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The Cardinals announced Michael McGreevy will start Monday vs. the Rockies, giving Matthew Liberatore a break amid rotation concerns.
Leslee’s side of the family has its own rich sports heritage. Her mom, Janice (Fenimore) Smith, played collegiate softball at Oklahoma State and Northern Colorado. Her younger brothers, Matt and Zach, were both high school football stars.
Ryan McMahon's two-run homer capped a four-run first inning, Jordan Beck homered and finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle and the MLB-worst Colorado Rockies opened their second half of the season with a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
He went seven innings, allowing three runs on six hits with three strikeouts and just one walk. He allowed just two hits after the second inning, induced two crucial double plays, and threw 78 pitches. It was the fourth time a Rockies starter has gone seven innings this season and the first since Germán Márquez on May 22.
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Yardbarker on MSNRockies avoid unwanted MLB history with series win over TwinsWith a 10-6 win over the Minnesota Twins at Coors Field, the Rockies captured their first home series of the 2025 season and snapped an overall 17-series winless streak dating back to last season. That was tied with the 1916-17 Philadelphia Athletics for the longest such streak in MLB history.
Royce Lewis doubled his home run total with a two-homer game. The Twins scored all of their runs on homers and triples.
Stillwater star infielder Ethan Holliday was taken fourth overall by the Colorado Rockies in the MLB Draft on Sunday night.
Matt was a seven-time All-Star outfielder who played 15 seasons for the Rockies, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. Jackson Holliday reached the majors with Baltimore last season at the age of 20, appearing in 60 games and hitting .189. He is hitting .259 with 12 home runs and 14 doubles in 87 games so far this season.
Improving the swings of switch-hitting Rockies rookie second baseman Adael Amador was going to take time. And Amador made sure not to waste any of that time looking at his phone for a recall to the Majors.