Kopech gives up career-worst nine runs as White Sox get clobbered by Rockies
DENVER (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar, Elias Díaz and Ryan McMahon all homered, Peter Lambert pitched seven strong innings, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago White Sox 14-1 Friday night.
The Rockies finished with a season-high scoring total after coming in having lost seven of their past eight games and 15 of 21.
Tovar and Díaz each hit two-run home runs as part of a five-run first inning that gave Colorado a comfortable lead. Ryan McMahon got his team-leading 21st homer on a 433-foot shot in the fourth inning.
Díaz had three hits after coming in .207 with just two home runs in 27 games since being named the All-Star game MVP. In the fifth-inning, the 223-pound catcher had his second career stolen base and his first since June 2017.
Lambert (3-4) gave up Elvis Andrus' 100th career home run on the first pitch of the game before he settled in to allow just four hits and no runs over the next six innings. His seven innings were a season high and the most since his first career MLB appearance in 2019.
Michael Kopech (5-11) gave up a career-worst nine runs over four innings for the White Sox, who have lost five of six and 17 of their last 24. They fell to a season-worst 26 games below .500.
Andrus finished with three of Chicago's four hits.
BROTHERLY LOVE
This game pitted White Sox reliever Jimmy Lambert and younger brother, Peter, on opposing teams for the first time. The two played together before, most recently in high school.
Jimmy said he and his brother speak often and are helpful resources to one another.
"I'd like to say he looks up to me in ways, but there are definitely ways I look up to him," Jimmy said. "He's kind of shown me what's possible in this game at times. It's been really special this year for sure."
TRAINER'S ROOM
WHITE SOX: OF Eloy Jiménez was placed on the paternity list and will miss the series against the Rockies. In a corresponding move, INF Lenyn Sosa was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte and was inserted into the lineup Friday at second base.
UP NEXT
White Sox RHP Jesse Scholtens (1-5, 3.20 ERA) will face off against Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (4-13, 4.94) Saturday.
