Field Level Media
Aug 9, 2023
Mark Canha rebounded from a costly 10th-inning error to drive in the tying run and score the winner on a walk-off error as the Milwaukee Brewers outlasted the visiting Colorado Rockies 7-6 on Wednesday.
Canha, after taking the first strike on a pitch-clock violation, crushed the first pitch from Rockies reliever Justin Lawrence (3-5) for a ground-rule double that scored automatic runner William Contreras from second base.
Canha advanced to third on a Sal Frelick groundout, then came home for the winning run with two outs when shortstop Ezequiel Tovar's throw to first on Andruw Monasterio's grounder sailed past for an error.
Canha's error in the top of the 10th allowed the Rockies to take a 6-5 lead.
After the Brewers threw out automatic runner Cole Tucker at home plate on a Jurickson Profar fielder's choice, Tovar hit a double that the left fielder Canha bobbled. Profar scored on the error and Tovar advanced to third. The Brewers avoided further damage when Bryse Wilson (4-0) forced Ryan McMahon into a groundout to end the inning.
The 10th inning completed a rollercoaster game in which Milwaukee dug an early hole, quickly rallied, then took the lead before giving it up in the seventh inning.
Colorado struck for four runs in the fourth inning, a stretch ignited when Profar hit a leadoff home run. Tovar singled, McMahon walked, then Nolan Jones laced a run-scoring double to left, all before Milwaukee pitcher Adrian Houser recorded his first out of the inning.
Harold Castro capped the Rockies' big fourth inning with a single to drive in both McMahon and Jones.
Monasterio's single preceded Brice Turang drawing a walk, then both scored on Tyrone Taylor's double. Taylor scored on a Christian Yelich single to wrap the Brewers' three-run answer in their half of the fourth inning.
Milwaukee took the lead in the fifth on back-to-back solo home runs off of Chris Flexen, first by Monasterio then by Willy Adames.
Colorado rallied to tie it at five in the seventh when Tucker scored on a fielding error at second by Turang.
--Field Level Media