The Colorado squad’s showing in a trio of contests versus Toronto transitioned from unfavorable to exceedingly so to unparalleled this Wednesday, as the Blue Jays overpowered the Rockies in a 20-1 triumph.
This setback finalized a dominant three-game series victory for the Blue Jays, during which the Rockies established a fresh benchmark for ineffectiveness, exacerbating their dance with potentially being the poorest team in MLB’s chronicle.
The Blue Jays emerged victorious in Game 1 on Monday by a 15-1 score. On Tuesday, they secured a win by the comparatively modest, yet still lopsided, margin of 10-4. Then arrived Wednesday’s collapse, where the Blue Jays amassed eight tallies in the ninth frame of a 19-run victory that had been assured for quite some time.
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Adding to the Rockies’ tribulations, the Blue Jays accomplished this feat at Coors Field before the spectators in Denver, who deemed it worthwhile to attend on a Wednesday afternoon to witness the proceedings.
Once the commotion subsided, Toronto had compiled 63 hits at Coors Field throughout the week, culminating in the most by any single team in a three-game set in MLB’s existence, as reported by the Denver Post. Toronto’s advantage in the series amounted to a staggering 39 runs.
The Blue Jays garnered 24 of their 63 hits Wednesday in a contest where the Rockies initially possessed a 1-0 advantage in the opening inning. Nevertheless, the situation commenced to unravel in the third as the Blue Jays seized a 3-1 upper hand against starter Kyle Freeland via a three-run Bo Bichette dinger.
The Blue Jays ousted Freeland in the fifth with another three-run display, emphasized by a two-run three-bagger from Nathan Lukes, his sixth hit of the series.
From that juncture forward, the Rockies’ situation deteriorated rapidly.
Toronto incorporated four runs in the sixth and an additional pair in the eighth. Then materialized the ultimate augmentation of insult to injury in the ninth, as the Blue Jays dispatched 11 batters to the plate subsequent to entering the game’s concluding inning with a 12-1 cushion.
Eight of those batters managed to score. Davis Schneider and Ernie Clement each launched home runs.
The ninth-inning onslaught transpired entirely at the expenditure of backup Rockies catcher Austin Nola, as Colorado elected to refrain from further burdening its pitching personnel. Nola currently possesses an ERA of 72.00.
Prior to its conclusion, the Blue Jays’ social media division extended a shoutout to the mile-high atmosphere of Denver.
Ultimately, the Blue Jays posted 20 runs on 24 hits, five of which were home runs. Bichette, Schneider, and Lukes shared the team lead with four RBI apiece. Eight distinct Blue Jays documented multiple hits, spearheaded by four each from Clement, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Ty France.
The Rockies deployed seven pitchers to the pitching mound. Freeland (6 earned runs), Angel Chivilli (4 earned runs), and Nola (8 earned runs) absorbed the lion’s share of the damage.
The Blue Jays improved to 68-48 with the sweep, thereby extending their AL East command over the Boston Red Sox to 3.5 games.
The Rockies regressed to 30-84 (.263) with the defeat and remain within striking distance of equaling or surpassing the preceding season’s Chicago White Sox (41-121, .253) for the most defeats in modern-era (commencing in 1901) baseball antiquity.
The Rockies have been subpar for virtually the entirety of the 20-season stewardship of controlling owners Dick and Charlie Monfort. This week may have signified a new nadir.
