The road remains a Rubik’s Cube for the Rockies. They lost, 4-3, to the Marlins at loanDepot Park in Miami on Saturday. Colorado has opened the season 0-2.
That, after finishing 18-63 on the road last season, the worst road record in the majors and the most road losses in a season in franchise history.
Key moments: The Marlins won the game in the eighth when Otto Lopez singled to right, stole second, and scored on Owen Caissie’s RBI single. Cassie was 3 for 4.
Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen (4 1/3 innings, three earned runs on seven hits, four strikeouts, no walks) made one crucial mistake, throwing a misplaced fastball to Liam Hicks, who clobbered it for a two-run homer in the fifth, tying the game 3-3.
Who’s hot: Colorado rookie first baseman TJ Rumfield hit a solo homer in the second off Marlins right-hander Eury Perez. It was Rumfield’s first big-league home run. Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar blasted a two-run homer to left in the fourth to give the Rockies a short-lived 3-1 lead.
Who’s not: The Rockies’ offense went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position. Center fielder Brenton Doyle went 0 for 3 with a walk and has opened the season 0 for 7.
Pitching probables
Sunday: Rockies LHP Jose Quintana (11-7, 3.96 ERA with Brewers in 2025) at Marlins RHP Max Meyer (3-5, 4.73 in 2025), 11:40 a.m.
Monday: Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (10-10, 4.64 with Orioles in 2025) at Blue Jays RHP Cody Ponce (0-6, 7.04 ERA with Pirates in 2021), 5:07 p.m.
Tuesday: Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (0-2, 4.75 in 2025) at RHP Max Scherzer (5-5, 5.19 in 2025), 5:07 p.m.
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