Colorado Rockies

Halvorsen was called upon to protect a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning and managed to hang on, despite allowing an RBI single to Nolan Jones with two outs in the frame. It was his third save since the All-Star break.

Freeman came back to haunt his former club with a pair of clutch hits during his return to Progressive Field. The 26-year-old outfielder opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly in the third inning before adding a run-scoring singles in the fifth. He capped off the strong effort with a go-ahead hit against reliever Cade Smith in the top of the ninth inning to put the Rockies ahead for good.

Blalock departed with a three-run lead, which Colorado’s bullpen immediately surrendered to saddle him with a no-decision. The 24-year-old righty’s performance was one of the brighter moments in what’s been an otherwise tough campaign. He’ll bring an inflated 7.09 ERA, 1.64 WHIP and 16/7 K/BB ratio across 33 innings (eight appearances, six starts) into his next state on Sunday against the Pirates. It’s a decent matchup, but Blalock is not a recommended option for fantasy purposes.

The Rockies never commented on what led to Doyle’s four-game absence, though the assumption is that he was banged up making an excellent diving catch in his last appearance Tuesday. He has seven hits in his last three appearances, so it shouldn’t have been performance related.