Mike Trout hits 400th homer, German Marquez makes final start at Coors Field as Angels beat Rockies

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post on Sep 20, 2025

Published in Baseball

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DENVER — An epic milestone and an emotional finale colored the Angels-Rockies game on Saturday night at Coors Field.

Mike Trout, the Angels’ future Hall of Famer, hit the 400th home run of his career, crushing reliever Jaden Hill’s 3-1, 97.8 mph fastball 485 feet to left-center. The homer was the fireworks to the Angels’ 3-0 victory.

The Rockies’ record slid to 42-113, and they were shut out for the 17th time this season. They loaded the bases in the ninth against Angels right-hander Luis García, but he induced Jordan Beck to ground into a third-to-first double play.

Trout became the 59th member of Major League Baseball’s 400 home run club. The only other player to hit his 400th homer against the Rockies was Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., who launched his 400th on April 10, 2000, at Coors.

Lost in the history of Trout’s milestone was the quiet goodbye of veteran right-hander German Marquez, who almost certainly pitched his final game in a Rockies uniform in Denver. Marquez will become a free agent at the end of the season, and the Rockies have no plans to re-sign him.

It wasn’t vintage Marquez on Saturday night, but there were flashes of the 2021 All-Star who has struck out more batters than any pitcher in franchise history. Over his seven innings, the right-hander allowed just three hits, struck out five, and walked just one. He has fanned 1,068 batters in his 10-year career with Colorado.

Unfortunately for Marquez, two of the three hits he allowed were home runs. Taylor Ward led off the second with a 410-foot fly into the left-center seats. In the sixth, Nolan Schanuel led off with a 409-foot home run to right.

But it was a strong rebound performance for the 30-year-old. He was 0-3 with a 12.96 ERA in his previous four starts since coming off the injured list on Aug. 29. He had not whiffed more than two hitters in any of those four starts, and twice, he failed to record a strikeout. That had never happened before.

Injuries wiped out what could have been the peak of Marquez’s career. He made just four starts in 2023 before he was sidelined with an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery. He made just one start last season when he suffered a stress reaction in his repaired elbow.

Soft-tossing Angels right-hander Kyle Hendricks was a Rubik’s Cube the Rockies couldn’t solve. The veteran pitched seven scoreless innings, allowed just three singles, walked none and struck out five.

The Rockies, 24-56 at Coors Field, host their final home game of the season on Sunday afternoon.

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