Rockies swept by Cubs, drop to 9-47 as historically bad start continues

The Rockies last postseason win a dramatic - triumph in innings on October at Wrigley Field seems like an eon ago Colorado now the worst group in baseball and with a return to the playoffs hard to see anytime soon remains on the fast track to become the the majority infamously bad band in modern history And the friendly confines remain extremely unfriendly to the Rockies who were swept by the Cubs on Wednesday in a - defeat The loss dropped the Rockies to - on the season and - on the road amid their ninth straight defeat at Wrigley Field in their ninth sweep of a dismal The Rockies lost the three games in the series by a total of four runs Once again on Wednesday the offense stalled out providing little run promotion to back up a solid performance by starter Tanner Gordon as well as the bullpen It marked the th time this season that the Rockies were held to two runs or less the majority in the majors Orlando Arcia making his Rockies debut after being published by Atlanta and then officially signed by Colorado on Wednesday recorded the club s first hit of the evening with a single to right off southpaw Matthew Boyd In the fifth Ryan McMahon and Arcia both singled to get particular traffic going but again the Rockies couldn t do anything with it against Boyd after Michael Toglia grounded into an inning-ending double play Gordon held the Cubs at bay but Chicago s two big bats hurt him National League RBI leader Seiya Suzuki roped an RBI double in the first and fellow slugging outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong added to the damage with a -foot leadoff homer to right in the fourth to extend the home lead to - Related Articles Rockies sign veteran infielder Orlando Arcia to major league deal Rockies Mailbag What s at root of terrible record youth movement or bad veterans Rockies lose in innings to Cubs extend worst start in MLB s modern era Rockies follow familiar formula in loss to Cubs fall to - Rockies - whiff times falter in the clutch in - loss to Yankees Colorado in the end broke through against Boyd in the sixth when Mickey Moniak led off with a single Moniak advanced to third on a throwing error by Boyd on a pickoff attempt then Tyler Freeman s sacrifice fly brought Moniak home to make it - But that anemic offensive effort was all Colorado had in the tank It wasted a decent start by Gordon and then combined scoreless innings by the bullpen trio of Ryan Rolison Jimmy Herget and the in the last few days reinstated Victor Vodnik who hadn t pitched in the majors since April due to right shoulder inflammation Down to their last outs in the ninth right-hander Daniel Palencia made quick work of Colorado to earn the save and send the Rockies limping to Queens for a three-game series against the Mets starting on Friday Palencia struck out Freeman got Ezequiel Tovar to ground out and then K d Hunter Goodman with -mph heat to end the meeting Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis