Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
CHC 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 7 0 4
COL 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 6 11 0 7

Box Score

COL AB R H RBI BB SO BA
RF Freeman, T 3 1 1 1 1 0 .287
RF Moniak 1 0 1 1 0 0 .263
SS Tovar 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261
CF Doyle, B 3 0 1 2 0 1 .244
LF Beck 3 0 0 0 1 1 .267
DH Karros, K 4 0 0 0 0 2 .243
1B Farmer, K 3 1 1 0 1 1 .230
C Fulford 4 2 2 1 0 0 .232
3B Arcia, Or 4 1 3 1 0 0 .207
2B Ritter 3 1 2 0 0 1 .255
COL IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Gordon, T 6.0 5 2 2 1 9 81-54 6.07
Hill, J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11-8 3.86
Peralta, L 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 19-10 8.04
Chivilli 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4-2 6.85
Mejia, J 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 11-8 3.71
CHC AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Busch 3 2 1 0 1 2 .265
RF Tucker 4 1 3 0 0 1 .270
DH Suzuki 4 0 1 2 0 2 .247
LF Happ 4 1 1 3 0 1 .234
CF Crow-Armstrong 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250
SS Swanson 4 0 0 0 0 1 .249
2B Castro, W 4 0 0 0 0 2 .230
3B Shaw 4 1 1 0 0 3 .227
C McGuire 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217
CHC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Boyd 6.0 6 4 4 1 5 91-62 2.94
Hodge 1.0 2 1 1 2 2 38-21 6.93
Thielbar 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 8-6 2.03
Palencia, D 0.0 2 1 1 0 0 4-3 2.20

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
T3 Seiya Suzuki doubles (29) on a line drive to center fielder Brenton Doyle. Matt Shaw scores. Michael Busch scores. 0-2
B3 Tyler Freeman singles on a bunt ground ball to first baseman Michael Busch. Braxton Fulford scores. Orlando Arcia to 2nd. 1-2
B3 Brenton Doyle singles on a line drive to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Tyler Freeman scores. Ezequiel Tovar out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong to third baseman Matt Shaw. 2-2
B4 Braxton Fulford triples (2) on a fly ball to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Kyle Farmer scores. 3-2
B4 Orlando Arcia singles on a fly ball to center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. Braxton Fulford scores. 4-2
B7 Brenton Doyle out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Orlando Arcia scores. 5-2
T8 Ian Happ homers (18) on a fly ball to center field. Michael Busch scores. Kyle Tucker scores. 5-5
B9 Mickey Moniak triples (8) on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Ryan Ritter scores. 6-5

Highlights

Description Length
Matthew Boyd against the Rockies 0:08
Tanner Gordon against the Cubs 0:08
Probable pitchers for Cubs at Rockies – August 31, 2025 0:06
Bullpen availability for Chicago, August 31 vs Rockies 0:08
Bullpen availability for Colorado, August 31 vs Cubs 0:08
Fielding alignment for Colorado, August 31 vs Cubs 0:11
Bench availability for Colorado, August 31 vs Cubs 0:08
Fielding alignment for Chicago, August 31 vs Rockies 0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, August 31 vs Rockies 0:08
Starting lineups for Cubs at Rockies – August 31, 2025 0:10
Breaking down Ian Happ's home run 0:13
Visualizing Ian Happ's swing using bat tracking technology 0:11
Breaking down Tanner Gordon's pitches 0:04
Tanner Gordon's outing against the Cubs 0:22
Matthew Boyd's outing against the Rockies 0:24
Breaking down Matthew Boyd's pitches 0:04
Kyle Tucker hits his 25th double of the season 0:17
Tanner Gordon's first K of the game 0:06
Matt Shaw's nice stop and throw to first base 0:22
Seiya Suzuki's two-run double 0:38
Tyler Freeman's RBI single 0:32
Brenton Doyle's RBI single 0:23
Dansby Swanson makes a nice stop for the out 0:24
Orlando Arcia makes a great barehanded play 0:18
Braxton Fulford's RBI triple 0:28
Orlando Arcia's RBI single 0:20
Ryan Ritter hit-by-pitch after further review 1:09
Brenton Doyle's sacrifice fly 0:22
Tanner Gordon's brilliant start for the Rockies 2:43
Matthew Boyd fans five over six innings 1:23
Ian Happ's game-tying three-run homer 0:32
The Rockies nab Pete Crow-Armstrong after review 0:36
Mickey Moniak's walk-off triple 0:32

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Mejia, J (2-1, 3.71 ERA) Palencia, D (1-5, 2.20 ERA)

Game ended at 4:48 PM.

50 comments

  4. Tough L after the Happ homer. I’m a bit concerned about Daniel Palencia. But the Cubs only have to go 12-13 in September to win 90 games.

  8. I’ve said it for weeks, Palencia is not a closer. No control and melts down worse then hector neris and adbert combined

  13. I’m gonna focus on the Kyle Tucker chocolatey goodness, not the stale vending machine cookie that is Palencia

  15. Palencia is just not good in non save situations and on consecutive days. Once I saw him, I knew it was over.

  17. It was just the bottom of the 8th inning and I went to text someone important back and before I could even turn the game back on it was over

    Fuck

  18. Stop making non-save situation Palencia happen. It’s not gonna happen.

    With a lead though, guy’s dynamite

  20. Another walk off loss. this fucking shit is inexcusable. that series should have been a blow out sweep and a rest for PCA. Instead we let them put up 7 runs in the first game, make it a 1 run butt clincher in last nights win, and now this. the team has lost any sense of identity

  21. With the ERAs of the pitchers going today, you gotta score more runs. The pitching has picked up the offense for two months now, it’s time to return the favor. Not much else really to say, the team is not consistent offensively and that is the reason for the mediocrity.

  22. When’s the last Boyd start the Cubs have won? Weird losing streak on his starts lately. At least there was life after going down three and the series was won.

  23. The season is 162 games long with every game having essentially equal value. We were slated to play the Rockies 6 times and went 5-1. The bitching and moaning is so tiring.

  25. 1. We just finished a 5-4 road trip in a time zone 2 hours behind Chicago’s

    2. We are in 1st place in the NL Wild Card

    3. We are 19 games over .500

    Things are just fine.

  26. It’s tough to sweep a major league team, let alone on the road.

    I suppose this isn’t the place to say that though. This is a forum for doomerism. Cubs are washed. Will get bounced from playoffs in a record 1 game — the umps will just call it on the spot after the first game, awarding 2 additional games to the Phillies because of how awful the Cubs are at baseball. Jed Hoyer will be publicly spanked for having the gall to create a 95 win team.

  29. We wasted a perfect opportunity to gain ground on the brewers and create space from the padres.

  31. I still don’t understand not pinch hitting for Castro and Reese in the 9th. Guess I’m clueless.

  32. In the Cubs defense, they were facing an elite, once-in-a-lifetime talent on the mound today that is well known for his strikeout rate and pitching prowess.

    And I am totally being sarcastic, if that really needs to be said.

  33. As an older fan I can say Cub fans have changed a lot since 2016. Used to be happy just to get to the playoffs. Now Cub fans seem to not be happy about anything.

  34. Thoughts after today’s game :
    

    6-7 in one run games in August
    

    13 out of 29 games were decided by 1 run
    

    Finished 15-14 after starting off 5-8 in August
    

    Went 5-4 on a west coast trip that is never easy, no matter what team you play
    

    This team can go 12-13 in their final 25 games and still win 90 games.
    

    9 games up in the WC with 25 games
    left to play.
    

    Enjoy a meaningful September month of baseball for the first time in years and get ready to see Cubbies playoff baseball for the first time since 2020.
    

    Things will be OK, guys.

  36. I’m local to CO, so I was only able to listen to the game. Really don’t like them putting Palencia into these situations. Misusing your closer this late in the season is not a good strategy.

  37. That sucked ass but I’m going to stand up, take off my cubs hat and go out for a nice meal with friends where this won’t be discussed

  41. The Rockies have improved since their bad season start.  They certainly want to play decently in front of their fans, too.

  45. Just getting back on track after that. I don’t care how high leverage the situation, I’m a firm believer in not bringing in the closer in non save situations.

  48. Sorry guys – took my kid to the game in Denver today. We will skip all future Cubs games in town.

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