The Colorado Rockies were hoping their offense would take flight after last night’s showing, but unfortunately it did not. Instead, the offense was limited to just four hits, while Chase Dollander got roughed up for the first time this season.
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Braves 9, Rockies 1: Just one wing at Coors Field tonight
Brennan Bernardino served as the opener, and he left Dollander with a mess right off the bat. Bernardino failed to get out of the first inning giving up a single to Ronald Acuña Jr., and then he surrendering a two-run homer to Drake Baldwin to make it a 2-0 ballgame with zero outs in the first.
Ozzie Albies then doubled before Matt Olson finally flew out to center record the first out for Bernardino. A wild pitch allowed him to advance to third, and then Bernardino struck out Michael Harris II.
Warren Schaeffer likely envisioned Bernardino finishing at least the first inning, if not multiple innings, but ended up lifting him after just 0.2 innings. Dollander entered and immediately walked Mauricio Dubón, but then struck out Austin Riley to limit the damage.
The Braves Chase’d Dollander
Dollander started off the second inning strong with a strikeout of Mike Yastrzemski, but then gave up a double to Jorge Mateo. Acuña then came up to the plate and grounded out, but he pulled up halfway to first base. Hopefully it’s not an extended injury, given his history.
Next up, Baldwin singled to score Mateo and put the Braves up 3-0 but then Ozzie Albies struck out to end the inning.
Dollander recorded a 1-2-3 third, but the fourth and fifth got dicey.
The fourth started off with a walk to Austin Riley, which inevitably came back around to haunt. Yastrzemsky popped out to Karros, but then Riley stole second and then was knocked to third by a Mateo single. Eli White — who entered for Acuña — bunted, which scored Riley and moved Mateo to third. Baldwin struck again, though, with an RBI double to put the Braves up 5-1 and then Albies hit a sac fly to score White. Matt Olson flied out to end the inning, but the damage was done.
The fifth inning started with a single by Harris, which turned into two bases on an error committed by Troy Johnston. Dubón grounded out, but Riley homered to center to put the Braves up 8-1.
It was just Dollander’s fourth home run allowed this year, but he came back to get Yastrzemski and Mateo.
The sixth featured a lot of traffic, but nobody came around to score. Dollander was lifted after the sixth with a final line of 5.1 IP, 8 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR. He threw 97 pitches, 61 for strikes.
“I thought (Dollander) was just a little behind today,” Schaeffer said after the game. “I think (it was) unusual, with some walks. The breaking ball and the off-speed stuff — not enough strikes out of those so he relied on his fastball a little more. And they got him. I mean, that’s a good lineup. Tip your hat to that lineup, it’s a really good lineup.”
Dollander echoed that postgame with the media.
“I just didn’t get ahead and then didn’t put guys away when I needed to,” he said. “I started falling behind when I got ahead and it’s not conducive to success.”
When asked about pitching behind an opener versus starting, Dollander responded that it doesn’t change his mentality.
“I’m just trying to get the guys innings and put up zeroes just like I was when I was starting,” he said. “The mentality does not change at all. If you fall into that trap, it’s not good for pitching.”
You can watch Dollander’s full postgame interview here (courtesy of Patrick Saunders).
The Rockies offense, once again, was MIA tonight. They did not record a hit until the third inning, when Kyle Karros singled to lead off the inning. Ezequiel Tovar and Troy Johnston both flied out to center, but then Jordan Beck smacked a double to (barely) score Karros and end the shutout.
Brenton Doyle struck out, but at least the Rockies plated a run.
But that was the end of the scoring.
There was some traffic in the fifth, when Karros and Tovar walked back-to-back to start the inning, but Johnston grounded into a force out, Beck was called out on strikes, and Doyle struck out swinging to strand the runners.
Their next hit wouldn’t come until the seventh, when Brett Sullivan led off with a single. But then three-straight strikeouts stranded him at first. Willi Castro got a hit with one out in the ninth, but Sullivan grounded into a double play to end the game.
In total the Rockies offense mustered just four hits, but walked three times and struck out 12 (11 of those were against Chris Sale).
The Rox will look to avoid the sweep at the hands of the Braves tomorrow afternoon. Kyle Freeland will face Spencer Strider, who is making his 2026 debut. First pitch is at 1:10pm.
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Severe thunderstorms may bring tornadoes, hail the size of tennis balls and winds up to 70 mph to Colorado’s Eastern Plains on Saturday afternoon, National Weather Service forecasters said.
A severe thunderstorm watch is active for Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and Yuma counties until 9 p.m., forecasters said in an alert.
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming until 9 PM MDT pic.twitter.com/XNece63Mjw
— NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) May 30, 2026
Communities could see vehicle damage from hail and damage to roofs, siding and trees from wind, forecasters said.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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As Weld County and Northern Colorado continue to grow, leaders at the Greeley-Weld County Airport are preparing for an expansion they say will position the facility as a major transportation and economic hub for the region.
Airport director Cooper Anderson said the airport has reached a point where additional growth on its current footprint is no longer possible.
“We have reached our capacity, here, as far as growth on the south side of the airport,” Anderson said.
The airport is now developing land northeast of its existing facilities to accommodate larger aircraft and future aviation services.
“We needed to find a new area to expand and allow larger corporate jets, and eventual charters and commercial service down the road,” Anderson said.
Construction is already underway or completed on several infrastructure projects, including expanded taxiways and sites for future hangars. Anderson said the area being developed was farmland just a few years ago.
“It used to be corn fields, but since then we have ran water, sewage and gas is coming next week,” Anderson said.
The expansion effort has been supported by a combination of local and federal funding. Anderson noted that approximately $850,000 in federal funding was previously secured to develop a master design and long-term vision for the airport, with local money helping execute the plan. Additional federal tax dollars in recent years also helped fund taxiway expansion projects that have prepared the airport for future growth.
Now, Colorado leaders in congress are seeking millions more in federal funding to continue that momentum.
Rep. Gabe Evans, who represents Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, said the airport plays an important role in one of the nation’s busiest aviation corridors.
“The northern Front Range of Colorado is one of the densest airspace systems in the nation,” Evans said.
Before entering Congress, Evans served as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot out of Buckley Air Force Base and frequently flew throughout Northern Colorado. He said improvements at the Greeley airport would have benefits extending well beyond Weld County, noting other airports are overcrowded to the point of causing some nearby residents to complain of sound.
“It really does impact the entire Front Range,” Evans said.
Evans is working to secure additional federal funding that would help construct and staff an air traffic control tower in Greeley while supporting continued infrastructure improvements.
“When those bills are passed and sent to the president’s desk, writtten into those bills as a line item is several more million dollars to continue to expand the infrastructure at the Greeley airport,” Evans said. “So you can actually start to bring business flights into the Greeley airport and pull a lot of that traffic off of some of the overburdened airports in the metro area.”
Anderson said federal support demonstrates broad confidence in the airport’s future as a hub for business and travel.
“Having the addition of Congressman Evans’ office, and their congressional funding, I think shows how much everybody believes in this,” Anderson said.
That confidence is already attracting attention from the private sector, Anderson said, with major companies expressing interest in locating operations at the airport.
“Greeley’s population is booming. Weld County’s population in general is growing,” Anderson said.
Airport leaders view the expansion as a way to support economic development across the region.
“By us growing, and expanding our services, we are also helping the city of Greeley, Weld County and surrounding Northern Colorado communities and being able to grow economic opportunities for them,” Anderson said.
As the airport prepares for future growth, officials have also upgraded emergency response capabilities. The airport recently acquired two fire trucks that will improve its ability to respond to incidents involving larger aircraft. The vehicles also allow firefighters to use newer, non-toxic firefighting foam, replacing older products that posed environmental concerns.
Airport officials say those improvements will help ensure the facility can safely accommodate larger aircraft and increased traffic in the years ahead.
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