Mickey Moniak breaks out as Rockies rally to beat White Sox

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post on Jul 6, 2025

Published in Baseball

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DENVER — Home delivery has not been on the Rockies’ menu very often this season. But it was Sunday in their 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Coors Field.

Colorado’s four-run fifth inning, supercharged by Mickey Moniak’s two-run triple and Michael Toglia’s two-run homer, wiped out Chicago’s 4-2 lead.

Moniak — who was 3 for 4 with three RBIs — ended up a double shy of hitting for the cycle. Moniak, who started in center field, led off the first with a home run to right off Shane Smith, Moniak’s 13th homer of the season. He also singled in the seventh.

Colorado (21-69), the worst team in the National League, avoided being swept by the Sox (30-60), the worst team in the AL. The Rockies improved to 10-36 at Coors Field, where nine of their 10 victories have come in the last game of a three-game series.

Rockies starter Chase Dollander, still trying to find his big-league footing, had a rough afternoon, some of it bad luck, some of it his own making. The rookie right-hander issued four walks, including leadoff walks in Chicago’s two-run third and also in its one-run fourth.

His worst piece of luck came in the second when Chase Meidroth hit a sharp grounder that second baseman Thairo Estrada looked poised to turn into a double play, except that the ball hit the second base bag and turned into a fluke RBI double. In the fourth, Brooks Baldwin hit a towering fly-ball that glanced off the catcher Austin Nola’s glove. Baldwin ended up scoring on Mike Tauchman’s bloop single to right.

Dollander pitched 3 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on five hits. His overall ERA stands at 6.68, but his ERA at Coors Field is 9.37.

Closer Seth Halvorsen pitched a perfect ninth inning for his eighth save.

The Rockies finished their homestand with a 2-4 record. They now head to Boston to begin a six-game road trip on Monday before next week’s All-Star Game break.

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