Rockies routed by Padres, tie franchise record with 103rd loss of season

The Rockies won t set a major league record for failure but they sit on the doorstep of franchise infamy after a Sunday afternoon loss to the Padres The Padres smacked four home runs and clubbed them - at Coors Field to clinch the three-game series It was loss No for Colorado tying the club record for majority of losses in a season set in With games remaining the Rockies won t lose a modern-era record games as the White Sox did but they will surely set a club record for futility The Padres meanwhile improved to - and remained one championship behind the Dodgers in the race for the National League West title Win or mostly lose the Rockies have made a habit of staging comebacks late in games during the second half of the season There was none of that on a perfect September afternoon at the ballpark San Diego took an early lead against starter Tanner Gordon and piled on from there The Padres had hits the Rockies six with just two over the last six innings Colorado scratched out its only run off right-hander Dylan Cease in the third combining a bloop double by Orlando Arcia with an RBI single by Ezequiel Tovar Related Articles Rockies late rally falls short against Padres who pound out hits at Coors Field These seven Rockies prospects look to make major league debut in Rockies prospect Charlie Condon cashing in on persistence patience He s devouring information Rockies Kyle Freeland pitches eight brilliant innings in win over Padres days after ejection Cellar-dwelling Rockies want to play spoiler against NL West s Padres Dodgers Gordon had gone - with a ERA over his previous four starts but he didn t have the right stuff on Sunday The Padres ripped him for six runs on six hits over innings Home runs which have haunted Rockies pitchers all season especially at Coors Field bedeviled Gordon Manny Machado hit a -foot two-run homer to left-center in the first inning Jackson Merrill lined a -foot solo shot over the left-field wall in the second and Gavin Sheets hit a -foot solo bomb into the second deck in right in the fourth inning San Diego s fourth homer arrived in the fifth with a leadoff homer by Ramon Laureano off lefty reliever Luis Peralta whose ERA stands at The Rockies losers of of their last games begin a three-game home stand against the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Monday Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis