Colorado Rockies at Tampa Bay Rays

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Colorado Rockies

1-2, 1-2 Away

Final
4 - 6

Tampa Bay Rays

2-1, 2-1 Home

Brandon Lowe hits 2-run homer as Rays beat Rockies 6-4

Taj Bradley (1-0) pitched six innings, allowing two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts for the Rays and Jonny DeLuca went 3 for 4. Pete Fairbanks, who had 48 saves in 56 opportunities over the past two season, allowed two hits with two strikeouts in a scoreless ninth and earned his first save of the season.

Pinch hitter Mickey Moniak hit a two-out two-run homer in the top of the seventh for the Rockies. Nick Martini hit an RBI single in the fifth and Hunter Goodman's single in the top of the sixth drove in Tyler Freeman to make it 2-2.

Tampa Bay's José Caballero went 1 for 3 with an RBI, a walk and a run scored — beating a late tag by catcher Jacob Stallings.

Key moment Jonathan Aranda scored when Junior Caminero hit a single up the middle to give the Rays the lead for good at 3-2 and spark a four-run bottom of the sixth inning.

Key stat The Rays are one of three teams (Houston Astros and Los Angeles Angels) in MLB with three quality starts in the first three games of the season.

Up next Former All-Star Germán Márquez, who missed most of the past two seasons due to an elbow injury, pitches Monday as the Rockies begin a three-game set against the Phillies in Philadelphia. Drew Rasmussen takes the mound for the Rays on Monday in the first of three home games against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Moniak struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Stallings popped out to first.
	9th Inning	Farmer singled to right, Martini to third.
	9th Inning	Martini singled to right.
	9th Inning	Toglia struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Fairbanks relieved Uceta

Statistics

COL		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	3
0	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	1
127	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	14
36	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
3.2	Runs Created	5.4
.257	Batting Average	.273
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.371	Slugging Percentage	.424
.114	Secondary Average	.303
.278	On Base Percentage	.351
.649	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.776
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.8
30.0	Batter Rating	41.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.75
3.53	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.08
.114	Isolated Power	.152
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
-.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
8.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.3	MLB Rating	86.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0