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Colorado Rockies Making Unfortunate History During Difficult April

The Colorado Rockies split a doubleheader on Sunday afternoon with the Seattle Mariners, but that didn't stop them from joining an unfortunate group in Major League history.

Brady Farkas

Feb 26, 2024; Salt River Pima-Maricopa, Arizona, USA; Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black against the
Feb 26, 2024; Salt River Pima-Maricopa, Arizona, USA; Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black against the / Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
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The Colorado Rockies split a doubleheader on Sunday with the Seattle Mariners, but that didn't stop the Rockies from joining some unfortunate baseball history in the process.

Per @OptaSTATS on social media:

The Colorado Rockies are first MLB team to trail at any point in each of their first 22 games of a season since the Washington Senators trailed in their first 32 games in 1957.

The Rockies are 5-17 on the season and own the second-worst record in baseball (only ahead of the Chicago White Sox). They haven't been to the playoffs since 2018 and haven't been to a World Series since 2007. They've never won one, either.

With stats like this, it doesn't look like they'll be breaking those droughts.

Colorado won Game 1 of the Doubleheader, 2-1, in 10 innings. It was 0-0 in the top of the 10th when JP Crawford hit a single to give the M's a 1-0 lead, which prompted the Rockies to trail yet again. Luckily for them, they were able to win on a walk-off single by Ryan McMahon in the bottom half of the inning.

The Rockies will start a new series on Monday night against the San Diego Padres. First pitch from Coors Field is set for 8:40 p.m. ET as Dylan Cease pitches for the Friars against Austin Gomber.

Cease is 2-1 with a 1.99 ERA since being acquired from the Chicago White Sox this offseason. Gomber is 0-1 with a 4.95 ERA. The soft-tossing lefty will have the challenge of navigating a pretty solid right-handed lineup for the Padres.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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