Bailey, Bazzana lead Guardians past Rockies in Denver
DENVER (Interstat) — Patrick Bailey homered and drove in three runs, Travis Bazzana went 4 for 5 with three RBIs, and the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Colorado Rockies 9-1 on Friday at Coors Field.
Cleveland broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the fourth inning. Bazzana singled in two runs. Petey Halpin had opened the scoring for Cleveland with a solo homer in the third after Colorado took a first-inning lead on Willi Castro’s RBI single. Cleveland padded its lead with single runs in the fifth and sixth, then Bailey’s three-run homer in the seventh made it 8-1. Bazzana added an RBI single in the ninth.
Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run over 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts. Tim Herrin improved to 2-4 with 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. Tanner Gordon dropped to 0-4 with the loss.
The Guardians collected 14 hits, while the Rockies had six. Attendance was 26,800, and the game lasted 2:50. Cleveland improved to 64-67; Colorado fell to 51-78.