Down 9 runs in 1st, Rockies rally to beat Pirates

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Aug 2, 2025, 12:57 AM ET

DENVER -- Brenton Doyle deed a walk-off, two-run homer successful a five-run ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies overcame a nine-run first-inning shortage to bushed the Pittsburgh Pirates 17-16 connected Friday night.

The Rockies are the sixth squad successful large league past to triumph aft surrendering 9 first-inning runs according to Elias Sports Bureau. Cleveland was the past to bash it successful 2006.

The Rockies are besides the archetypal squad to triumph contempt allowing 15 oregon much runs since the Boston Red Sox bushed the Texas Rangers, 19-17, successful August 2008, according to ESPN Research.

Colorado trailed 16-12 earlier rallying disconnected Dennis Santana (3-3). Hunter Goodman deed his 20th homer with 1 out. Jordan Beck walked and scored connected rookie Warming Bernabel's archetypal triple. Thairo Estrada had an RBI single, and Doyle deed his eighth location tally with 1 retired to triumph it.

Bernabel went 4-for-6 and deed his 3rd homer for the Rockies -- a three-run changeable successful the 3rd to chopped it to 9-4. Ezequiel Tovar went 4 for 6 and tied a large league grounds with 4 doubles. Doyle besides finished with 4 of Colorado's 22 hits. Rookie Yanquiel Fernández deed his archetypal homer -- a two-run changeable disconnected Yohan Ramírez successful the eighth to get the Rockies wrong four.

Oneil Cruz deed his 18th homer and 2nd vocation expansive slam and Andrew McCutchen added a three-run changeable -- his 11th -- disconnected Antonio Senzatela arsenic the Pirates became conscionable the 2nd squad successful 132 years to people nine-plus runs successful the archetypal inning connected 10-plus hits that included a slam and a three-run homer. Cincinnati did it against the Louisville Colonels connected June 18, 1893.

McCutchen finished 3 for 5 with 5 RBI. Reynolds had 3 of Pittsburgh's 18 hits and singled from some sides of the sheet successful the archetypal -- the archetypal Pirate to bash truthful since Neil Walker successful 2015, besides successful Denver. Nick Gonzales finished 4 for 6 and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had 3 hits and 3 RBI.

Andrew Heaney lasted conscionable 3⅓ innings for Pittsburgh, allowing 4 runs -- 3 earned -- connected 7 hits.

Rookie Dugan Darnell (1-0) pitched 2 scoreless innings for his archetypal win.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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