Ramírez, Guardians win 4th in a row, beat sloppy Rockies 4-2

José Ramírez doubled for his eighth consecutive game with an extra-base hit and the Cleveland Guardians matched a season high with their fourth victory in a row to beating the sloppy Rockies.

Ramírez hit an opposite-field grounder that hugged the third-base line against an exaggerated shift in the first inning. He is the first major leaguer with extra-base hits in eight consecutive games since Cincinnati’s Joey Votto in 2020.

The Guardians have won 13 of 16.

“We come out of here feeling good, but there was some closeness to every game,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. “It’s not always perfect, but they keep plugging. They keep trying to pick each other up. It makes for a fun dugout.”

Amed Rosario extended his hitting streak to 10 games with an RBI single to cap a three-run third inning for a 3-0 lead. He is 18 for 42 (.429) during his hitting string and was 6 for 13 with three extra-base hits in the series at Coors Field.

Triston McKenzie (4-5) gave up one run in six innings.

He worked around seven hits, striking out six and walking one. He gave up two hits in each of the first two innings but did not allow a run, striking out three.

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Emmnauel Clase earned saves in all three games, and each one ended with a double-play grounder. He used a slider to get Brendan Rodgers to hit into a double play with runners on first and third to finish the series.

“The key is to execute those uncomfortable pitches and also be confident that you can execute those pitches,” Clase, who has 14 saves, said through an interpreter. “I know my stuff. I know the stuff that can get that pitch when the situation allows.”

Said McKenzie: “After the two (game-ending double plays), I was like, oh, please, we need a third just to make it a clean sweep.”

Brian Serven, who tripled, and Connor Joe each had a career-high four hits for Colorado, which has lost 10 of 14. Colorado had 11 hits but was 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.

Joe singled in Severn to make it 3-1 in the fifth. But the Rockies could only get C.J. Cron’s sacrifice fly after loading the bases with no outs in the seventh.

“They are getting paid a lot of money to make good pitches, and they did that,” Serven said. “They made good pitches when they had to. It was a tough one.”

The Rockies committed two errors leading to unearned runs in the second and seventh innings and have at least one error in their last 13 home games, the longest streak in franchise history. Colorado has made a major league-high 54 errors.

Chad Kuhl (4-4) gave up two earned runs in five innings.

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