Toronto Blue Jays at Colorado Rockies: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 2 |
| COL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
The Story
The Toronto Blue Jays outlasted the Colorado Rockies 13-9 at Coors Field on September 1, 2023, in a high-scoring affair that saw the lead change hands before Toronto ultimately pulled away. The DiamondIQ model's pre-game estimate gave Colorado just a 36% chance of winning at home, and that probability reached 0% by the final out. The game's most pivotal sequence unfolded across the sixth and seventh innings, when the contest swung dramatically on a series of extra-base hits that shifted momentum entirely in Toronto's favor.
The biggest single play of the game came in the bottom of the sixth, when Nolan Jones launched a home run off Génesis Cabrera that added 41.1 percentage points to Colorado's win probability, briefly swinging the game back toward the Rockies after Toronto had taken a narrow lead. But the Blue Jays answered immediately. Danny Jansen's home run off Chris Flexen in the top of the sixth contributed a 23.5-point WPA swing for Toronto, and the Blue Jays continued to pile on in the seventh, with Alejandro Kirk doubling off Brent Suter for another 23.5-point swing and Davis Schneider adding a double off Jake Bird worth 21.8 points. Toronto scored five runs in that seventh inning alone, turning what had been a contested game into a comfortable lead. Elehuris Montero had given Colorado an early spark with a third-inning home run off Hyun Jin Ryu worth 16.2 WPA points, but the Rockies could not sustain the pressure.
Jones finished as the game's top performer by a significant margin, posting a cumulative WPA of plus-48.1% and a RE24 of plus-4.4, figures that reflected both his home run and his broader contributions throughout the night. Kirk and Jansen followed with WPA totals of plus-23.5% and plus-19.9%, respectively, anchoring a Toronto lineup that produced 17 hits. On the pitching side, Jordan Hicks led Blue Jays relievers with a WPA of plus-3.6%, followed by Yimi García at plus-2.8% and Gavin Hollowell at plus-2.1%, as Toronto's bullpen held together through a Colorado ninth-inning rally that produced four runs but fell short of overcoming the deficit.