Colorado Rockies sink to historic low with Angels outburst at Coors Field

DENVER — The Colorado Rockies made history in a horrific way on Saturday night at home against the Los Angeles Angels.

Trailing 2-0 entering the top of the third inning, the Colorado Rockies gave up a franchise-record 13 runs in the top of the third inning. The damage included the Angels hitting home runs on three consecutive pitches off Rockies starter Chase Anderson and a fourth home run later in the frame off Rockies reliever Matt Carasiti. It was part of 16 batters taking their place in Colorado history as a brutal beatdown that was cheered sarcastically by the Coors Field crowd when David Fletcher grounded out to the pitcher to finally end the frame.

Colorado Rockies endure worst half-inning in franchise history

Before Saturday night’s Angels debacle, the Rockies had given up 12 runs in an inning to the San Diego Padres on September 12, 2004. However, Mike Trout’s deep home run to lead off the third was a sign of things to come for the Angels in the frame.

Anderson, making his eighth start of the season for the Rockies after being claimed off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays, had surrendered just one home run in his first five starts covering 20.2 innings. However, when the calendar turned to June, the home runs for Anderson started to skyrocket. He had given up seven over his last four starts (18.2 innings) before serving up three to the Angels.

Unfortunately for Anderson, it wasn’t the first time in his career that he had been tagged for multiple home runs in a short amount of time.

It only got worse for the Rockies from there. As I write this article, the Angels have jumped out to a 23-0 edge heading into the bottom of the fourth. There will likely be more history coming from this game, and we will update below from the Coors Field press box when necessary.

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