Rockies fall to 4-22 as Toglia and Amador blasts aren’t enough to avoid defeat

Rockies Report, Game 26:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: Too many strikeouts, too few hits with runners in scoring position.

Those themes of Colorado’s wretched start continued Saturday, as the Rox whiffed 13 times and went 0-for-5 with RISP in falling 6-4 to the Cincinnati Reds in front of 34,040 on hand to commemorate Coors Field’s 30th anniversary.

Bright spots came from second baseman Adael Amador, who delivered a three-hit, two-RBI day at the bottom of the order; Amador notched his first career home run, taking Hunter Greene deep in the fifth.

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The middle of the lineup delivered, as both Hunter Goodman and Michael Toglia went 2-for-4; Toglia notched his second home run of the season, a two-run shot to right center field in the bottom of the second inning.

TOGLIA TANK 💪 pic.twitter.com/d4QCFAyo87

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But those bursts were not enough.

Third baseman Ryan McMahon continued to struggle; his hitless streak extended to seven games, during which he is 0-for-25. He has a .160/.273/.255 line for the season. Jordan Beck cooled off a bit after a torrid two games; he went 0-for-4.

STARTER’S REPORT: For a second consecutive start, Antonio Senzatela went at least five innings, but home runs did all the damage in dooming him to his fourth loss in six starts so far this season.

Senzatela didn’t walk a batter in his five-plus innings of work, but was taken deep twice for solo shots to lead off innings by Austin Hays and once for a two-run blast by Noelvi Marte in the second inning. That was all. Hays’ second home run came on a high 3-2 fastball — Senzatela’s 94th and final pitch of the day.

Two more runs came home off Tyler Kinley in the ninth inning as five Reds reached base in that frame.

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Spencer Steer legged out an infield single that beat Ryan McMahon’s barehanded field and throw by a step, allowing TJ Friedl to score from third base with two outs in the top of the ninth. That extended Cincinnati’s lead to 6-3, which was too much to overcome; Amador doubled home Nick Martini in the bottom of the inning, but that was as close as Colorado got.


ROCKIES NUMBER TO NOTE: 2 — Number of teams in the modern era with worse records through 26 games than the 2025 Rox, as pointed out by Denver Sports’ Jake Shapiro. Those two teams — the 1988 Orioles and the 2003 Tigers — finished 54-107 and 43-119, respectively.

Colorado’s 4-22 start matches the 26-game opening of the White Sox last year; they finished 41-121.

WHAT’S NEXT: The series finale against the Cincinnati Reds. Ryan Feltner, whose ERA and WHIP lead Rockies starters, toes the rubber looking to snap Colorado’s third losing streak of at least five games this season. First pitch is at 1:10 p.m. MDT.

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