The Colorado Rockies made a transfer Tuesday within the three-team race for baseball’s worst staff.
The Chicago White Sox opened the season with simply three wins of their first 25 video games, and the Miami Marlins have the worst document within the Nationwide League at 7-24, however the Rockies could have completed one thing much more dismal than both, trailing in a document 29 straight video games to start a season on their option to a 7-22 document.
Colorado surpassed the document set by the 1910 St. Louis Browns, who trailed of their first 28 video games that season. The Rockies, together with the Marlins and White Sox, stay on tempo to lose greater than 120 video games. The most recent loss got here Tuesday after Colorado led Miami 5-0 coming into the underside of the ninth.
Beginning pitcher Ryan Feltner was three outs from his first full sport — and in line for a uncommon “Maddux,” a shutout in fewer than 100 pitches. However Feltner allowed a single to Vidal Bruján, plunked Christian Bethancourt and surrendered an RBI double to Luis Arraez. The floodgates opened, and the Marlins scored 5 runs earlier than strolling off the Rockies within the backside of the tenth.
“I simply really feel like I let the staff down,” Feltner informed reporters in Miami, in line with the Related Press. “I bought to complete that ninth inning out. By no means been ready like that earlier than.”
Colorado has misplaced 12 of its final 15 and has the second-worst run differential (minus-71) within the main leagues behind the White Sox (minus-79).
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