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Kansas City Royals 1 – 3 Colorado Rockies

MLB · August 1, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Colorado Rockies took down the Kansas City Royals tonight, three to one, and it wasn't particularly close until the very end.

Colorado drew first blood in the opening frame when Rumfield singled to right and brought Moniak home, and the Rockies never looked back from there. The fourth inning is where this game really got away from Kansas City — a throwing error by second baseman Massey let Karros score and handed Johnston two free bases, and moments later Blake Doyle punished that defensive lapse with a two-out double to left that scored Johnston and pushed the lead to three. Just like that, the Royals were staring down a three-run deficit before they could even catch their breath.

Kansas City tried to claw back in the sixth when Cam Jensen launched a four-hundred-twenty-four-foot missile to right — a solo shot that at least got the Royals on the board — but that's as close as they would get. Jensen finished one for four with the home run accounting for the only run his team would produce all night. Salvador Perez gave the offense some life with two hits, but it never translated into anything meaningful on the scoreboard.

Rumfield's first-inning single set the tone, Doyle's double sealed it, and Colorado's early cushion proved to be more than enough.

That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

  1. Rumfield singled to right, Moniak scored. P1 · 0–1
  2. Karros scored on error, Johnston safe at first on throwing error by second baseman Massey, Johnston safe at second on error. P4 · 0–2
  3. Doyle doubled to left, Johnston scored. P4 · 0–3
  4. Jensen homered to right (424 feet). P6 · 1–3

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Carter Jensen P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Jensen fouled out to third. P1
P1
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Lane Thomas P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Thomas popped out to third. P1
P1
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Jac Caglianone P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Caglianone struck out swinging. P1
P1
Middle of the 1st inning P1
Bottom of the 1st inning P1
Michael Wacha pitches to Jake McCarthy P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1
McCarthy flied out to left. P1
P1
Michael Wacha pitches to Mickey Moniak P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P1
Moniak doubled to right. P1
P1
Michael Wacha pitches to Hunter Goodman P1
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1
Goodman struck out swinging. P1
P1
Michael Wacha pitches to TJ Rumfield P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P1
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P1
Rumfield singled to right, Moniak scored. P1
P1
Michael Wacha pitches to Kyle Karros P1
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1
Karros singled to center, Rumfield to second. P1
P1
Michael Wacha pitches to Tyler Freeman P1
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1
Freeman grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Karros out at second. P1
P1
End of the 1st inning P1
Top of the 2nd inning P2
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Salvador Perez P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Perez singled to left. P2
P2
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Michael Massey P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P2
Massey grounded into double play, third to shortstop to first, Perez out at second. P2
P2
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Isaac Collins P2
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2
Collins tripled to right. P2
P2
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to John Rave P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2
Rave grounded out to shortstop. P2
P2
Middle of the 2nd inning P2
Bottom of the 2nd inning P2
Michael Wacha pitches to Troy Johnston P2
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2
Johnston lined out to shortstop. P2
P2
Michael Wacha pitches to Brenton Doyle P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P2
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P2
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Doyle struck out swinging. P2
P2
Michael Wacha pitches to Ezequiel Tovar P2
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P2
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Swinging P2
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P2
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P2
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P2
Tovar struck out swinging. P2
P2
End of the 2nd inning P2
Top of the 3rd inning P3
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Josh Rojas P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P3
Rojas fouled out to left. P3
P3
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Andrew Velazquez P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Bunted Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3
Velazquez lined out to right. P3
P3
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Carter Jensen P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P3
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Jensen struck out swinging. P3
P3
Middle of the 3rd inning P3
Bottom of the 3rd inning P3
Michael Wacha pitches to Jake McCarthy P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
McCarthy struck out swinging. P3
P3
Michael Wacha pitches to Mickey Moniak P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Moniak struck out swinging. P3
P3
Michael Wacha pitches to Hunter Goodman P3
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P3
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P3
Goodman struck out swinging. P3
P3
End of the 3rd inning P3
Top of the 4th inning P4
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Lane Thomas P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P4
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4
Thomas lined out to center. P4
P4
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Jac Caglianone P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4
Caglianone grounded out to shortstop. P4
P4
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Salvador Perez P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Perez lined out to center. P4
P4
Middle of the 4th inning P4
Bottom of the 4th inning P4
Michael Wacha pitches to TJ Rumfield P4
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4
Rumfield flied out to left. P4
P4
Michael Wacha pitches to Kyle Karros P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4
Karros singled to left. P4
P4
Michael Wacha pitches to Tyler Freeman P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Freeman grounded out to second, Karros to second. P4
P4
Michael Wacha pitches to Troy Johnston P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Karros scored on error, Johnston safe at first on throwing error by second baseman Massey, Johnston safe at second on error. P4
P4
Michael Wacha pitches to Brenton Doyle P4
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Doyle doubled to left, Johnston scored. P4
P4
Michael Wacha pitches to Ezequiel Tovar P4
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4
Tovar flied out to right. P4
P4
End of the 4th inning P4
Top of the 5th inning P5
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Michael Massey P5
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Massey bunt grounded out to pitcher. P5
P5
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Isaac Collins P5
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5
Collins grounded out to second. P5
P5
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to John Rave P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5
Rave grounded out to second. P5
P5
Middle of the 5th inning P5
Bottom of the 5th inning P5
Michael Wacha pitches to Jake McCarthy P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P5
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5
McCarthy bunt grounded out to third. P5
P5
Michael Wacha pitches to Mickey Moniak P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5
Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P5
Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P5
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5
Moniak grounded out to first. P5
P5
Michael Wacha pitches to Hunter Goodman P5
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5
Goodman grounded out to third. P5
P5
End of the 5th inning P5
Top of the 6th inning P6
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Josh Rojas P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Rojas grounded out to first. P6
P6
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Andrew Velazquez P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P6
Velazquez grounded out to second. P6
P6
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Carter Jensen P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P6
Jensen homered to right (424 feet). P6
P6
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Lane Thomas P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P6
Thomas singled to center. P6
P6
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Jac Caglianone P6
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6
Caglianone lined out to center. P6
P6
Middle of the 6th inning P6
Bottom of the 6th inning P6
Michael Wacha pitches to TJ Rumfield P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6
Rumfield safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Rojas. P6
P6
Michael Wacha pitches to Kyle Karros P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P6
Karros struck out looking. P6
P6
Michael Wacha pitches to Tyler Freeman P6
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6
Rumfield to second on wild pitch by Wacha. P6
Rumfield to second on wild pitch by Wacha. P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P6
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 7 : Ball 3 P6
Pitch 8 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 9 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 10 : Ball In Play P6
Freeman grounded out to shortstop. P6
P6
Michael Wacha pitches to Troy Johnston P6
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P6
Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P6
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P6
Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P6
Johnston lined out to right. P6
P6
End of the 6th inning P6
Top of the 7th inning P7
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Salvador Perez P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Perez singled to center. P7
P7
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Michael Massey P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Massey flied out to shortstop. P7
P7
Tomoyuki Sugano pitches to Isaac Collins P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Collins grounded out to second, Perez to second. P7
P7
Senzatela relieved Sugano P7
Antonio Senzatela pitches to John Rave P7
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7
Rave singled to center, Perez to third. P7
P7
Antonio Senzatela pitches to Josh Rojas P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7
Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7
Rojas flied out to left. P7
P7
Middle of the 7th inning P7
Bottom of the 7th inning P7
Pearson relieved Wacha P7
Nate Pearson pitches to Brenton Doyle P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
Doyle grounded out to second. P7
P7
Nate Pearson pitches to Ezequiel Tovar P7
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7
Tovar grounded out to second. P7
P7
Nate Pearson pitches to Jake McCarthy P7
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7
Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7
McCarthy lined out to shortstop. P7
P7
End of the 7th inning P7
Top of the 8th inning P8
Carrigg in right field. P8
Loftin hit for Velazquez P8
Antonio Senzatela pitches to Nick Loftin P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Loftin struck out swinging. P8
P8
Bernardino relieved Senzatela P8
Brennan Bernardino pitches to Carter Jensen P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Jensen grounded out to first. P8
P8
Brennan Bernardino pitches to Lane Thomas P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P8
Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P8
Thomas walked. P8
P8
Brennan Bernardino pitches to Jac Caglianone P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8
Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8
Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P8
Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P8
Caglianone grounded out to first. P8
P8
Middle of the 8th inning P8
Bottom of the 8th inning P8
Rojas at shortstop. P8
Loftin at third base. P8
McGee relieved Pearson P8
Easton McGee pitches to Mickey Moniak P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Moniak flied out to center. P8
P8
Easton McGee pitches to Hunter Goodman P8
Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8
Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8
Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P8
Goodman struck out swinging. P8
P8
Easton McGee pitches to TJ Rumfield P8
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8
Rumfield grounded out to second. P8
P8
End of the 8th inning P8
Top of the 9th inning P9
Romano relieved Bernardino P9
Jordan Romano pitches to Salvador Perez P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P9
Perez struck out swinging. P9
P9
Jordan Romano pitches to Michael Massey P9
Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9
Massey flied out to left. P9
P9
Jordan Romano pitches to Isaac Collins P9
Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9
Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P9
Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P9
Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P9
Collins flied out to right. P9
P9