Colorado Rockies at Tampa Bay Rays

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Colorado Rockies

0-1, 0-1 Away

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Tampa Bay Rays

1-0, 1-0 Home

Kameron Misner's 9th-inning homer lifts Rays over Rockies 3-2 in Steinbrenner Field opener

Kameron Misner hits walk-off homer to win it for the Rays

Misner, a 27-year-old rookie who debuted in August, entered as a defensive replacement in the eighth and became the first player in major league history to hit his first big league home run for a walk-off on opening day, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. He drove a first-pitch fastball from Victor Vodnik (0-1) over the right-field wall for his second big league hit.

Pete Fairbanks (1-0) worked around two walks in the ninth for the win.

Tampa Bay is playing at the New York Yankees' spring training home after Hurricane Milton destroyed the Tropicana Field roof on Oct. 9.

Kyle Freeland struck out seven in six scoreless innings for the Rockies, coming off their sixth straight losing season. Freeland threw 53 of 67 pitches for strikes, starting his first eight batters with strikes and 15 of 20 overall.

Tampa Bay tied the score in the seventh on Jonathan Aranda's sacrifice fly and José Caballero's RBI single against Tyler Kinley.

Tampa Bay last year ended a streak of five straight postseason appearances.

Ezequiel Tovar hit an RBI double in the third and Kyle Farmer a sacrifice fly in the fourth against Ryan Pepiot, who gave up two runs — one earned — and six hits in six innings with eight strikeouts and a walk.

Mickey Moniak made his Rockies debut as a pinch runner in the ninth and was caught stealing.

Key moment With the bases loaded and two outs in the seventh, the Rays asked for a video review when plate umpire Mark Wegner ruled Curtis Mead was not hit by a pitch near his elbow guard. The call was upheld and Mead grounded into a forceout.

Key stat Steinbrenner Field has the same dimensions as Yankee Stadium: 318 feet down the left-field line, 399 in left-center, 408 in center, 385 in right-center and 314 in right.

Up next Rays RHP Zack Littell (0-0) was inserted into the rotation following an injury to Shane McClanahan and starts Saturday against Colorado RHP Anthony Senzatela (0-0).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Misner homered to right (351 feet).
	9th Inning	Moniak in right field.
	9th Inning	Doyle struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Beck stole second.
	9th Inning	Beck walked.
	9th Inning	Farmer struck out swinging.

Statistics

COL		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	11
12	Strikeouts	9
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	11
2	Caught Stealing	0
133	Pitches	107
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
10	Total Bases	11
37	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
3.0	Runs Created	2.9
.219	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.367
.188	Secondary Average	.167
.297	On Base Percentage	.250
.610	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.617
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.2
23.0	Batter Rating	24.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.59	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.34
.094	Isolated Power	.133
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
-.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.0	MLB Rating	75.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0