The Colorado Rockies Are Now Part of Unique Baseball History

By being involved in two near no-hitters in the same week, the Colorado Rockies are now part of a special and unique group in baseball history.

The Colorado Rockies, the worst team in the National League, joined some very rare and unique baseball history this week by being involved in two near no-hitters. 

Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

the Rockies are the 3rd team in the expansion era (1961) to play 2 games with no-hit bids broken up in 9th or later in a week’s span, joining: 

4/23-28, 1989 TOR (both batting side) 

9/24-30, 1988 TOR (both pitching side) 

h/t @EliasSports

the Rockies are the 3rd team in the expansion era (1961) to play 2 games with no-hit bids broken up in 9th or later in a week’s span, joining:

4/23-28, 1989 TOR (both batting side)
9/24-30, 1988 TOR (both pitching side)

h/t @EliasSports

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) September 20, 2023

On Friday, Sept. 15, the Rockies nearly no-hit the San Francisco Giants, carrying the no-no into the top of the ninth inning. The Rockies eventually won the game 3-2. Chase Anderson threw the bulk of that game, tossing 7.0 no-hit innings with seven strikeouts.

Then, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, the Rockies were nearly no-hit themselves by the San Diego Padres. They ended up losing that game 2-0 as Xander Bogaerts hit a walk-off home run. Padres' lefty Blake Snell threw 7.0 shutout innings in that one and strengthened his case for the National League Cy Young.

The Rockies are 56-95 on the year so this footnote in history may be the most interesting thing that happens to them all season. They have lost four games in a row and are a whopping 37.5 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West.

The Rockies are off on Thursday but will be back in action on Friday afternoon when they take on the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

First pitch is scheduled for 2:20 p.m. ET.

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