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Nov 10, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
Michael Porter Jr. hit a mid-range jumper with seven seconds left and the Denver Nuggets won their fifth straight, 122-120 over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night. By DENNIS GEORGATOSThe Associated PressNovember 11, 2024 at 4:02AMDENVER — Michael Porter Jr. hit a mid-range jumper with seven seconds left and the Denver Nuggets won their fifth straight, 122-120 over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
DENVER — Arturri Lehkonen scored the go-ahead goal on a power play in his season debut and Nathan MacKinnon had five assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night. Mikko Rantanen added two goals for the Avalanche, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Ivan Ivan, Nikolai Kovalenko and Chris Wagner also scored for Colorado.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
DENVER — Nikola Jokic scored 27 points and Michael Porter Jr. had 20 as the Denver Nuggets used a third-quarter offensive surge to beat the Utah Jazz 129-103 on Saturday night for their first home win of the season. Julian Strawther added 19 points and Christian Braun 17 for the Nuggets, who sent the winless Jazz to their sixth consecutive loss to start the season. Jokic also had 16 rebounds and nine assists.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
Nikita Kucherov scored the first of three Tampa Bay goals in the opening 5 1/2 minutes and the Lightning beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Wednesday night for their third straight win. By DENNIS GEORGATOSThe Associated PressOctober 31, 2024 at 4:04AMDENVER — Nikita Kucherov scored the first of three Tampa Bay goals in the opening 5 1/2 minutes and the Lightning beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Wednesday night for their third straight win.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
DENVER — Nathan MacKinnon scored with 40.1 seconds left on the clock in overtime and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Friday night for their first win of the season. Ross Colton scored two goals, both in the third period, and Casey Mittelstadt, playing in his 200th consecutive game, also had a goal for his 200th career point with a goal for the Avalanche. Alexandar Georgiev had 16 saves. Leo Carlsson, Ryan Strome and Troy Terry scored for Anaheim.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
Iván Herrera had two hits and two runs scored, Masyn Winn tripled and doubled and Erick Fedde struck out 10 as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Wednesday night. By DENNIS GEORGATOSThe Associated PressSeptember 26, 2024 at 3:16AMDENVER — Iván Herrera had two hits and two runs scored, Masyn Winn tripled and doubled and Erick Fedde struck out 10 as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Wednesday night.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
Diamondbacks: OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. played in a simulated game at the team's Arizona training facility and is very close to returning from a strained left calf that has sidelined him since Sept. 2. ''Getting close means it could happen a lot sooner than later. We're very hopeful for that,'' manager Torey Lovullo said. Rockies: RHP Antonio Senzatela, reinstated from the injured list Monday ahead of his first start in 16 months following Tommy John surgery, came out of the three-inning outing well.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
DENVER — Hunter Goodman and Ezequiel Tovar hit home runs, Ryan Feltner pitched into the seventh inning for his first victory at Coors Field in two years, and the Colorado Rockies beat Arizona 8-2 on Tuesday night, dealing a setback to the Diamondbacks' playoff hopes. Tovar, who also homered in Monday's 3-2 win over Arizona, finished with three hits and drove in two runs. Goodman also homered Monday and connected for his 13th of the season off Blake Walston in the seventh.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
DENVER — Brenton Doyle scored the winning run on a ninth-inning throwing error, and Colorado dealt a blow to the Arizona Diamondbacks' playoff chances with a 3-2 win Monday night in a game that marked the return of Rockies pitcher Antonio Senzatela from Tommy John surgery. Ezequel Tovar and Hunter Goodman homered for the Rockies, who beat the Diamondbacks for only the third time in 11 meetings this season.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
startribune.com | DENNIS GEORGATOSThe |Dennis Georgatos
Chicago led 2-0 when Bellinger started the fourth by driving a 91 mph sinker from Kyle Freeland into the right-field seats behind the out-of-town scoreboard for his 18th home run. He just missed a second homer, driving a flyball to straightaway center in the sixth that Doyle caught at the wall. Cubs: LHP Justin Steele, on the 15-day injured list with elbow tendinitis, could be on the verge of rejoining the rotation after another strong bullpen session Saturday.
