Rockies swept by Cubs, drop to 9-47 as historically bad start continues
The Rockies last postseason win a dramatic - triumph in innings on October at Wrigley Field seems like an eon ago Colorado now the worst unit in baseball remains on the fast track to becoming the the bulk infamously bad crew in modern history And the friendly confines remain extremely unfriendly to the Rockies who were swept by the Cubs on Wednesday in Chicago in a - defeat The loss dropped the Rockies to - on the season and - on the road amid their ninth straight defeat at Wrigley Field in their ninth sweep of a dismal The Rockies lost the three games in the series by a total of four runs This was a competitive series interim manager Warren Schaeffer informed reporters It s just a matter of stringing particular hits together putting various runs on the board Once again on Wednesday the offense stalled out providing little run backing to back up a solid performance by starter Tanner Gordon as well as the bullpen It marked the th time this season that the Rockies were held to two runs or less the the majority in the majors Orlando Arcia making his Rockies debut after being issued by Atlanta and then officially signed by Colorado on Wednesday recorded the club s first hit of the evening in the third with a single to right off southpaw Matthew Boyd In the fifth Ryan McMahon and Arcia both singled to get specific traffic going but again the Rockies couldn t do anything with it against Boyd after Michael Toglia grounded into an inning-ending double play Gordon held the Cubs at bay but Chicago s two big bats hurt him National League RBI leader Seiya Suzuki roped an RBI double in the first and fellow slugging outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong added to the damage with a -foot leadoff homer to right in the fourth to extend the home lead to - Gordon was attacking the zone Schaeffer stated He left a slider over the middle of the plate to Suzuki and got hurt and then PCA went down and got that ball on the homer off a curve Overall Gordon put the ball where he required to used all of his pitches and competed well Related Articles Rockies sign veteran infielder Orlando Arcia to major league deal Rockies Mailbag What s at root of terrible record youth movement or bad veterans Rockies lose in innings to Cubs extend worst start in MLB s modern era Rockies follow familiar formula in loss to Cubs fall to - Rockies - whiff times falter in the clutch in - loss to Yankees Colorado certainly broke through against Boyd in the sixth when Mickey Moniak led off with a single Moniak advanced to third on a throwing error by Boyd on a pickoff attempt then Tyler Freeman s sacrifice fly brought Moniak home to make it - But that anemic offensive effort was all Colorado had in the tank as the Rockies struck out times I m seeing more compete just overall but we ve got certain work to do no doubt about it Schaeffer stated Especially with getting to the heater battling with two strikes You re seeing more of it but we re looking for more progress The lack of runs wasted a decent start by Gordon and then combined scoreless innings by the bullpen trio of Ryan Rolison Jimmy Herget and the in the past few days reinstated Victor Vodnik who hadn t pitched in the majors since April due to right shoulder inflammation Down to their last outs in the ninth right-hander Daniel Palencia made quick work of Colorado to earn the save and send the Rockies limping to Queens for a three-game series against the Mets starting on Friday Palencia struck out Freeman got Ezequiel Tovar to ground out and then K d Hunter Goodman with -mph heat to end the encounter The Rockies are now - at Wrigley Field since winning the Wild Card contest with eight of those losses by two or fewer runs and five by one run It s the first time in franchise history they ve been swept three straight times at Wrigley Field And with Wednesday s sweep Colorado is the seventh organization since to be swept nine or more times in the first series of a season Friday s pitching matchup The Rockies are off on Thursday before starting a three-game series at the New York Mets on Friday Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland - ERA at Mets LHP David Peterson - p m Friday Citi Field TV Rockies TV streaming Comcast Xfinity channel DirecTV Spectrum or depending on region KUSA- KTVD- Radio AM FM Trending Let s forget about the Rockies historically bad pace for a moment and focus on the showdown of Colorado southpaws on Friday pitchers who are turning in drastically different seasons Thomas Jefferson product Kyle Freeland is struggling as he s lost eight straight decisions dating back to and has allowed six or more hits in each of his last six starts Meanwhile Regis Jesuit product David Peterson is one reason for the Mets early success He s turned in four straight quality starts and has allowed just one homer in six starts at home Pitching probables Saturday Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela - at Mets RHP Kodai Senga - p m Sunday Rockies LHP Carson Palmquist - at Mets RHP Clay Holmes - a m Kyle Newman The Denver Post Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis
