Hunter Goodman's late HR lifts Rockies over Nationals

Field Level Media|published: Wed 22nd July, 24:03 2026

Jul 21, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Washington Nationals left fielder Daylen Lile (4) holds up at home against Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman (15) in the sixth inning at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images

Hunter Goodman hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, lifting the Colorado Rockies over the Washington Nationals 8-7 in Denver on Tuesday night.

Goodman, who leads all catchers in homers with a career-high-tying 31, hit a 3-2 slider to left-center off Clayton Beeter (3-3) to give Colorado the lead.

Jordan Romano pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his seventh save, making a winner of Juan Mejia (3-6), who tossed a clean eighth.

Goodman finished with two hits, Mickey Moniak also went deep and singled, Cole Carrigg had three hits and Jake McCarthy added two hits for the Rockies.

CJ Abrams homered twice, James Wood had two doubles and two RBIs and Luis Garcia Jr. and Nasim Nunez also had two hits each for Washington.

Abrams gave the Nationals the lead with his first homer of the night, a two-run shot to right in the first. Colorado rallied to take the lead in the second against Carson Palmquist, who served as the opener for Washington.

Palmquist walked TJ Rumfield and hit Kyle Karros to start the inning. Moniak followed with an RBI single and Troy Johnston hit a sacrifice fly, then McCarthy had an RBI double with two outs and scored on Carrigg's single to make it 4-2.

Palmquist allowed four runs on four hits in 1 2/3 innings.

Abrams tied it in the third with another two-run shot, this one a 434-foot blast to the second deck in right for his team-leading 24th of the year, but the Rockies answered in the bottom of the inning against Miles Mikolas when Willi Castro led off with a double and eventually scored on a groundout.

The Nationals went back in front in the fourth on Wood's two-out, two-run double, which ended Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen's night after allowing six runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.

The Rockies tied it in the fifth on Rumfield's run-scoring single and went ahead in the sixth on Moniak's leadoff homer, his 16th of the season.

In the seventh, Wood doubled with one out, moved to third on Garcia's single and scored on pinch hitter Jorbit Vivas' sacrifice fly to make it 7-7.

--Field Level Media

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