DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies are reluctant to label themselves a rebuilding team, but after Saturday night it might be more accurate to say they’re imploding.

Colorado hit rock bottom so far in a season that has gone south from the start, losing 21-0 to the San Diego Padres. It was the Rockies’ eighth straight defeat and they are 6-33, the worst 39-game start since the 1988 Baltimore Orioles opened with the same record.

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