to set up Sullivan's finish. The win is part of a 2-3 mark over the last 5 for a Rockies club that sits 29 games back in the NL West and already eliminated.
Barstool on Robert's spoiled Orioles debut
Barstool Bush covered the finish in "Luis Robert Jr's Orioles Debut Ends In 6-5 Loss To Rockies," noting Robert crushed a two-run double in his first at-bat as an Oriole before Baltimore blew the late lead in 11 innings.
The most electric place on earth is a Colorado locker room after a win
@barstoolsports posted afterward that "the most electric place on earth is a Colorado locker room after a win" — a nod to the mood in a clubhouse that has had little to celebrate through a 54-86 season.
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Ryan Feltner (5-9, 5.84 ERA) starts for Colorado as the Rockies host the Cardinals tonight, working back from a loss to Washington on August 24 in which he allowed 5 earned runs over 5.2 innings. St. Louis counters with Andre Pallante (12-6, 3.57 ERA), who lasted 6 innings and allowed 4 earned runs in a no-decision against Cincinnati on August 17.
St. Louis is favored, and the total points to a high-scoring night — a shape that fits Feltner's recent line as much as a Rockies lineup that has found late-inning runs all series against Baltimore's bullpen.