Rumfield, Colorado Bury Cincinnati 10-3 With Early Avalanche

Colorado didn't wait around — they put up six runs before Cincinnati had a single one on the board, and the Reds never got close. TJ Rumfield went 4-for-5 with a home run and 4 RBI, and the story of the night was a Colorado offense that looked utterly unstoppable through the first two innings.

The damage started immediately. In the first, Cole Carrigg doubled to left to score Jake McCarthy, then Rumfield singled to center to score Carrigg — a play that pushed Colorado's win probability from 74% to 80% and effectively set the tone for everything that followed. The Reds hadn't even stepped to the plate yet and were already chasing. The second inning was worse for Cincinnati: McCarthy reached on a bunt single to score Sullivan, Moniak singled to center to score McCarthy, Rumfield singled to right to score Moniak, and Castro singled to right to score Carrigg. Four runs, four singles, and a bunt — Colorado didn't need to do anything flashy. They just kept putting the ball in play and Cincinnati's pitching kept paying for it. Julian Garcia lasted only 2.2 innings, allowing 2 hits and 0 earned runs, but the damage around him was done by the time he exited.

Jose Trevino was the only Reds player who looked like he belonged in this game. He went 3-for-4 with two home runs — a 395-foot shot to left center in the third and a 424-foot blast to the same spot in the fifth — accounting for both of Cincinnati's first two runs entirely on his own. That's a legitimate two-homer effort against a Colorado staff that was otherwise in control all night. Tomoyuki Sugano went 6.1 innings, allowing 6 hits and 3 earned runs while walking nobody and striking out 3. That's a workmanlike line that looks even better given the run support he had to work with.

Rumfield put the finishing touches on it in the sixth, launching a 456-foot home run to right center that scored Carrigg and pushed the lead to 10-2. At that point, this one was a formality. Nathaniel Lowe singled home a run in the seventh to make it 10-3, but that's the kind of cosmetic run that does nothing for a team's dignity. Colorado's offense spread the damage across multiple contributors — Moniak went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI, McCarthy scored twice and drove in two, and Carrigg crossed the plate three times — which appears to be exactly the kind of balanced, relentless attack that makes a blowout feel inevitable rather than lucky. Final: Colorado 10, Cincinnati 3.