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Tomoyuki Sugano set the tone, Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar provided the power, and Cole Carrigg turned on the juice in the Rockies’ 7-3 win over the Cubs on Tuesday night.
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The Rockies never let the Chicago into the game, and the usual chants of “Let’s go Cubbies!” that envelop Coors Field were muted and infrequent.
Carrigg, making his major league debut, electrified the crowd in the fifth inning with a triple down the right field line. The speed that made him such a fan favorite at Triple-A Albuquerque was on full display as he rounded first, blew around second, and slid headfirst into third for his first major league hit.
The Rockies staked an early lead on Goodman’s two-run, opposite-field homer in the first off right-hander Colin Rea. Goodman has 18 home runs, the most for a catcher in franchise history before the All-Star break. He broke his own record of 17, set last season.
Tovar led off the second with a 433-foot missile to left-center, his fourth.
Edouard Julien, who’s broken out of a deep May slump, went 2 for 3 with a double and drove in three runs.
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Sugano did what he’s been doing: provided a solid foundation and put Colorado in a position to win. The veteran right-hander pitched five-plus innings, yielding three runs on six hits. He walked two and struck out three.
He was not very efficient, needing 93 pitches (54 strikes) and fell behind in a lot of counts, but he never let the game spin out of control, as so many Colorado starters have done lately. He did lose his edge in the sixth when Chicago leadoff hitter Michael Busch led off with a 424-foot homer to left. Busch ripped a 3-2 fastball left over the middle of the plate and high in the zone. When Sugano subsequently gave up a single to Alex Bregman, Sugano’s night was done.
Colorado’s bullpen, a disaster area of late, put the Cubs away with relative ease.
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This story was originally published June 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM.