Rockies pratfall in series-opening loss to Giants by blowing three-run lead in 9th ...Middle East

If you are shocked by the Rockies’ latest way to lose, you’re probably living under a rock.

Colorado held a 5-2 lead over the Giants going into the ninth in the series opener on Tuesday at Coors Field. Up to that point, they had timely hitting, got a decent start from Carson Palmquist, and the bullpen had been flawless.

Then came the punch line as the Rockies remain on pace to be the worst team in modern baseball history.

Closer Zach Agnos imploded in the final inning, and fellow reliever Victor Vodnik couldn’t clean up his mess as San Francisco plated four runs to hand Colorado a 6-5 defeat.

The LoDo crowd was, well, pretty happy considering a large contingent of the 24,553 on hand were San Francisco fans. The defeat dropped Colorado to 12-54 as the Rockies remain on cruise control to surpass the White Sox’s modern record of 121 losses, and blew a chance for a marquee win over National League West contender San Francisco in the process.

The game began inauspiciously for Palmquist when Giants leadoff man Jung Hoo Lee roped a triple off the Bridich Barrier in right-center field. Wilmer Flores RBI single proceeded to make it 1-0.

But the Rockies struck back in the second, when Brenton Doyle’s double was followed up by a two-out RBI single by rookie shortstop Ryan Ritter to tie the game.

Palmquist settled in after the opening inning, posting three straight zeros as the Rockies took their first lead in the fourth off Ryan McMahon’s leadoff homer. The 424-foot blast to left-center off an elevated Kyle Harrison fastball made it 2-1.

But the Giants tied the game, and chased Palmquist, in the next inning. Willy Adames led off the fifth with a 439-foot homer to center field, and after Palmquist walked the next batter, manager Warren Schaeffer lifted the southpaw in favor of right-hander Jake Bird.

Bird extended his career-high scoreless streak to 10 outings with another dominant performance. He struck out three straight Giants in the fifth to leave a man aboard, then set San Francisco down in order in the sixth with two more Ks. That gave Bird 200 career Ks, extended his NL reliever-best season strikeouts to 50 and lowered his home ERA to a dazzling 0.41 in 17 games in LoDo this season.

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In-between Birdman’s dominance, the Rockies re-took the lead off another homer, this time a solo shot by Kyle Farmer in the fifth. Farmer’s 376-foot homer pulled down the left-field line came on Harrison’s dead-red slurve.

After Bird, Seth Halvorsen kept the momentum with the Rockies by retiring San Francisco in order in the seventh. Tyler Kinley kept the train rolling with a one-two-three eighth. But after a pair of triples by Hunter Goodman and Doyle led to two insurance runs in the bottom of the inning, in the ninth, Agnos was erratic.

The rookie was ambushed by first-pitch homer by leadoff Casey Schmitt, then walked three guys to load the bases with one out. Vodnik came on to bail him out, but couldn’t. He yielded a sacrifice fly before Wilmer Flores’ two-out swinging bunt tied the game, and then Mike Yastrzemski singled to give the Giants the lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, Orlando Arcia led off with a single, but then the Giants turned a double play on a grounder by Jordan Beck. Sam Hilliard walked and then Goodman’s bloop single advanced him to third, but Camilo Doval got Thairo Estrada to fly out to end the game.

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