Michael Lorenzen gets the start for the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, while the Minnesota Twins counter with Mike Paredes.
One cannot ignore how much the Colorado Rockies have a never-say-die attitude this season, even in games that they probably would have lost in previous seasons.
The Rockies get back on the field on Saturday at 5:10 p.m. MT against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn. Michael Lorenzen gets the start for Colorado manager Warren Schaeffer, while Minnesota counters with Mike Paredes.
On Friday night, the Twins ran out to a 7-0 lead. But the Rockies adjusted their batting gloves and posted eight runs over the eighth and ninth innings. Colorado was up 8-7 entering the bottom of the ninth, yet the Twins tied things up and eventually won 9-8 in the 10th inning.
The Rockies have gone 5-5 in their last 10 games are currently just two games under .500 for their play in June. Colorado is 10-12 this month, far and away the team's best month of the 2026 MLB season. They do have a chance to finish up at .500 if they can put together a couple of more wins.
Those Eighth Innings Are Wild
Do you want to know how wild the eighth inning has been for the Rockies this season? Take a look at these statistics, provided by the Rockies' media information department.
For instance, catcher Hunter Goodman and first baseman TJ Rumfield enter Saturday night's game tied for the MLB lead with the most home runs in the eighth inning or later. Both players have six homers and they are tied with the Atlanta Braves' Ozzie Albies and the Tampa Bay Rays' Junior Caminero.
Additionally, Goodman's 22 hits are tied for seventh-most in this category.
While those numbers are great, well, the Rockies' pitching staff needs to pick up the pace. Instead of going in a positive direction, they have been fading. Right now, Colorado's pitching staff holds a 5.92 ERA in looking at the eighth inning or later.
It is the second-highest ERA for that time period behind the Washington Nationals, who have a 6.05 ERA. Also, the team's 1.68 WHIP during the eighth inning or later happens to be the highest number in the major leagues.
Mmm Boy, Goodman is Goody-Good-Good
How about more statistics involving Goodman, who is playing lights-out so far this season? Goodman hit his team-leading 22nd home run on Friday night. That was a 451-foot bomb that got off the bat at 116.2 mph.
That ball was tattooed by Goodman. In fact, it is the second-hardest hit home run by a Rockies player during the Statcast Era (since 2015) behind Carlos González. González had a 117.4 MPH homer on April 4, 2016.
Those 22 homers this season tie Goodman for the fourth-most in MLB and the second-most in the National League. The 22 dingers also are the most runs by a National League catcher before the All-Star break since Atlanta's Javy Lopez hit 23 homers back in 2003.
With these types of numbers on the board, it would be pretty tough to see Goodman not have a place on the NL All-Star Team in a few weeks.
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