Woeful Rockies blanked by Giants in season finale, lose for 119th time

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Rockies lost 4-0 to the Giants on Sunday afternoon at Oracle Park, a fitting eulogy to the worst season in franchise history and one of the worst seasons in big-league baseball’s modern era.

Let the record books show that the Rockies finished 2025 with 43 wins and 119 losses, tying the 2003 Tigers for the third-most losses. Only the 1962 Mets (120) and 2024 White Sox (121) lost more games.

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The Rockies finished their season with six consecutive losses and were swept in a series for the 21st time.

The essence of the Rockies’ wretched season was illustrated in the first inning of loss No. 119. Giants veteran right-hander Logan Webb struck out the side, fanning Ezequiel Tovar, Hunter Goodman and Blaine Crim on 13 pitches.

Then, after throwing his first pitch of the game, Rockies right-hander McCade Brown turned around to watch as Willy Adames’ 417-foot home run cleared the center-field fence. In the fourth, Rafael Devers led off with a homer to right off of Brown to make it 2-0.

That was all the Giants needed to win the game and finish their season 81-81. San Francisco padded its lead in the eighth on Jung Hoo Lee’s two-run single off reliever Juan Mejia. Tovar’s error on a grounder to short opened the door for the Giants’ rally.

Webb dominated Colorado, as he usually does, pitching 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits, walking none and striking out eight.

The Rockies were blanked for the 18th time, extending their dubious record for most times being shut out in a season.

Brown pitched just three innings, giving up two runs on four hits. Rockies starters finished the season with a 6.65 ERA, not only the highest in team history, but the highest for a starting staff since ERA became an official stat league-wide in 1913. The 1996 Tigers owned the previous record, posting a 6.64 ERA.

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