Rockies Report, Game 158:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh put the punctuation on his case for being the American League’s MVP, clobbering his 59th and 60th home runs of the season to power Seattle to a 9-2 rout of the Rockies on Tuesday night.

The “Big Dumper” started the Seattle onslaught by depositing a Tanner Gordon fastball into the third deck of the right-field stands in the first inning, the first of three solo first-inning homers at Gordon’s expense that put the Rox into a quick hole.

OH MY GOODNESS, CAL 🤯

No. 59 went ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP DECK! pic.twitter.com/draXsM2BwE

— Seattle Mariners – y (@Mariners) September 25, 2025

Raleigh later finished the Mariners’ deluge with another so lo shot in the eighth inning at the expense of Angel Chivilli, who also surrendered a seventh-inning homer to Eugenio Suárez.

Seattle clinched its first American League West title in 24 years with the win. The Rockies, of course, are still searching for their first division title, which has never seemed farther away.

Raleigh’s first homer continued the barrage that began in the eighth inning Tuesday night, when seven innings of pitching dominance from McCade Brown, Jaden Hill and Jimmy Herget vanished in two hit batters, a walk and a Josh Naylor double at the expense of relievers Juan Mejia and Victor Vodnik. The slugger continued piling on the damage in the second inning with a 2-RBI double.

The Mariners won for the 16th time in their last 17 games, while the Rox fell to 4-17 in September. Colorado has lost 25 of its last 31 games since going on a 7-2 run in mid-August.

Colorado got on the board in the fourth inning when first baseman Blaine Crim hit his fifth home run in 11 games since being called up, narrowing the deficit to 5-1. But the Mariners quickly added a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning and chased Gordon.

Antonio Senzatela worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief, aided by right fielder Yanquiel Fernández, who saved a run in the sixth inning by gunning down Randy Arozarena at the plate as the Seattle left fielder attempted to score from second base on Julio Rodriguéz’s two-out single.

Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman brought home Mickey Moniak with an RBI groundout in the ninth inning to provide the final margin.

Colorado fell to 43-115.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

Any realistic hope of Gordon doing the near-impossible — finishing his season with a .500 record while making at least 15 starts for one of the worst teams in major-league history — flew into the third level of the right-field stands along with Raleigh’s first home-run ball, which commenced the Seattle fusillade.

“[Gordon] got too much of the plate. Those guys were ready to hit tonight,” Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer said after the game.

Home runs have become a recent problem for Gordon; after surrendering seven in his first 11 starts, he ended the season yielding nine in four September outings. He also gave up three home runs in a Sept. 7 loss to San Diego.

Gordon ends the season with a 6.33 ERA, a 1.50 WHIP, a 6-8 record and a 1.91 HR/9 rate.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Seattle piled on two runs in the fourth inning, pushing its lead to 7-1.

NUMBER TO NOTE: 8 — Number of teams in Major League Baseball history to lose 115 games in a single season, a club the Rox joined Wednesday night. In National League history, only the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, the 1935 Boston Braves and the 1962 New York Mets have more defeats than this year’s Rockies.

WHAT’S NEXT: Bradley Blalock takes the mound for his final start of the season as the Rox try and salvage a game from the three-game series before concluding the season at San Francisco. First pitch at T-Mobile Park is scheduled for 7:40 p.m. MDT.