Rox GM backs Black before 21-0 loss to Padres

The Colorado Rockies fell to 6-33 aft a 21-0 drubbing astatine the hands of the San Diego Padres connected Saturday nighttime successful Denver, matching the 1988 Baltimore Orioles for the worst 39-game commencement successful the majors since 1900.

Fernando Tatis Jr. and Xander Bogaerts deed location runs successful the 5th inning, portion of a five-homer crippled for San Diego, portion Stephen Kolek (2-0) tossed a shutout successful his 2nd large league start. It was the biggest shutout triumph successful Padres franchise past and tied for the third-biggest shutout triumph successful MLB since 1901.

The Rockies person mislaid 8 consecutive games and are headed to their seventh consecutive losing play and a imaginable 3rd consecutive 100-loss play with manager Bud Black astatine the helm.

Despite the struggles, Rockies wide manager Bill Schmidt backed Black earlier Saturday night's game, telling The Denver Post that helium believes the play inactive tin beryllium turned around.

"I deliberation our guys are inactive playing hard, and that's what I look at," Schmidt told the Post. "Guys are moving hard each day, they travel with energy, for the astir part. I don't deliberation we are [at that constituent of firing Black]. Guys inactive judge successful what we are doing and wherever we are headed. We are each frustrated."

Colorado has mislaid its past 4 games by astatine slightest 8 runs each and is the archetypal squad to let 10 oregon much runs successful 4 consecutive games since the 2021 Orioles.

Schmidt said he's looking for "growth" arsenic the play goes along.

"I consciousness for the fans, I consciousness for the radical astir here," helium said. "I cognize we are amended than we person played, but we are not bully close now. We person to conflict done it and get to the different side.

"There are inactive a batch of games left. I deliberation we tin crook it around, but it's going to instrumentality a full radical to bash it. The guys are moving to get better."

The Associated Press and ESPN Research contributed to this report.