Tampa Bay Rays at Colorado Rockies

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TB	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	13	15	0
COL	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	4	9	15	2

Ian Seymour and Michael Lorenzen took the ball for an early-evening tilt at altitude, and neither one figured to keep the ball in the yard for very long given where they were pitching. Seymour, a converted reliever who's settled into Tampa Bay's rotation over the past two months, came in trending up after flirting with a no-hitter against Kansas City back in June. Lorenzen came in dragging one of the league's ugliest lines behind him.

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Rays(65-46)

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13

-1.5-113-167o11.5+111

Rockies(45-67)

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9

+1.5+113+163u11.5-111

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Postgame

The Rays cashed comfortably, winning 13-9 behind Caminero's two homers and six strong innings from Seymour, exactly the class-gap case we made pre-game. The bear case about Colorado's win streak never materialized into a real threat — Lorenzen's home struggles undid any momentum the Rockies carried in.

Pregame

Tampa Bay is the class of this matchup and the price reflects it — a top-of-the-AL lineup against a last-place club getting a shaky start from Michael Lorenzen. The Rays just added rotation depth at the deadline and have the division largely in hand, which is exactly the kind of spot where a good team travels well. Colorado's recent stretch is real, but it came against Kansas City, not a club playing meaningful August baseball.

The Rays showed up banged up. Jake Fraley's hernia sent him to the 60-day IL, Shane McClanahan's back tightness knocked him out of his last start early, and Cole Sulser's back spasms have him shelved too. Tampa Bay leaned on its lineup instead, with Junior Caminero's power bat doing the heavy lifting behind Seymour. The Rockies, for what it's worth, walked in on a 3-game winning streak after sweeping the Royals, so this wasn't a team just going through the motions at home.

Ian Seymour

(9-3)·4.11 ERA

Jul 18 @ Red Sox

ND

3.0IP

3ER

4K

2BB

61P

08/03 Lineup

Michael Lorenzen

(3-11)·7.08 ERA

Jul 28 @ Padres

ND

4.0IP

3ER

2K

1BB

93P

08/03 Lineup

Colorado's win streak was built on pitching — Kyle Freeland tossed his first career complete game in that sweep — but none of that magic carried over to Lorenzen. Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar gave the home crowd a reason to stick around anyway, both connecting for homers before the night was through.

Tampa Bay Rays

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Aug 2Lvs White Sox1-9

Aug 1Wvs White Sox1-0

Jul 31Lvs White Sox1-6

Jul 30Wvs Rangers3-2

Jul 29Wvs Rangers3-0

Colorado Rockies

(45-67)

Aug 2Wvs Royals8-1

Aug 2Wvs Royals12-6

Aug 1Wvs Royals3-1

Jul 29L@ Padres1-3

Jul 29L@ Padres7-8

This one turned into exactly the track meet the total number suggested it could be. The Rays jumped out early, scoring seven runs across the first three innings, and never really let go of the rope even as Colorado clawed back with a four-run eighth. Fifteen hits apiece, two Rockies errors, and a final score that looked more like a football game than a Tuesday matinee — Coors Field lived up to its reputation.

Seymour worked around the thin air well enough to pick up the win, striking out nine while Lorenzen's night ended early yet again, extending a brutal stretch that's made him one of the toughest outs in the league to watch from a Rockies uniform. Cedric Mullins chipped in a couple of hits and kept his stolen-base total climbing, while Caminero's power surge continues to look like the real deal for a Tampa Bay club still very much alive in a playoff race.

Tampa Bay Rays

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• 15-Day-ILShane McClanahan (SP) — McClanahan was pulled from Thursday's start versus the Rangers in the fourth inning with left mid-back tightness, Ryan Bass of Rays.tv reports.07/31
• 15-Day-ILCole Sulser (RP) — The Rays placed Sulser on the 15-day injured list Wednesday due to lower back spasms.07/29
• 60-Day-ILJake Fraley (RF) — The Rays transferred Fraley (hernia) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Sunday.08/02
• 60-Day-ILManuel Rodriguez (RP) — Rodriguez (elbow) began a rehab assignment in the rookie-level Florida Complex League on Thursday, giving up a solo home run and striking out three in one inning.07/24
• 60-Day-ILGavin Lux (LF) — Lux (shoulder) was pulled off his rehab assignment earlier this week, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.07/17
• 60-Day-ILSteven Wilson (RP) — Wilson (back) has been sent to the rookie-level Florida Complex League to begin a rehab assignment.07/10
• 60-Day-ILEdwin Uceta (RP) — Rays manager Kevin Cash said Monday that Uceta has yet to resume throwing and will meet with a doctor to have his nagging right shoulder injury examined, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.07/06
• 60-Day-ILJonathan Heasley (RP) — Heasley was returned to the major-league roster and placed on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with a right elbow stress reaction.06/08
• 60-Day-ILRyan Pepiot (SP) — Pepiot will undergo surgery on his right hip May 13 and miss the rest of the 2026 season, Ryan Bass of Rays.tv reports.05/08

Colorado Rockies

(10)

• 15-Day-ILJeff Criswell (RP) — The Rockies recalled Criswell from Triple-A Albuquerque on Saturday.07/18
• 15-Day-ILBlas Castano (RP) — Castano (pectoral) is expected to begin a throwing program next week, MLB.com reports.07/03
• 15-Day-ILJaden Hill (RP) — Hill (shoulder) resumed playing catch Wednesday, MLB.com reports.07/02
• 60-Day-ILJose Quintana (SP) — Quintana (elbow) is set to throw a bullpen session during the week of Aug. 3, MLB.com reports.08/01
• 60-Day-ILChase Dollander (SP) — Dollander underwent an internal brace procedure on his right elbow Monday, Kevin Henry of The Denver Gazette reports.06/23
• 60-Day-ILWelinton Herrera (RP) — Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer announced Monday that Herrera (elbow) has been diagnosed with a torn UCL and will miss the remainder of the season, Jack Janes of MLB.com reports.06/02
• 60-Day-ILMcCade Brown (SP) — Brown (shoulder) had been scheduled to throw a live bullpen session this weekend, MLB.com reports.06/01
• 60-Day-ILRJ Petit (RP) — The Rockies transferred Petit (elbow) to the 60-day injured list Thursday, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILPierson Ohl (RP) — The Rockies placed Ohl (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Wednesday.05/08
• 60-Day-ILKris Bryant (DH) — Bryant said Tuesday that the ongoing pain in his back continues to prevent him from participating in baseball activities, though he's still consulting with doctors and trainers for potential rehab options, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.05/08

For Colorado, the loss doesn't erase the good vibes from the weekend sweep, but it's a reminder of how far the pitching staff still has to go before this team is competitive on a nightly basis. For the Rays, it's a get-well game against a losing club that padded a middling road record without needing much from the injured list to do it.