In the first offensive explosion of spring training, when the Rockies totalled 13 hits and scored 11 runs, including a three-hit, three-RBI performance by Brenton Doyle and a homer from Adael Amador, the Rockies beat Arizona 11-6 for their first spring training win on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Rockies (1-1) will now face their first opponent other than the Diamondbacks when they take on the Texas Rangers (1-1) today at Surprise Stadium.<\/p>\n
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RHP Jimmy Herget, one of the Rockies best relievers last season, will get the start in his first action of spring training.\u00a0\u201cThe Human Glitch\u201d recorded career highs in appearances (59), innings (83.1 IP) and strikeouts (81) while posting a 2.48 ERA in his first season with Colorado in 2025.\u00a0Due to his success, Herget is now auditioning for a spot in the rotation<\/a>.<\/p>\n Warren Schaeffer is starting out with a lefty-heavy lineup, with six left-handed batters, to take on Texas LHP MacKenzie Gore. There are also three non-roster invites in the starting lineup in catcher Brett Sullivan, first baseman TJ Rumfield and shortstop Nicky Lopez.<\/p>\n Sunday will mark Gore\u2019s first action of the spring, as well as his first start with Texas. The third overall pick in the 2017 MLB Draft is in his fifth MLB season and was an All-Star for the National League, representing the Washington Nationals in 2025. He was traded to the Rangers in January.<\/p>\n First Pitch: 1:05 p.m. MDT<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n TV: None<\/p>\n Radio: 850 AM\/94.1 FM KOA Rockies Radio Network (12:55 p.m. pregame)<\/p>\n Lineups:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the first offensive explosion of spring training, when the Rockies totalled 13 hits and scored 11 runs,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2405],"tags":[6604,146,5,1004,14336,167,52,4316,8162,771,4,516,168,33559,151,69,2245,1605,71],"class_list":["post-587075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-colorado-rockies","tag-adael-amador","tag-arizona","tag-baseball","tag-brenton-doyle","tag-brett-sullivan","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-coloradorockies","tag-jimmy-herget","tag-mackenzie-gore","tag-mlb","tag-nicky-lopez","tag-rockies","tag-scottsdale","tag-spring-training","tag-texas-rangers","tag-the-diamondbacks","tag-the-rockies","tag-washington-nationals"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116115981581319109","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}