After a weekend sweep at Coors Field by the Milwaukee Brewers, the Colorado Rockies get a day off to relax and reset.
While it might have been a pretty weekend in the beautiful Rocky Mountains, there wasn't much pretty about how the Colorado Rockies played against the Milwaukee Brewers this past weekend at Coors Field.
The Brewers, with a big lift from a potential future National League Cy Young Award winner in Jacob Misiorowski, just came into town and bull-rushed past the Rockies. Yep, the Brew Crew brought out the brooms on Sunday and put a bow on a series sweep.
What did the data look like after the series loss for the Rockies? The team was swept for the fourth time this season, and the second time at Coors Field. Colorado now sits 18 games below .500. Rockies pitching gave up seven runs in the sixth inning on Sunday. It is the third time this season that Rockies pitchers have allowed seven runs in one inning.
Rockies Struggling at Coors Field
And, well, playing at the hitter-friendly Coors Field has not been good for the home team. The Rockies have lost 15 of their last 21 games at home. They also have lost four straight after winning four of five games.
How about some good news? Left-handed pitcher Kyle Freeland set the franchise record in innings pitched. He reached 1,313.1 innings pitched in his career. Freeland passed Aaron Cook, who had 1,312.1 innings pitched, for the most innings pitched in franchise history.
Freeland is first in innings pitched, games started, and quality starts in Rockies history. He's second in career strikeouts and fourth in career wins, all with Colorado.
His statistic line in Sunday's 12-4 loss to the Brewers was not that bad. In five innings pitched, Freeland gave up seven hits, three earned runs, walked one, and struck out two.
Freeland Happy with Record-Setting Effort
“I grew up watching the team, grew up watching Aaron Cook,” Freeland said, according to Thomas Harding of MLB.com.
Freeland pitched at Denver’s Thomas Jefferson High School before pitching at the University of Evansville and being selected by the Rockies in the first round of the 2014 Draft.
“To be able to surpass him for this record for all-time innings pitched is pretty incredible, honestly,” Freeman said.
Catcher Hunter Goodman now has 17 home runs this season after hitting a solo shot in the ninth inning. The long ball has been pretty good for Goodman. He has hit a home run in four of his last six games, five of his last nine, and six of his last 11 games.
As for the Rockies' bullpen, it has been good at times. But, well, the relievers didn't do much to help out on Sunday.
Reliever Jaden Hill, who has been working to become a reliable relief pitcher for Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer, was not on his good stuff on Sunday. He suffered his second blown save and took the loss, falling to 0-2. He only made it through one-third of an inning, where he gave up five earned runs.
Keegan Thompson came in to work the final 3.2 innings, but his numbers on Sunday also weren't too hot. He allowed six hits, four earned runs, didn't walk a batter, and struck out three.
After the Monday day off, the Rockies will welcome the Chicago Cubs to Coors Field for a three-game series. Then, Colorado takes a plane trip to the West Coast where they'll play a three-game weekend series against the Athletics at Sutter Health Field in West Sacramento, Calif.
(Editor's note: Rockies Roundtable had incorrect information about the Cubs-Rockies series in Sunday's recap. The series will be played at Coors Field, not Wrigley Field. Rockies Roundtable regrets the error.)


