This one went to 11, but that was quite all right with the Rockies, who notched perhaps their most satisfying — and unlikely — win of the season on Sunday afternoon.
Utility outfielder Kyle Farmer ripped a single up the middle off Grant Anderson to score Brenton Doyle, who opened the inning at second base, lifting the Rockies to a 4-3, 11-inning victory over the Brewers. Colorado avoided a three-game sweep, snapped a five-game losing streak, and won its first extra-inning game of the season.
Veteran right-hander Tyler Kinley blanked the Brewers in the bottom of the frame, striking out two and getting Caleb Durbin to fly out to left fielder Jordan Beck to secure his third save of the season.
Interim manager Warren Schaeffer wasn’t around to soak it all in. In the third inning, he was ejected for the first time in his brief major league.
Colorado Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer, middle, gestures to an umpire after being ejected during the third inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)The crowd of 30,037 at American Family Field undoubtedly thought the Brewers were going to notch their fifth straight victory until an unlikely hero rescued the Rockies in the ninth. Orlando Arcia, the nine-hole hitter and former Brewer, hit a two-out, solo homer to left-center off closer Trevor Megill’s hanging curve, tying the game, 2-2. It was Arcia’s second homer and just the second homer Megill has surrendered this season.
Milwaukee loaded the bases in the bottom of the frame, and another gut-punch defeat was imminent for the Rockies. But closer Seth Halvorsen got Jose Ortiz to pop out in foul territory to first baseman Michael Toglia, sending the game into extra innings.
Thairo Estrada’s RBI single scored Sam Hilliard to put Colorado ahead, 3-2, in the 10th, but the Brewers tied up the game in the bottom of the frame on a wild pitch by reliever Victor Vodnik. But Vodnik hung tough. With runners on second and third, he induced William Contreras to pop up to shallow right, and then Vodnik struck out Brice Turang to send the game to the 11th.
Milwaukee Brewers' Joey Ortiz (3) scores on a wild pitch past a tag by Colorado Rockies' Victor Vodnik, left, during the 10th inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)Colorado’s dormant offense finally came alive late, and with the game on the line. The Rockies had been shut out for 17 consecutive innings, going back to the eighth inning of Friday night’s game, until they scored a run in the eighth on Doyle’s RBI double to score Ryan McMahon, who reached on an infield hit and advanced to second on Ortiz’s throwing error from short.
Right-hander German Marquez, Colorado’s prime trade candidate, who’s on a nice little roll, almost pitched a gem. His outing was marred by solo home runs by Sal Frelick and Christian Yelich in the sixth inning. Marquez gave up two runs on three hits, struck out five, and walked two. Over his last eight starts, he’s posted a 2.70 ERA with 40 strikeouts and 10 walks.
Schaffer, along with leadoff hitter Tyler Freeman, was ejected in the third inning for arguing balls and strikes. Freeman struck out looking when home plate umpire Ramon De Jesus called a ball low in the zone for strike three. Freeman got mad. Schaeffer, upset that De Jesus ejected Freeman so quickly, went ballistic.
The manager tossed a wad of gum out of his mouth, flipped his cap off his head, and gestured with his hand to show De Jesus how low the pitch was. Bench coach Clint Hurdle took over for Schaeffer.
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