How do you spell disaster? Try 5.86.
That’s the ERA for Rockies starters this season after their latest meltdown. It ranks as the second-worst starters’ ERA in franchise history, placing second behind the 6.19 ERA posted by 1999’s pre-humidor rotation.
Thursday night, right-hander Chi Chi Gonzalez got the hook after just two-thirds of an inning as Colorado lost 11-8 to the Pirates at Coors Field. The Rockies have lost nine of 11 after a modest four-game winning streak.
But give the Rockies some credit. They staged a dramatic, too-little, too-late, two-out, five-run rally in the eighth.