DENVER — Rockies Report, Game 152:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: After taking a 2-0 lead on a chilly Wednesday night, the Rockies gradually wilted and never came back, dropping their 21st game in their last 25 contests by an 8-4 count to the Miami Marlins in front of 21,862 at Coors Field.

Rookie starter McCade Brown held his own and emerged with a no-decision after four losses in as many appearances to open his major-league career, handing off a 3-3 deadlock to the bullpen in the fifth inning.

But Miami chipped away from there, dicing up relievers Jaden Hill, Juan Mejia, Roansy Contreras and Angel Chivilli; each gave up at least one run in the sixth through ninth innings.

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On the positive side for the Rox, Mickey Moniak continued his recent blistering form, blasting his fourth home run in the last three games, a 429-foot shot to the right-field seats in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Moniak entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the sixth. He’s now homered in three-straight games and continues adding to his career-high tally, which now stands at 23 for the campaign.

Hunter Goodman, working as the designated hitter in the No. 2 spot, went 3-for-4 with a double and a walk. Kyle Farmer delivered a 2-for-3 night with a second-inning RBI; Jordan Beck went 2-for-5 with a third-inning RBI.

The defeat dropped Colorado to 41-111. The significance of loss No. 111 is that it matches the tally of the 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks, the only National League team since the fourth edition of the New York Mets in 1965 to lose more than 110 games in a single season.

If the Rox absorb two more defeats in their final 10 games, they will become the NL’s worst team since the 1962 Mets, who finished 40-120 in an expansion season that remains one for the ages — for all the wrong reasons.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

In each of Brown’s four innings, he retired the first two batters he faced. But in three of the four innings, he allowed a two-out walk … and that’s where his troubles began.

Brown quickly escaped in the first inning, getting Otto Lopez to fly out. But in the third inning, he followed his walk to Jakob Marsee with another to Agustin Ramirez, then surrendered a single to Liam Hicks that put Miami on the board, whittling Colorado’s lead to 2-1.

In the fourth inning, the two-out walk to Heriberto Hernández was followed by three-consecutive base hits, bringing home two runners to put him and the Rox behind. He got out of the inning, but that ended his night after 75 pitches.

“I thought his fastball played well. Just all of his trouble came with two-out walks … We walked way too many guys tonight,” interim manager Warren Schaeffer said.

Beck’s RBI single allowed Brown to escape without a loss for the first time in his major-league career. But the four walks were a career high, and a five-inning start continues to be elusive. If the Rox maintain fidelity to their rotation, he’ll have two more chances to change that on the road before the season concludes.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Marlins designated hitter Augustin Ramirez cranked a two-run homer off Roansy Contreras in the eighth inning, pushing Miami’s lead to 8-3.

NUMBER TO NOTE: 8 — Walks issued by Rockies pitchers Wednesday.

WHAT’S NEXT: Tanner Gordon starts the series finale as the Rox try and avoid the sweep. Sandy Alcantara, who has a 3.20 ERA in his last seven starts, gets the call for the Fish. First pitch is at 1:10 p.m. MDT.