Sunday's one-run loss to the Seattle Mariners only pushed the Colorado Rockies further down the road to that century defeat level.
It's not like the Colorado Rockies have had a total collapse in the 2026 MLB season, but they've really suffered through a ton of losses lately.
That has hurt the Rockies' chances to avoid 100 losses a whole lot.
On Sunday, the Seattle Mariners defeated Colorado 2-1 at Coors Field. Colorado's lone run came on a ninth-inning solo home run from catcher Hunter Goodman. It was his 39th home run this season and his first at Coors Field since August.
The Rockies simply have not played winning baseball at all in the past few weeks. They needed to put up wins in order to give them more space away from 100 losses. Now, though, they probably will get at least one more loss before this season comes to an end.
Plenty of contributions from players
Of course, the team has had contributions from many players. Those contributions, though, have not always led to landing in the win column. Colorado lost its 99th game this season, which are the fourth-most losses in a season in franchise history.
There is no room for error. The Rockies have to win out in their final six games to not get their fourth consecutive 100-loss season. Here's how bad it has been for Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer and his team: they are 7-25 in their last 32 games.
Only seven victories? That definitely is not a recipe for success.
And, well, what about that pitching staff? In the team's last 23 games, Rockies starting pitchers have not picked up a winning decision. In that stretch, they have gone 0-10 and the Rockies have gone 5-18 in that span.
Sugano sharp on Sunday
In five innings of work on Sunday, Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano only allowed one hit and one earned run. That was Sugano's first start of allowing one or fewer hits in a game. He also retired the first 10 Mariners of the game.
Unfortunately, Colorado doesn't have time to breathe a little bit. The Arizona Diamondbacks, who are in the middle of a postseason competition in the National League, come into Coors Field for a three-game series. That's the final series at home this season for the Rockies.
The D-backs have a reason to play hard. The Rockies do, too, if they hope that Tuesday's first game of this series does not become loss No. 100. Colorado gets a day off on Monday before this series picks up.
It's just six games remaining for Colorado. And, well, it's been a season that Rockies fans wanted to be better than last season. The Rockies have 10-plus more wins than last season's pretty bad squad.
Work remains, though, for this franchise to fully make a turn toward better days. Parts are there, so Rockies president of baseball operations Paul DePodesta and general manager Josh Byrnes have their work cut out for them.
