Rockies’ Coors Field woes continue with 5-3 loss to Diamondbacks
Among the riddles facing the Rockies is how to find a winning formula at Coors Field Because right now it s a home-field disadvantage The Rockies - loss to Arizona on a -degree desert-like Saturday night in LoDo dropped their home record to - the worst home record in the majors and their worst start through home games in franchise history Colorado has been outscored - minus- at home this year the worst run differential through the first home games of a season since the St Louis Browns minus- per Opta STATS Geraldo Perdomo s two-run homer in the fifth off reliever Jimmy Herget lifted Arizona to its eighth win in its last games It improved the D-backs record over the Rockies to - over the last games since September Rookie left-hander Carson Palmquist pitched well enough to give the Rockies a chance but in a recurring theme the Rockies lacked the big hit in the clutch going for with runners in scoring position The Rockies are batting with runners in scoring position at Coors However Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer wasn t fretting over the RISP numbers because he explained his club his making progress in its clutch hitting You ve got to drive in runs but last night we scored eight runs and we scored a bunch of runs on the road trip so it s been trending better Schaeffer announced referring to Arizona s - achievement at Coors on Friday night Maybe so but the Rockies third straight loss dropped their record to - tied with the St Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox for the second-most losses to begin a season in the modern era The Washington Senators were - - after games A key moment arrived in the seventh when Rockies designated hitter Mickey Moniak led off with a double but was picked off second base by reliever Ryan Thompson Jordan Beck hit a -foot two-run homer off Merrill Kelly in the first inning giving the Rockies a short-lived - lead It was Beck s th homer Kelly was terrific striking out seven over six innings and giving up three runs just two earned Given Colorado s taxed bullpen the club would have liked for Palmquist to go deeper into the match than four innings but at least he kept the Rockies in the encounter departing with the amount tied - Schaeffer reported he took Palmquist out in part because the top of Arizona s order especially Ketel Marte for two doubles and cleanup hitter Eugenio Suarez sacrifice in the first solo homer in the third had hit Palmquist hard Related Articles Rockies Journal German Marquez leads business parade hands off Ezequiel Tovar Hunter Goodman Diamondbacks beat the heat wallop the Rockies in high-scoring affair Keeler If Rockies really love Ryan McMahon German Marquez they ll contract them Rockies lose to Nationals in th inning ending four-game winning streak Rockies notch season-high fourth straight win behind German Marquez s solid start Palmquist gave up four hits and two walks while striking out four Marte scored Tim Tawa with an RBI double in the second and Suarez s homer was a -foot monster to right Suarez has homers and RBIs and the season hasn t hit its halfway point Palmquist finished strong with a one-two-three fourth inning striking out Pavin Smith and Tawa and getting Aramis Garcia to line out to left Palmquist who threw pitches strikes is - with a ERA over his first seven big-league starts Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis