{"id":363727,"date":"2026-08-05T21:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363727\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T21:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:06:43","slug":"colorado-rockies-vs-tampa-bay-rays-game-discussion-nick-martinez-vs-tomoyuki-sugano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/363727\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Rockies vs. Tampa Bay Rays game discussion: Nick Martinez vs. Tomoyuki Sugano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purplerow.com\/colorado-rockies-scores-standings\/98812\/the-rockies-cant-hold-off-the-rays-late-inning-comeback-lose-9-7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heartbreaking extra-inning loss on Tuesday<\/a>, the Colorado Rockies are looking to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays to close out their homestand. Pitching has had a tough time containing the Rays\u2019 offense, but perhaps their veteran right-hander today can put a stop to the skid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4, 4.47 ERA) has continually dazzled this season in a Rockies uniform, and having survived the trade deadline, Sugano will look to keep things rolling against a familiar foe. Sugano has faced the Rays just one time last season, giving up seven runs on nine hits over five innings of work. The Rays are aggressive and good at making contact, which could prove troublesome, but that was also the case against the Milwaukee Brewers on July 24, when he allowed two runs on six hits over 5.1 innings. Sugano\u2019s last outing was a beauty, as he allowed just one run on five hits over 6.2 innings against the Kansas City Royals. He has also excelled at Coors Field, carrying a 7-2 record with a 3.78 ERA over 50 innings across nine starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Nick Martinez (10-3, 2.77 ERA) has been incredible for the Rays this season after signing as a free agent. After a solid couple of seasons in Cincinnati where he split time between the bullpen and the rotation, Martinez has kicked things up a notch thanks to the pitching magic of the Rays and earned an All-Star nod this year.. He isn\u2019t a strikeout machine, but also doesn\u2019t walk a lot of batters. So, Martinez, much like Sugano, relies on his ability to induce soft contact and utilize the defense behind him. A 4.12 FIP indicates that the Rays are doing a lot of heavy lifting for him, so putting the ball in play as much as possible is still going to be the best bet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Radio: KOA 850 AM\/94.1 FM; KNRV 1150 (Spanish)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a heartbreaking extra-inning loss on Tuesday, the Colorado Rockies are looking to avoid a sweep at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135097,134638,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-363727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-colorado-rockies-discussion","tag-colorado-rockies-game-information","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}