The Colorado Rockies finally found relief Monday night, ending their fourth eight-game losing streak of the season with a 6–4 victory over the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park. The win marked just the 10th of the season for Colorado (10–50), which had already cemented the worst 60-game start in the modern era of Major League Baseball.
The Rockies leaned on a breakout performance from catcher Hunter Goodman, who homered twice — including a go-ahead two-run blast in the fifth inning — and drove in three runs to help carry Colorado out of its latest slump.
Goodman opened the scoring in the first with a two-out single off Miami starter Max Meyer, followed by an RBI double from Thairo Estrada to give Colorado an early 1–0 edge. But the lead was short-lived, as Goodman committed a costly error in the bottom half when he dropped a throw at home plate, allowing the Marlins to tie it up.
Miami (23–35) took advantage of the mistake and built a 4–1 lead behind RBI hits from Otto Lopez and Jesús Sánchez, along with a sacrifice fly by Eric Wagaman. Sánchez’s run-scoring double in the second capped the Marlins’ early surge.
But Goodman started the Rockies’ comeback with a solo shot in the third, his eighth homer of the season, and Tyler Freeman’s two-out RBI single in the fourth cut the deficit to 4–3. One inning later, Ezequiel Tovar led off with a single before Goodman launched his second homer of the night — and ninth of the year — to left field, putting the Rockies ahead 5–4.
“It’s been a rough stretch, no doubt,” Goodman said postgame. “But nights like this remind us we can fight back. It felt good to deliver in big moments.”
Keston Hiura doubled to lead off the ninth for his first hit since joining Colorado, and Sam Hilliard followed with an RBI double to give the Rockies a valuable insurance run.
On the mound, Germán Márquez (2–7) battled through five innings, allowing nine hits and four runs (three earned). The Rockies’ bullpen held strong, with Jake Bird, Tyler Kinley, and Seth Halvorsen each tossing a scoreless inning before rookie closer Zach Agnos recorded his fourth save. Agnos worked around a leadoff single in the ninth by Sánchez, getting Kyle Stowers to ground into a game-ending double play.
Meyer (3–5) was tagged for five runs (four earned) on 10 hits in five innings of work, as Miami dropped its third game in the last four.
Goodman now leads the Rockies in both home runs (9) and RBIs (34), a bright spot in a difficult season.
With the Marlins trailing by two in the ninth, Sánchez singled to open the frame, but Freeman alertly forced him out at second on a shallow popup that dropped in front of him in right field. Two pitches later, Agnos induced a double-play grounder from Stowers to end it.
Colorado, at 10–50, avoided becoming the first team in modern history to lose 51 of its first 60 games. The previous worst marks were 11–49 by the 1904 Washington Senators and 1932 Boston Red Sox.
The series continues Tuesday with Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara (2–7, 8.47 ERA) set to start. The Rockies have yet to announce a starter.
