Colorado Rockies at Chicago Cubs

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Colorado Rockies

9-45, 3-23 Away

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Chicago Cubs

33-21, 16-10 Home

Taillon and Tucker help the surging Cubs beat the Rockies 3-1

Mickey Moniak's HR puts the Rockies on the board

NL Central-leading Chicago improved to 8-2 in its last 10 games. Colorado lost for the eighth time in nine games, dropping to a major league-worst 9-45.

Taillon (4-3) retired his first 14 batters before Mickey Moniak connected in the fifth, driving a changeup deep to right-center for his fifth homer. Moniak also hit a solo drive during Sunday's 5-4 loss to the New York Yankees.

Taillon departed after he struck out Brenton Doyle looking for the first out of the seventh. The big right-hander struck out seven and walked none.

Daniel Palencia, the fourth Cubs reliever, pitched a perfect ninth for his third save.

Colorado’s Carson Palmquist (0-3) permitted two runs and three hits in five innings in his third major league start.

The Cubs jumped ahead when Ian Happ scored on Dansby Swanson’s groundout in the first inning.

After Moniak’s homer tied it in the fifth, Tucker singled in Matt Shaw in the bottom half of the inning. Tucker added a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Key moment The Rockies threatened in the sixth, putting runners on second and third with one out. But Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner threw out Jacob Stallings when he tried to score on Ryan McMahon’s grounder. Michael Toglia then struck out looking.

Key stat Swanson went 0 for 4, stopping his on-base streak at a career-high 24 games.

Up next Rockies right-hander Germán Márquez (1-7, 7.66 ERA) faces rookie right-hander Cade Horton (2-0, 4.40 ERA) on Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Moniak struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Doyle grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Toglia struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Palencia relieved Pomeranz
	8th Inning	Hoerner lined out to shortstop.
	8th Inning	Crow-Armstrong flied out to center.

Statistics

COL		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	7
9	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	1
5	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	27
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
8	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
129	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	5
33	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.2	Runs Created	1.6
.167	Batting Average	.148
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.267	Slugging Percentage	.185
.167	Secondary Average	.222
.219	On Base Percentage	.250
.485	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.435
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.7
12.0	Batter Rating	19.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.09
.100	Isolated Power	.037
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.061	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.074
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
66.3	MLB Rating	68.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0