The 2025 Colorado Rockies are officially the worst team in franchise history.
The Rockies were one-hit by the Dodgers on Monday in Los Angeles in a 3-1 loss that gave Colorado its 104th defeat, the club’s all-time high. Tyler Glasnow no-hit Colorado for seven innings, with a walk leading to the lone run scored, before rookie Ryan Ritter finally gave Colorado its first knock with a leadoff double off Tanner Scott in the ninth.
L.A.’s masterful pitching performance came just two days after Yoshinobu Yamamoto lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning in Baltimore, and the Orioles proceeded to rally to win the game 4-3. But there would be no such comeback on Monday at Dodger Stadium.
Colorado’s lone run came in the second inning. Jordan Beck led off with a walk, stole second, advanced to third on a flyout and then scored on Kyle Farmer’s sacrifice fly. It was the first time this season the Rockies scored a run without having a hit in an inning.
Chase Dollander held the lead through five sparkling innings of one-hit baseball in one of the best performances of the rookie’s young career. But the right-hander had to be lifted after issuing a leadoff walk in the sixth due to left knee discomfort.
“Chase was fantastic,” interim manager Warren Schaeffer told reporters. “His changeup was good, he was throwing his heater where he wanted to, he was climbing the ladder when he needed to and locating the breaking ball for strikes.
“… He was feeling (the knee) for a couple innings, and we were monitoring it. That four-pitch walk to the nine-hole, we saw him moving it around out there a little bit. It’s not worth the risk at that point.”
Freddie Freeman roped an RBI double off Juan Mejia to tie the game in that frame, and then Los Angeles took the lead for good on Mookie Betts’ two-out, two-run single off Angel Chivilli in the seventh.
Dollander was one of three Rockies to exit the game due to injury. Warming Bernabel came out of the game in the first inning after running into a pole while chasing a foul ball. And then Ritter, after breaking up the no-no, was removed in the ninth inning after rolling his ankle diving back into second base.
The defeat and near no-no underscored the season-long futility by Colorado, which is the first team with three straight 100-loss seasons since the Astros from 2011-13.
Along the way to franchise infamy, the Rockies have lost 52 games at home, a franchise record. They’ve also been swept 17 times, have an MLB-worst 6.04 ERA, a National League-worst 25.3% strikeout rate, and currently hold the modern-era record with a minus-372 run differential.
The Rockies have blown 38 leads and were embarrassed many times, including a 17-2 loss to Milwaukee on April 9, a 21-0 loss to San Diego on May 10, an 18-0 loss to Baltimore on July 26 and a 20-1 loss to Toronto on Aug. 6 to cap a three-game blasting in which Colorado gave up the most hits (63) in a single series in the modern era.
Tuesday’s pitching matchup
Rockies RHP German Marquez (3-12, 6.19) at Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan (5-3, 3.59)
8:10 p.m. Tuesday, Dodger Stadium
TV: Rockies.TV (streaming); Comcast/Xfinity (channel 1262); DirecTV (683); Spectrum (130, 445, 305, 435 or 445, depending on region).
Radio: 850 AM, 94.1 FM
Trending: Ezequiel Tovar hasn’t delivered the production the Rockies hoped for this season, largely due to injury. Tovar’s missed 63 games due to two injuries (left hip contusion and left oblique strain) after missing only 14 games across 2023 and ’24. But the shortstop is still hitting milestones — he notched his 100th career double last week, joining Nolan Arenado as the only players in club history to achieve that mark before turning 25.
Pitching probables
Wednesday: Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (4-14, 5.10) at Dodgers LHP Blake Snell (3-4, 3.19), 8:10 p.m.
Thursday: Rockies RHP McCade Brown (0-3, 12.54) at Padres TBA, 7:40 p.m.
— Kyle Newman, The Denver Post
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