Rockies’ Coors Field misery continues vs. road-challenged White Sox

The Rockies Fourth of July was a Yankee Doodle dud White Sox right-hander Adrian Houser made sure of that pitching eight strong innings in the Sox s - triumph Friday night at Coors Field The White Sox who lost a modern-era record games last season entered the night with a - road record worst in the majors But they bested a Rockies company that now owns a - home record also worst in the majors The Rockies - on pace to lose games are threatening to supplant the White Sox for the the majority losses in modern baseball history Houser - ERA gave up two unearned runs on four hits He walked two struck out six and recorded outs via groundballs Closer Grant Taylor finished the meeting off in the ninth as the White Sox broke a -game losing streak in one-run games He gave up a two-out single to Mickey Moniak before striking out Ryan McMahon to end the encounter McMahon was for with three strikeouts The only in-game fireworks were provided by Chicago catcher Edgar Quero who lofted a one-out solo homer to right off of Antonio Senzatela in the sixth for what turned out to be the game-winning run It was Quero s first homer of the season For the record the postgame fireworks brought a sellout crowd of to Coors and plenty of attempts at The Wave Chicago White Sox shortstop Colton Montgomery holds up the ball after fielding a short fly ball off the bat of Colorado Rockies' Ryan Ritter to end the second inning of a baseball competition Friday July in Denver AP Photo David Zalubowski Related Articles Charlie Condon Rockies top prospect learning lessons climbing minor league ladder Rockies Journal White Sox series is a history lesson for reeling Colorado Kyle Freeland brushes off bad luck gives Rockies six solid innings Rockies hang on beat Astros behind Thairo Estrada s big day Jose Altuve passes Jeff Bagwell on Houston s all-time hit list as Astros beat Rockies Colorado in the end broke through against Houser in the fifth with the help of the setting sun First baseman Michael Toglia hit a one-out double and Ryan Ritter followed with a routine grounder to third baseman Josh Rojas Except that Rojas throw to first baseman Miguel Vargas got lost in the run and Rojas was charged with a throwing error Toglia scored and Ritter advanced to second Tyler Freeman s double to left scored Ritter tying the challenge - Senzatela gave the Rockies a serviceable start three runs allowed on seven hits over innings He walked just one and struck out four His big mistake was the - curveball he hung for Quero s go-ahead homer in the sixth Chicago loaded the bases in the fourth but Senzatela nearly escaped unscathed when Colson Montgomery lined out to Toglia for the second out But Michael A Taylor the No hitter delivered a two-run single to right giving the White Sox a - lead Senzatela - with a ERA needed pitches to get through his start Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis