The Colorado Rockies have just six wins as of May 11. After six weeks of the 2025 season, they’re sitting at an abysmal 6-33 record, putting them on pace for one of the worst seasons in MLB history.
Things hit rock bottom Saturday night when the Rockies were demolished 21-0 by the San Diego Padres. Despite the football-like score, this nightmare unfolded at Coors Field on a baseball diamond.
The Padres’ offensive onslaught was relentless. They jumped out with five runs in the first inning, added one each in the second and third, then completely broke it open with an eight-run fourth inning and a four-run fifth. When the dust settled, San Diego had racked up 21 runs on 24 hits. Meanwhile, Padres starter Stephen Kolek cruised to a complete-game five-hit shutout.
How bad has it been for the Rockies? OptaSTATS provides this stunning perspective:
The Rockies have allowed 55 runs over the last 3 days. That’s the most any MLB team has allowed over a 3-day span since the St. Louis Browns allowed 56 from June 7-9, 1950 (all at Fenway Park).
This three-day nightmare began Thursday with an 11-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers, followed by Friday’s 13-9 defeat to the Padres, before Saturday’s historic 21-run shellacking.
What’s more, the Rockies had previously surrendered 10 runs to the Tigers on Wednesday, making this entire homestand one to forget.
Here’s a stat that really puts things in perspective: The Rockies have scored 21 runs combined in their last six games—the exact number the Padres scored in just nine innings on Saturday.
It’s been a dreadful year in Colorado, and there’s no sign things are turning around anytime soon. The question isn’t whether this will be a lost season, but just how historically bad it might become.
