{"id":72058,"date":"2024-05-01T10:53:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=72058"},"modified":"2024-05-01T10:53:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:53:39","slug":"rockies-blow-lead-to-marlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/01\/rockies-blow-lead-to-marlins\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies Edged into the Inevitable Within the MLB History Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Rockies are one of the worst teams in baseball. The club hit a new low against the Miami Marlins in Tuesday night&#8217;s 7-6 loss to the Miami Marlins. The Rockies became the first team since 1900 to trail in each of its first 29 games. It broke a tie with the St. Louis Browns, who set the record in 1910 after trailing in their first 28 games.\u00a0 The mark was also set in the final inning with Colorado not behind until the final pitch. This Rockies team has been stuck in no man&#8217;s land since the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rockies \/ Marlins was the first game in MLB history with:<\/p>\n<p>-a 5+ run top of the 1st<br \/>\n-a 5+ run bottom of the 9th<br \/>\n-no runs in between<\/p>\n<p>h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliasSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@EliasSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PPITrOnV30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/PPITrOnV30<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SlangsOnSports\/status\/1785490952322195495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Rockies Make Dreadful History in Miami<\/h2>\n<p>The last time the Rockies were either tied or ahead for an entire game dates back to September 26, 2023, against the Los Angeles Dodgers.\u00a0The Rockies had a chance to change the momentum within the clubhouse, especially after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/feltnry01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Feltner&#8217;s<\/a> solid performance on the mound. He proceeded to throw eight innings of shutout baseball. Then the bottom of the ninth arrived. Feltner began the inning by allowing three baserunners with an RBI double by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/arraelu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Arr\u00e1ez<\/a>, ending his bid for a shutout win. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lawreju01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Lawrence<\/a> came into the game, which didn&#8217;t go as planned. Lawrence coughed up for straight baserunners, then a game-tying sacrifice fly to push the game into extra innings.<\/p>\n<p>While the Rockies got another lead thanks to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcmahry01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan McMahon<\/a> double in the 10th inning, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/delacbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryan De La Cruz<\/a> double and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/myersda01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dane Myers<\/a> single put an end to the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That was a tough one. We shot ourselves in the foot,&#8221; said Rockies manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=blackbu02,blackbu01&amp;search=Bud+Black&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bud Black<\/a>, via The Denver Post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Marlins win on a walk off after trailing 5-0 in the 1st inning to the Rockies!! Put win #7 in the win column! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/juntosmiami?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#juntosmiami<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jrh7oASB5F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Jrh7oASB5F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Moser (@TheMozKnowz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMozKnowz\/status\/1785484467055833580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Can This Rockies Team Do Next?<\/h3>\n<p>At this point, the Rockies need to continue to let their young guys play every game they possibly can. As they develop, hone, and craft their skills, these prospects can try to build something special. Let this embarrassing record they have now be fuel to the fire for what&#8217;s to come in the future. There&#8217;s talent and a unique skill set to them, they just need to capitalize on it. Once some of these younger prospects like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beckjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-01_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Beck<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/tovarez01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ezequiel Tovar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doylebr02.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brenton Doyle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/monteel01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elehuris Montero<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goodmhu01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hunter Goodman<\/a> get equated they could have an opportunity to turn this team around.<\/p>\n<p>The one bright side to last night was Beck, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/30\/what-calling-up-the-rockies-no-4-prospect-means-for-the-club\/\" target=\"_self\">who was promoted earlier this week<\/a>, went 2-for-4 on the night. He singled in his first at-bat.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: \u00a9 Rhona Wise-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Rockies are one of the worst teams in baseball. The club hit a new low against the Miami Marlins in Tuesday night&#8217;s 7-6 loss to the Miami Marlins. The Rockies became the first team since 1900 to trail in each of its first 29 games. It broke a tie with the St. Louis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4893,"featured_media":72065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1071],"tags":[3936,4639,6154,5014,5733,28320],"class_list":["post-72058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rockies","category-mlb","tag-brenton-doyle","tag-elehuris-montero","tag-ezequiel-tovar","tag-hunter-goodman","tag-jordan-beck","tag-ryan-feltner"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}