Despite splitting their doubleheader with the Seattle Mariners on Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Rockies become the latest member of an unhappy group in Major League history.
The Colorado Rockies and Seattle Mariners split their doubleheader on Sunday, but in the process, the Rockies made some regrettable baseball history.
Since the Washington Senators trailed in their first 32 games in 1957, the Colorado Rockies are the only MLB team to trail at any stage in all 22 of their season’s opening games.
The Colorado Rockies are first MLB team to trail at any point in each of their first 22 games of a season since the Washington Senators trailed in their first 32 games in 1957. pic.twitter.com/u8uj5EXq2X
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With a 5-17 record for the season, the Rockies are only one win better than the Chicago White Sox in terms of record in baseball. They haven’t attended a World Series since 2007 and haven’t made it to the playoffs since 2018. Nor have they ever won one.
It appears unlikely that they will end such droughts based on these statistics.
Game 1 of the doubleheader was won by Colorado, 2-1, after ten innings. JP Crawford singled to put the M’s ahead 1-0 in the top of the tenth, forcing the Rockies to fall behind once more. The score was now 0-0. Fortunately, Ryan McMahon’s walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth gave them the victory.
On Monday night, the Rockies and San Diego Padres will begin a new series. Dylan Cease, pitching for the Friars against Austin Gomber, is scheduled to make the opening pitch at Coors Field at 8:40 p.m. ET.
Since being acquired this summer from the Chicago White Sox, Cease is 2-1 with a 1.99 ERA. Gomber has an ERA of 4.95 and is 0-1. For the Padres, the soft-tossing southpaw will have to navigate a fairly strong right-handed lineup.