Quick Hits: Toronto Claims 2 of 3 At Coors Field, Adding to Rockies All-Time Blues Vs. Blue Jays

Toronto 7 (75-62), Colorado 5 (50-86)

Winning Pitcher: Chad Green (1-0)

Losing Pitcher: Justin Lawrence (4-7)

Save: Jordan Romano (32)

Attendance: 32,283

Time of Game: 3:13 (0:59 rain delay)

COLORADO ROCKIES POSTGAME NOTES

— Rockies dropped two of three to Toronto in their penultimate Interleague series.

— Rockies have gone 17-26 against American League opponents this season.

— Rockies finished the homestand 1-5 after being swept by the Braves Monday-Wednesday. and claiming one of three against Toronto,

— Rockies have allowed 10+ hits in eight consecutive home games, the longest such streak since a 10-game stretch May 28-June 18, 2018.

— With Nolan Jones’ 10th stolen base in the second inning, Jones (11 stolen bases) and Brenton Doyle (17 stolen bases) became the first pair of rookies in franchise history to log at least 10+ stolen bases in the same season.

— The Rockies joined Cincinnati (2023, three) and Texas (2021, three) as the only MLB teams to have at least two rookies steal 10-plus bases in a season since Montreal did so in 1993.

— Rockies starting pitcher Chase Anderson allowed two runs, both on solo home runs, in his his first start since being placed on the 15-day IL with right shoulder inflammation on July 28. He walked two and struck out three.

— RF Hunter Goodman made his first career start in right field and went 2-for-3 with a career-high two doubles and three RBI.

— Goodman has hit safely in five of the six big-league games in which he has appeared.

— Goodman has made four starts at first base, one in right field and one as the designated hitter.

— Goodman is the fourth Rockie all-time to have at least eight hits and four extra-base hits through the first six games of his career, joining Trevor Story (2016), Nolan Arenado (2013) and Matt Holliday (2004).

— LF Nolan Jones logged his first career game with multiple stolen bases, his 10th and 11th of the year.

— Jones is the first rookie in Rockies franchise history to have 10+ home runs and 10+ stolen bases in a season.

— Jones is the 14th rookie in franchise history to have at least two steals in a game, the first to do so since Brenton Doyle on April 25 at Cleveland.

— DH Charlie Blackmon has reached base in all 18 games since being reinstated from the injured list on Aug. 14, slashing .369/.481/.554 over that span.

— Blackmon is one game shy of tying his season-high streak of 19 games from May 6-June 1.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS POST-GAME NOTES

— The Toronto Blue Jays captured the series 2-1, improving to a 25-17-2 series record.

— The Blue Jays enjoyed their second second series win at Colorado in franchise history (also: 2016) .

— The Blue Jays have recorded 10 or more hits in five consecutive games to tie a season-best streak (also: April 2-6).

— Starting pitcher Kevin Gausman allowed three earned runs through four frames before rain cut his outing short.

— Gausman has three quality starts through his last sevenstarts, going 3-3 with a 4.06 ERA (37.2 IP, 17 ER) during the stretch.

— 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. extended his on-base streak to 19 games with his 2-for-3 day (.273/.375/.538), his second-longest on-base streak of the season (21 games, April 21-May 16),.

— Guerrero delivered his team-leading 21st home run of the season.

— 1B Spencer Horwitz recorded his first career home run, as well as his first career multi-hit and multi-RBI game (3-for-4, 2 RBI).

— Horwitz is the sixth Blue Jay all-time with at least three hits, two RBI and one home run within his first five career games, second this season (Davis Schneider, Aug. 6, 2023).

— Since his most recent recall on Aug. 28, SS Ernie Clement is 10-for-23 (.435) with one triple, one home run and four RBI. He matched his career high with three hits Sunday (also: Aug. 6, 2021 vs. Detroit).