Rockies don’t score for 27 innings, get swept by San Diego
The narrative going into this season of Major League Baseball is seeing if anyone can stop the Los Angeles Dodgers. They’ve assembled an all-star lineup by spending a billion dollars, and it already paid off with a World Series title last October.
There are a minuscule handful of teams that could actually defeat the Dodgers in a seven-game series, and if the cards fall into place, the San Diego Padres are a squad that could do it. The Colorado Rockies have already had a taste this season to see how they stack-up against a contender, getting swept by the Philadelphia Phillies, but got punched in the mouth by this Padres team that is World Series-ready.
The lineup was missing Brenton Doyle due to minor quad strain all series that clearly just shutdown the offense. The Rockies weren’t able to scrap together a single run across all 27 innings in Petco Park, making it the first time they’ve been blanked in three straight games. It also threatens the club’s all-time record of not scoring in 30 consecutive innings, which might be broke in game one against LA next.
Game one on Friday saw the Padres preserve a perfect home record against the Rockies, who they’ve had trouble beating over the last couple of seasons. Colorado only strung together three hits on the game, all from Kyle Farmer. 0-for-26 outside of Farmer in the two hole with 15 team strikeouts.
Germán Márquez got pushed around on his third start of the season, with the final box showing 4.2 innings with five earned runs on the board. He held the Padres through four innings until the bottom of the fifth for a 12-batter, six-run rally.
They lost on offense, defense and pitching. Two errors from Hunter Goodman at catcher and four strikeouts from Zac Veen spotlighted the Rockies 8-0 loss.
In game two, the Rox actually out-hit San Diego 4-3, but lost the game 2-0. Chase Dollander made his second career start and struck out seven, nearly going into the sixth. His outing was the highlight of the series, with Colorado’s future star navigating through one of the most dangerous lineups in the league.
Veen got dumped from leadoff in game one to the nine hole, where he got his third hit of the year. Farmer continued to put bat on ball for two more hits. By the end of the series, Farmer went 5-for-10, while the rest of the lineup swung for a combined 4-for-81.
In some way, the series finale was actually the worst game of the series. In a 6-0 loss, the Rockies managed two hits off Padres’ Micheal King, who pitched the entire game. It was the first complete game of 2025, collecting eight strikeouts along the way.
Ezequiel Tovar and Micheal Toglia had the only hits, but without the charge of Doyle the lineup looked helpless. Adael Amador, the teams 22-year-old prospect got the call in return to the injury and went 0-for-3. He made his major league debut last season but was disappointing and didn’t make the Opening Day roster, with the club saying he needed to work on defense. However, he helped turn three double plays in the final game at second base.
“They out-pitched us and outhit us this series, couldn’t get the bats on track,” Rox Manager Bud Black said. “It’s been frustrating for the guys, the work isn’t translating.”
It was a long series for Rockies fans. The body language of each guy walking back after the 32 strikeouts in the series was a reminder of how far this team is away from not only making the postseason, but even competing for a .500 record. It will be another long three games in their upcoming set against the Dodgers in L.A. First pitch of the series is on Monday, April 14 at 8:10 p.m. MT.