It was a gut-wrenching, gut-punching, gut-churning kind of loss.
The Rockies wasted a dramatic ninth-inning rally and fumbled away chances to win in extra innings — not to mention spoiling a superb start from Ryan Feltner — before losing 4-3 to the Royals in 11 innings Tuesday night.
K.C. backup catcher Freddy Fermin singled a line drive to center off Tyler Kinley to score ghost runner Mark Canha for the game-winner at Kaufmann Stadium.
The Rockies, 4-18 overall, have lost 11 consecutive road games, with their lone road win coming on March 29 at Tampa Bay, in the second game of the season.
The Rockies were one strike away from defeat in the ninth when Ryan McMahon drew a walk from Royals closer Carlos Estevez, the former Rockie. Then Hunter Goodman drew a walk, and so did Michael Toglia. Clutch hits have been few and far between for Colorado, but veteran catcher Jacob Stallings came through with a three-run double to left to give the Rockies a 3-2 lead. It was Colorado’s only extra-base hit.
The lead didn’t last long for closer Seth Halvorsen. A bloop single to right field by Salvador Perez, followed by a double by Maikel Garcia and a sacrifice fly by Michael Massey, tied the game, 3-3. Halvorsen escaped being a walk-off with a nice pickoff move that caught Garcia between second and third.
The Rockies, 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position, failed to score in the 10th, primarily because Fermin picked off Mickey Moniak at third for the second out of the inning. In the 11th, Goodman, Toglia and Braxton Fulford had three empty at-bats, leaving two runners stranded.
Feltner’s gem had one flaw. Just one.
Feltner gave up one run on three hits over seven innings, striking out four and walking one. One stray pitch cost the right-hander.
Kansas right fielder Drew Waters led off the sixth with a solo home run. Waters hit Feltner’s floating slider 408 feet and into the right-field seats. Feltner immediately knew he had made a mistake and didn’t even watch Waters’ ball clear the wall.
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Royals starter Kris Bubic confounded the Rockies for seven innings, allowing four hits, striking out six and walking none.
Colorado, owners of the majors’ worst offense, managed just five hits in 35 at-bats. McMahon struck out looking three times, leaving his strikeout rate at 32.4%.
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