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July 21, 2026 · NL West

Washington Nationals vs Colorado Rockies

July 21, 2026Coors FieldPartly Cloudy 94°F · 11 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Washington Nationals
51-51
7
vs
HOME
Colorado Rockies
41-62
8

Game Highlights

Published July 22, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 CJ Abrams CJ Abrams homers (23) on a fly ball to center field. José Tena scores. WSH 2, COL 0
B2 Mickey Moniak Mickey Moniak singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. TJ Rumfield scores. Kyle Karros to 3rd. WSH 2, COL 1
B2 Troy Johnston Troy Johnston out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jacob Young. Kyle Karros scores. WSH 2, COL 2
B2 Jake McCarthy Jake McCarthy doubles (20) on a line drive to right fielder James Wood. Mickey Moniak scores. Jake McCarthy to 3rd. WSH 2, COL 3
B2 Cole Carrigg Cole Carrigg singles on a line drive to center fielder Jacob Young. Jake McCarthy scores. WSH 2, COL 4
T3 CJ Abrams CJ Abrams homers (24) on a fly ball to right center field. José Tena scores. WSH 4, COL 4
B3 Kyle Karros Kyle Karros grounds out, second baseman Nasim Nuñez to first baseman Luis García Jr. Willi Castro scores. WSH 4, COL 5
T4 James Wood James Wood doubles (24) on a line drive to left fielder Jake McCarthy. Keibert Ruiz scores. Nasim Nuñez scores. WSH 6, COL 5
B5 TJ Rumfield TJ Rumfield singles on a line drive to right fielder James Wood. Hunter Goodman scores. WSH 6, COL 6
B6 Mickey Moniak Mickey Moniak homers (16) on a fly ball to right center field. WSH 6, COL 7
T7 Jorbit Vivas Jorbit Vivas out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Jake McCarthy. James Wood scores. WSH 7, COL 7
B8 Hunter Goodman Hunter Goodman homers (31) on a fly ball to left center field. WSH 7, COL 8

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 202200100 7
COL 041011010 8

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Nationals AWAY 7

Nationals opened with Carson Palmquist, then turned the bulk of the game over to Miles Mikolas. Out of the bullpen, Clayton Beeter took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Carson Palmquist Opener 1.2 36 4 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Carson Palmquist threw
    CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 45% 3.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 22 61% 2 1 5 10 4
    Sinker 8 22% 1 4 1 1 1
    Four-Seam Fastball 6 17% 1 0 0 3 2
  • Miles Mikolas Bulk 3.2 66 3 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Orlando Ribalta Setup 0.2 8 0 2 inherited 3, stranded 3
  • Matt Krook Setup 1.0 16 0 1
  • Clayton Beeter Middle 1.0 16 1 0 L
Rockies HOME 8

Michael Lorenzen started for Rockies, leaving trailing 5–6. Out of the bullpen, Jimmy Herget took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Michael Lorenzen Starter 3.2 80 6 5
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Michael Lorenzen threw
    CSW 21% 1st-pitch strike 63% 4.2 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Changeup 19 24% 1 1 6 9 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 19 24% 1 2 6 4 6
    Sinker 17 21% 1 6 5 2 3
    Cutter 17 21% 0 3 5 8 1
    Sweeper 4 5% 2 0 1 1 0
    Slider 2 3% 0 0 0 2 0
    Curveball 2 3% 0 0 0 1 1
  • Brennan Bernardino Middle 1.1 14 0 1 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Victor Vodnik Middle 1.0 6 0 0
  • Jimmy Herget Middle 1.0 28 1 1 BS
  • Juan Mejia Middle 1.0 11 0 1 W
  • Jordan Romano Closer 1.0 11 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 8th · off Beeter
  • Goodman HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · WSH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
James Wood RF 5 1 2 2 0 2 .273 .401 .556 .957 2 2B
Luis García Jr. 1B 5 0 2 0 0 1 .281 .312 .546 .858 3B
Jorbit Vivas DH 0 0 0 1 0 0 .239 .321 .332 .653
CJ Abrams SS 3 2 2 4 1 0 .279 .354 .538 .892 2 HR (23, 24)
Curtis Mead 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .258 .349 .509 .858
Daylen Lile LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 .247 .298 .409 .707 2B
Keibert Ruiz C 3 1 0 0 1 0 .275 .305 .464 .769
Nasim Nuñez 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .250 .331 .296 .627
Jacob Young CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .230 .285 .382 .667
José Tena DH 2 2 1 0 0 0 .243 .309 .407 .716
Andrés Chaparro DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .342 .439 .781
HOME · COL
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jake McCarthy LF 5 1 2 1 0 2 .307 .351 .513 .864 2B
Cole Carrigg CF 5 0 3 1 0 0 .301 .376 .522 .898 SB
Hunter Goodman C 5 2 2 1 0 1 .257 .326 .565 .891 HR (31), 2B
Willi Castro 2B 5 1 1 0 0 1 .263 .331 .399 .730 2B
TJ Rumfield 1B 3 1 1 1 1 0 .297 .380 .475 .855
Kyle Karros 3B 2 1 0 1 1 0 .258 .357 .426 .783
Mickey Moniak DH 4 2 2 2 0 0 .280 .325 .569 .894 HR (16)
Troy Johnston RF 3 0 1 1 0 0 .296 .366 .409 .775
Ezequiel Tovar SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 .195 .239 .320 .559

Pitching lines

AWAY · WSH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Carson Palmquist 1.2 4 4 4 1 2 0 36 8.74
Miles Mikolas 3.2 6 3 3 0 1 1 66 5.60
Orlando Ribalta 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 3.81
Matt Krook 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 16 8.64
Clayton Beeter 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 16 3.94 L
HOME · COL
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Michael Lorenzen 3.2 7 6 6 1 5 2 80 6.53
Brennan Bernardino 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.81
Victor Vodnik 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.46
Jimmy Herget 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 28 4.39 BS
Juan Mejia 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 5.40 W
Jordan Romano 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 6.59 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
Blake Butera
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · COL
Warren Schaeffer
Warren Schaeffer
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 1.7 R IBBs 3.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
2-8 L1 -19 run diff
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HOME · COL
3-7 L3 -10 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with WSH listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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