Overview

• Rookie Bradley Blalock struck out seven over six scoreless innings after a two-hour rain delay, becoming the first Rockies rookie since 2016 to record such a start.
• Cleveland took a 5-3 lead with a five-run seventh inning fueled by Bo Naylor’s pinch-hit three-run homer off Jake Bird and Carlos Santana’s bases-loaded walk issued by Victor Vodnik.
• Colorado’s rally in the ninth featured RBI hits from Tyler Freeman, Hunter Goodman and Warming Bernabel, with Freeman driving in three runs against his former team.
• Closer Cade Smith, elevated after Emmanuel Clase’s placement on paid leave for an MLB sports betting investigation, yielded four ninth-inning runs and earned the loss.
• The Rockies, holding baseball’s worst record at 28-78, look to build on the comeback when Tanner Gordon faces Logan Allen in Tuesday’s middle game of the Cleveland series.