Pirates ace Paul Skenes, making his first start at Coors Field, was nearly untouchable for five innings on a stormy Saturday afternoon. Then the Rockies jabbed him, and Jordan Beck threw a haymaker en route to an 8-5 win.
Colorado, owners of a 6-8 record since the All-Star break, clinched the three-game series. It was Colorado’s fifth series win of the season. A cloudburst arrived just before the eighth inning, delaying the game for 1 hour, 4 minutes.
There was, possibly, some bad news for Colorado when closer Seth Halvorsen departed the game in the ninth with an apparent injury.