Photos: Royals sweep Rockies with back to back wins on Thursday
Kansas City Royals versus Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. // Photo by Stephen Fuller
The Kansas City Royals took game one of three over the Colorado Rockies at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, April 22. What started off as a slow game, heated up in the ninth inning as Colorado scored three runs to take a 3-2 lead before Freddy Fermin would level the game in the bottom of the ninth, scoring on a sacrifice fly. In the top of the tenth, Fermin would go on to help save the game, throwing a runner out at third base before hitting the RBI walk-off single to give the Royals the 4-3 win in the bottom of the tenth.
After a rain delay pushed game two of the three-game series back a day to turn Thursday into a double-header for the Royals and Rockies, the ‘Yals closed out Colorado with two victories. The first game saw Cole Ragans on the mound for the Royals, where he was given plenty of offensive production to back up the pitches, as the team ended up securing a 7-4 win over the Rockies. Michael Lorenzen took the mound for the second game, pitching seven strikeouts behind six runs from the Royals’ offense to give them a 6-2 win in the later slot. The series win was much needed for the boys in blue before they prepare to take on the Houston Astros at home this evening.
Our photographer Stephen Fuller captured game one of the series:
