Rockies' offense AWOL again in 4-1 loss to Rangers

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post on May 13, 2025

Published in Baseball

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The director might have changed, but the Rox Show looks the same.

In their second game under interim manager Warren Schaeffer, the Colorado Rockies’ offense was once again a no-show in a 4-1 loss to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night at Globe Field. Schaeffer was named interim manager on Sunday when Bud Black was fired.

The Rockies threatened in the ninth when Ryan McMahon led off with a double and Hunter Goodman followed with a single, but reliever Shawn Armstrong struck out Michael Toglia, Sean Bouchard and Owen Miller — all looking.

The Rockies put the first two hitters on base and failed to put the ball in play, a recurring theme this season as the Rockies slid to 7-35, keeping pace for the worst start in major league history.

Third baseman Josh Jung gave the Rangers all the runs they needed, hitting a three-run homer in the first and a solo blast in the seventh.

Texas veteran right-hander Jack Leiter pitched six innings, allowing one run on two hits with three walks and five strikeouts. He needed just 89 pitches.

Colorado lefty Kyle Freeland survived a rugged first inning and went on to pitch a solid six innings, giving his club a chance to snare a rare road victory. Nothing doing. The Rockies slipped to 2-19 on the road, the worst start in franchise history away from Colorado.

Freeland is in the running for the least-supported pitcher award. He entered the game having received 10 total runs of support in his first eight starts, a 2.29 run-support average that was the fifth lowest in the majors.

Colorado took a 1-0 lead in the first on Goodman’s RBI single off Leiter to drive in Jordan Beck, who reached on a one-out single and stole second base. But from that point on? Crickets — until Toglia hit a leadoff single in the seventh, and until the ultimately empty mini-rally in the ninth.

Five pitches into his start, Freeland was staring at a 3-1 deficit. Rangers leadoff hitter Sam Haggery ambushed Freeland’s first pitch of the game into center field for a single. Wyatt Lanford ripped Freeland’s fourth pitch into right field for a single. Jung hammered the fifth pitch 386 feet for a three-run homer to right-center.

But the gritty Freeland, as he often does, buckled down. He blanked Texas for the next five innings, allowing just three hits. Nonetheless, he’s now 0-6 with a 6.15 ERA.

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