Colorado rode a clean, professional night at Coors Field to a 4-3 win over Arizona, snapping a rough patch with a composed team performance. Tanner Gordon found a groove five days after a rough stretch, handing off a lead to a bullpen that slammed the door. Offensively, Hunter Goodman opened the scoring with a 25th homer, and the Rockies drilled timely contact and smart baserunning to back that up. Tyler Freeman kickstarted a decisive fifth inning with a triple, and Beck delivered a two-out bloop double that plated the winning run. The defense was steady, the order balanced, and the bullpen evergreen as Colorado kept faint playoff hopes alive.

Goodman tweaked his swing and bat choice, keeping him on the backside and driving the ball with authority. Brenton Doyle supplied a wall-arriving double after a Beck misplay, while Karros snagged at third and Fernandez grounded in a run, giving the Rockies a varied, productive attack up and down the lineup. Ritter’s heads-up baserunning created Colorado’s second run, a reminder that aggression on the bases can turn close games into wins. Gordon’s line—three runs on five hits in five-plus—was enough with the bullpen's late-night shutdown, as Jimmy Herget, J. Mejía, and Vodnik closed it out with a combined wallop of strikeouts.

The Colorado Rockies are currently experiencing a historic slump, having fallen to a dismal 9-47 record this season, which ranks them as the worst team in Major League Baseball. Their latest defeat came against the Chicago Cubs, marking their ninth consecutive loss at Wrigley Field and the franchise's first time being swept three consecutive series there. Despite the competitive nature of the recent games, the Rockies' offense has been severely lacking, failing to provide sufficient support for their pitching staff, which has shown promise. Tanner Gordon's performance was commendable, but he was let down by a lack of offensive production. The Rockies' latest acquisition, Orlando Arcia, managed to get a hit in his debut, yet even this could not spark the team's struggling lineup. The Rockies are set to face the New York Mets next, where they hope to turn their fortunes around.