Rockies fall 2-1 to Orioles, skid hits 5
Colorado dropped its fifth straight, 2-1 to Baltimore, as manager Warren Schaeffer benched Cole Carrigg for an obscene gesture toward Atlanta fans.
Fifth loss in a row to Baltimore
Colorado lost 2-1 to Baltimore on August 31, its fifth straight defeat and part of a stretch in which the club is 0-5 in its last 5 games. Tanner Gordon gave the Rockies a chance, working 5.0 innings and allowing just 1 earned run on 3 hits with 3 strikeouts, but the offense could not back him.
Orioles1-2The skid runs through a three-game set in Atlanta and a loss in Washington before Baltimore closed it out at Coors Field. Colorado is 52-86 with the losses piling up as September opens.
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Manager Warren Schaeffer benched Cole Carrigg for a couple of days after Carrigg flipped off fans in Atlanta on Saturday, per FoulTerritoryTV. "We will not put up with that here," Schaeffer said, per TalkinBaseball_, citing Chandler Harding.
Carrigg addressed it himself: "Braves fans are pretty passionate themselves. Kudos to them, but that gesture can't happen," he said, per FoulTerritoryTV. The discipline lands in the middle of a five-game losing streak that has left little else to talk about in the clubhouse.
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Gabriel Hughes (0-6, 6.61 ERA) starts as the Rockies host the Orioles tonight, opposite Kyle Bradish (7-12, 4.03 ERA). Hughes was tagged for 4 earned runs over 5.0 innings in a loss to Washington on August 27, and Bradish was worse in his last turn, allowing 7 earned runs on 9 hits over just 4.1 innings against St. Louis on August 26.
Baltimore is favored, and the total points to a high-scoring night — a fair read if Bradish's shaky last outing follows him to altitude, and if Hughes keeps handing out the free bases that have defined his winless season.