The seven runs yielded by Lorenzen<\/a> before the Rockies had a chance to bat were the most runs allowed in the opening frame in 34 years of Colorado home openers. It was 3-0 before Lorenzen even got a single out, and by the time Brandon Marsh stepped to the plate with two men on, the game felt like it was about to spiral out of the Rockies\u2019 reach.\n<\/p>\n That\u2019s exactly what happened when Marsh blasted the longest homer of his career, a 454-foot no-doubter to right-center.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI know (Lorenzen\u2019s) stuff likes to fade to the outer half to lefties, so I was just pulling (my hands) in and pulling them up, and got the pitch right where I was looking at it,\u201d Marsh said. \u201cIt was one of those ones where I didn\u2019t feel it, so it was a good feeling. Credit to all the guys in front of me who got the whole inning jumping.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 I definitely smelt a little blood in the water (when I stepped up).\u201d<\/p>\n The Rockies, who have now lost eight straight to Philadelphia dating back to last season, looked like a team that should be relegated compared to the two-time defending National League East champs, who have made four straight playoff appearances.\n<\/p>\n In the most lopsided home opener loss in Colorado history<\/a>, Lorenzen \u2014 who pitched for the Phillies in the second half of 2023 following a deadline trade from Detroit \u2014 got rocked. He allowed a career-high 12 hits, also a record by a single pitcher in a Rockies home opener, and his three innings pitched was the shortest start in the club\u2019s home opener history.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, 76 pitches in the first three innings, 44 in the first \u2014 that\u2019s having good at-bats by those numbers,\u201d Phillies manager Rob Thompson said. \u201cI know Michael, he\u2019s a gamer, he\u2019s a good teammate. He\u2019s going to take the ball and keep going, and he sucked it up for them today (by pitching the second and third innings). I love the kid, but we did have good at-bats today.\u201d<\/p>\n After Trea Turner led off the game with a double, the Phillies got a pair of patient at-bats from their two sluggers, as both Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper walked.\n<\/p>\n Those were key to Philadelphia opening the floodgates in an inning puncuated by Marsh\u2019s homer. Harper also homered off Lorenzen, a 421-foot shot to right-center to lead off the second, and the Phillies manufactured another run off Lorenzen in the third to make it 9-0.\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe waited it out well (against Lorenzen),\u201d Harper said. \u201cWhen he threw it over the plate, we hit it hard.\u201d<\/p>\n All three of the Phillies\u2019 homers on Friday were scorchers.<\/a><\/p>\n Marsh\u2019s was 106.1 mph off the bat, while Harper\u2019s was 108.9 and Schwarber \u2014 who went deep to right off long reliever Valente Bellozo in the fifth \u2014 hit the hardest (110.7) and longest (460 feet) ball of the game as extra salt in the wound.\n<\/p>\n![\"Colorado](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TDP-L-roxopen040326-cha-2061.jpg\")
Colorado Rockies Michael Lorenzen (24) pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies at Coors Field in Denver on Friday, April 3, 2026. Philadelphia won 10-1. (Photo by Hyoung Chang\/The Denver Post)<\/p>\n