{"id":651920,"date":"2026-03-30T05:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651920\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:29:32","slug":"rockies-walked-off-and-swept-start-0-3-for-first-time-in-32-years-denver-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/651920\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockies walked off and swept, start 0-3 for first time in 32 years \u2013 Denver Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rockies Report, Game 3:<\/p>\n

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: One out away from their first win of their season, the Colorado Rockies saw Owen Caissie and the Miami Marlins snatch it away.<\/p>\n

After Javier Sanoja kept Miami alive with a double to the wall over the outstretched arm of Jake McCarthy, Cassie capped a 5-for-10 weekend with a walk-off blast over the right-field fence off closer Victor Vodnik, snatching a win from the Rockies\u2019 grasp and dooming them to a 4-3 loss<\/a>, their third one-run defeat in as many days to open the regular season.<\/p>\n

With that, the Rockies absorbed their first season-opening sweep and 0-3 start in 32 years.<\/p>\n

The Rockies had led from the first inning onward, bursting in front early when Jordan Beck delivered a bases-loaded double down the line, scoring Hunter Goodman, Willi Castro and TJ Rumfield, who came home after Otto Lopez\u2019s relay throw sailed past Rumfield down the line as he slid into home plate.<\/p>\n

But from there, the Rox went into hibernation mode. Willi Castro\u2019s leadoff double in the third was squandered; a two-out, none-on rally in the seventh went nowhere. That allowed the Marlins to remain within hailing distance, setting up the late heroics.<\/p>\n

ROCKIES STARTER\u2019S REPORT<\/p>\n

For a third-straight day, Colorado\u2019s starter went exactly 4 1\/3 innings, with Jos\u00e9 Quintana settling down after allowing a run in each of the first two innings, recording his only 1-2-3 inning in the third, then facing the minimum in the fourth after a 6-4 double play helped erase a leadoff walk.<\/p>\n

Colorado\u2019s bullpen worked 11 1\/3 innings over the weekend \u2014 not what manager Warren Schaeffer wanted with no off days until Thursday.<\/p>\n

BITS AND PIECES<\/p>\n

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Caissie deposited Vodnik\u2019s changeup into the Rockies\u2019 bullpen.<\/p>\n

NUMBER TO NOTE: .091 \u2014 McCarthy\u2019s average in the leadoff spot in the series as he went 1-for-11 in the series. Only a bunt single in the fourth inning saved him from a lost weekend.<\/p>\n

WHAT\u2019S NEXT: It\u2019s off to Toronto to face a Blue Jays side that swept the Rox by a collective 45-6 count<\/a> last August at Coors Field. Tomoyuki Sugano makes his first Colorado start; he compiled a 3.68 ERA against the Jays in three starts last year. First pitch from Rogers Centre is at 5:07 p.m. MDT.<\/p>\n

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