{"id":672912,"date":"2026-04-11T02:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/672912\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T02:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:09:41","slug":"colorado-rockies-vs-san-diego-padres-game-no-14-thread-tomoyuki-sugano-vs-walker-buehler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/672912\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Rockies vs. San Diego Padres game no.\u00a014\u00a0thread: Tomoyuki Sugano vs. Walker Buehler\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Colorado Rockies dropped a hard-fought extra-innings game last night to the San Diego Padres, and the 7-3<\/a> final doesn\u2019t quite reflect how close things were, Colorado stayed competitive behind a solid pitching effort and a strong night at the plate from Brenton Doyle<\/a>, who connected on his first homer<\/a> of the season. The sting of the loss fades a bit on what is a significant day for the organization off the field, as news<\/a> of new minority ownership marks a notable moment in franchise history.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been that kind of start for the Rockies \u2014 fun, unpredictable, and sneaky competitive (even when the results don\u2019t always follow) \u2014 and at 6-7, they\u2019ll look to reset quickly and get back to .500 as the young season continues in San Diego against the 7-6 Padres.<\/p>\n

Taking the mound for the Rox tonight is Tomoyuki Sugano.<\/a> Sugano has been a steady presence early<\/a>, posting a 1.69 ERA with a 0.84 WHIP through his first 10.2 innings. He\u2019s leaning on his four-seamer (30%) while using his cutter, splitter and sweeper in a fairly even mix (18%-19%). He\u2019s not missing a ton of bats, but with a 51% ground-ball rate and just three walks in 41 batters faced, he\u2019s done an excellent job limiting traffic and keeping things under control.<\/p>\n

Opposing Sugano is veteran righty Walker Buehler.<\/a> Buehler is still working his way back into form and has looked a bit uneven to start the season \u2013 seven earned runs and five walks across 6.2 innings of work. He\u2019s been able to generate ground balls, but command lapses have led to traffic on the bases and some short outings. Buehler uses his cut fastball and curveball about half the time but has mixed in as many as seven different pitches this season. That variety adds some unpredictability but also points to a pitcher still searching for a consistent feel.<\/p>\n

Colorado\u2019s ultra-aggressive<\/a> offense will be tested against a pitcher who has struggled early \u2014 can they show a bit more patience and take advantage of mistakes?<\/p>\n

Radio: KOA 850 AM\/94.1 FM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Colorado Rockies dropped a hard-fought extra-innings game last night to the San Diego Padres, and the 7-3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2405],"tags":[5,167,52,80945,82997,4316,4,168],"class_list":{"0":"post-672912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-rockies","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-colorado","10":"tag-colorado-rockies","11":"tag-colorado-rockies-discussion","12":"tag-colorado-rockies-game-information","13":"tag-coloradorockies","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-rockies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116383643297771696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672912","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=672912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}