{"id":283311,"date":"2025-08-31T08:08:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/283311\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T08:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T08:08:22","slug":"rockies-cant-complete-rally-fall-to-0-5-against-cubs-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/283311\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies can’t complete rally, fall to 0-5 against Cubs this season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rockies Report, Game 136:<\/p>\n

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: Mickey Moniak\u2019s RBI triple kick-started a sixth-inning rally that pulled Colorado back within one run, but the Rockies drew no closer as they fell 4-3<\/a> to the Chicago Cubs in front of 47,394 at Coors Field on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Mickey Mo \ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 pic.twitter.com\/4aiL8LbZPn<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Colorado Rockies (@Rockies) August 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Moniak scored on a Hunter Goodman sacrifice fly, narrowing the deficit to what would be the final margin. Two batters later, Ezequiel Tovar singled for his second hit of the night.<\/p>\n

But that would be all for Colorado\u2019s offense, as Cubs starter Javier Assad got Kyle Karros to fly out to end the sixth-inning threat, then handed off matters to the Chicago bullpen, which mowed down the Rox in order in the final three innings.<\/p>\n

The Rox also saw first baseman Warming Bernabel depart due to injury. Orlando Arcia replaced him after the third inning due to a knee and quad bruise. Bernabel apparently suffered the injury in the second inning when he fouled a ball off his leg.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t look good when he did it,\u201d interim manager Warren Schaeffer told media after the game.<\/p>\n

Bernabel netted the Rockies\u2019 first run when he came around to score while Yanquiel Fern\u00e1ndez got hung up between first and second base after a second-inning single, tying the game at 1-apiece.<\/p>\n

The Cubs reclaimed the lead with two runs in the fifth inning and another in the sixth.<\/p>\n

Colorado is 38-98.<\/p>\n

ROCKIES STARTER\u2019S REPORT<\/p>\n

Control was a problem for rookie McCade Brown in his second start, as he walked three batters and plunked two. He loaded the bases in each of the first two innings; it was a minor miracle he escaped with only one run allowed.<\/p>\n

A curveball at the top of the zone that froze Pete Crow-Armstrong allowed Brown to get out of the first inning with only one run on the board; a slider that Seiya Suzuki harmlessly grounded back to Brown extricated the rookie from the second-inning jam.<\/p>\n

But Brown had no such fortune when he took the mound for his fifth inning, two batters into his third trip through the Chicago lineup. He allowed a double to Kyle Tucker, then walked Suzuki. Four pitches later, Ian Happ turned on a changeup that caught the outside edge of the strike zone and lined it over Brenton Doyle\u2019s head in center field, putting the Cubs back in front.<\/p>\n

That ended Brown\u2019s night; another run was charged to him after Jimmy Herget surrendered a sacrifice fly to Crow-Armstrong.<\/p>\n

Brown lasted 1\/3 of an inning longer than he did in his first start last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BITS AND PIECES<\/p>\n

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Karros swung and missed at a high 99.5-MPH fastball from Daniel Palencia for the game-ending third strike.<\/p>\n

NUMBER TO NOTE: 8 \u2014 Losses for the Rox in their last nine games since a 7-2 run that represented their best stretch of the season.<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S NEXT: Tanner Gordon takes the mound as the Rockies try and salvage a game against the Cubs \u2026 and stop their four-game losing streak. Matthew Boyd will go for Chicago. First pitch Sunday is at 1:10 p.m. MDT.<\/p>\n

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