Rockies swept again, 3rd fastest to 50 losses in MLB history - ESPN

Another series, another sweep as the Colorado Rockies continue to make history for all the wrong reasons.

The Rockies fell 5-3 to the New York Mets on Sunday to extend their losing streak to eight games.

That's the least of it.

The Rockies are 9-50 — the worst record through 59 games of any major league team in the modern era (since 1901). They have been swept 10 times in 20 series — tied for the most sweeps through 20 series with the 1962 Mets, the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers and the 1994 Athletics.

Going even deeper into the record books, Colorado is the third-fastest team to the 50-loss mark — behind only the 1884 Kansas City Unions and 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who got to 50 losses in 57 games. However, in an odd quirk, the 2025 Rockies — with one more victory — will be just the second team to have 50 losses when they record their 10th win, as the 1876 Red Stockings finished their season at 9-56.

Colorado got on the scoreboard first Sunday with Orlando Arcia's solo home run off Clay Holmes in the first inning, but Pete Alonso hit a three-run shot in the fourth for the Mets.

The Rockies fought back, tying it on Tyler Freeman's two-run shot in the fifth, but Francisco Lindor answered with a solo shot in the bottom of the inning and the Rockies' offense went silent thereafter.

Colorado fell to 4-13 this season when scoring first; the Chicago White Sox (14-17) are the only other team this season to have a sub-.500 record after taking the initial lead. The worst record for a full season since 1900 when scoring first in a game, according to ESPN Research, is 23-50 (.315) by 1962 Mets.

The Rockies haven't held a lead at the end of consecutive innings since they led for the final four innings of their most recent win — a 3-2