Texas Rangers vs Colorado Rockies Match Player Stats On Jun 02, 2021

Joshua Fuentes homered among his three hits, Raimel Tapia also had three hits, and the host Colorado Rockies beat the slumping Texas Rangers 6-3 in Denver on Wednesday night.

Antonio Senzatela (2-5) pitched into the eighth inning, and Garrett Hampson and Yonathan Daza had two hits each for the Rockies. Daniel Bard pitched the ninth for his sixth save.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Willie Calhoun had two hits apiece for Texas, which has dropped eight straight overall and 14 in a row on the road.

The Rangers scored first when Calhoun legged out a double and Kiner-Falefa singled to right field to make it 1-0 in the third.

Nate Lowe followed with a single, but Senzatela got Adolis Garcia to fly out to end the inning.

Colorado tied it in the fourth when Fuentes led off with a double, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout to third.

The Rockies took a 2-1 lead when Tapia led off the fifth with a double, went to third on Daza's sacrifice bunt and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ryan McMahon.

Texas went back in front in the sixth inning. Kiner-Falefa reached on an error leading off, Joey Gallo drew a two-out walk, and Brock Holt doubled to right to drive in both. Holt was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple to end the inning.

Colorado responded in the bottom of the sixth. Fuentes singled off starter Jordan Lyles, then reliever Demarcus Evans (0-1) walked Dom Nunez, and both moved up on a sacrifice by Senzatela. Tapia followed with a soft liner to center that dropped for a two-run double and a 4-3 lead.

Lyles allowed three runs on seven hits in five-plus innings.

The Rangers threatened in the eighth, but Carlos Estevez relieved Senzatela and struck out Gallo to end the rally.

Senzatela allowed three runs -- one earned -- on seven hits in 7 2/3 innings.

Fuentes led off Colorado's eighth with his fifth home run, and Tapia had an RBI single later in the frame to make it a three-run game.

--Field Level Media