The Rockies finally cleaned up their act. Their reward was a clean sweep of the Marlins in Miami.
Riding left-hander Kyle Freeland’s excellent start, the hot bat of Hunter Goodman, and one of their best defensive plays of the season, the Rockies beat Miami 3-2 Wednesday afternoon at loanDepot Park to complete the three-game sweep.
It marked Colorado’s first three-game sweep since they broomed the Padres at Petco Park on May 13-15, 2024 — a franchise record 57 straight series without a three-game sweep.
The Rockies finished their nine-game road trip 3-6, lifting their historically bad record to 12-50.
Freeland, who notched his first victory since Sept. 8, a winless drought of 15 consecutive starts, was masterful for six innings. He blanked Miami, allowing just two infield hits — a liner by Connor Norby that glanced off third baseman Ryan McMahon’s glove in the first inning, and an infield grounder to short by Heriberto Hernandez to lead off the fifth.
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Freeland ran into trouble in the seventh. Norby reached on a one-out error by shortstop Orlando Arcia, Eric Wagaman hit a ground-rule double that got stuck under the padding on the left-field wall. Norby then scored on Hernandez's single to left, cutting Colorado's lead to 3-1. Pinch-hitter Jesus Sanchez's force-out, 6-4 grounder scored Wagaman from third, making it 3-2.
Then came Colorado's game-saving defensive play.
Pinch hitter Liam Hicks ripped a double off Freeland into the left-field corner. Jordan Beck started the play with a perfect scoop-and-relay to Arcia, who fired a strike to catcher Jacob Stallings, who tagged out Sanchez attempting to score from first base.
Freeland's final line was splendid: 6 1/3 innings, four hits, zero earned runs, no walks and four strikeouts.
Goodman continues to drive the Rockies' offensive engine. His RBI triple in the first inning off right-hander Cal Quantrill drove in Thairo Estrada to give Colorado a 1-0 lead. The ball came off Goodman's bat at 111 mph. Estrada had reached on a one-out double.
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Colorado's second run came in the fifth on back-to-back, two-out doubles by Tyler Freeman and Jordan Beck off Quantrill. Quantrill, who pitched for Colorado last season before being cut in the offseason, allowed two runs on five hits over five innings. He walked one, struck out two, and departed with a 5.63 ERA.
Colorado's bullpen was the steady presence in Miami. It was not charged with any runs over 12 2/3 innings pitched over the three games. Tyler Kinley, filling in for closer Zach Agnos, who's on bereavement leave, pitched a perfect ninth Wednesday to secure his second save.
The Rockies are off on Thursday before opening a three-game series against the Mets beginning Friday at Coors Field.
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