Rockies embarrassed by Blue Jays; outscored 45-6 in series

Rockies Report, Game 114:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays won’t want to leave Denver.

They continued their onslaught in the getaway-day series finale at Coors Field on Wednesday afternoon, burying the Rockies in a 20-1 avalanche to cap a sweep in which they outscored the Rox by a collective 45-6 margin.

The Rockies surrendered 63 hits in the series — giving Toronto the most hits in any three-game span in 92 years, per OptaStats, since the New York Giants from Aug. 2-5, 1933.

The @BlueJays had 63 hits in their three-game series with the Rockies.

That's the most any MLB team has had over any three-game span since the New York Giants had 66 hits August 2-5, 1933. pic.twitter.com/t7YMSfSQUK

— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) August 6, 2025

Never before had a team had more hits in a three-game series.

Colorado’s battered bullpen was forced into service again when starter Kyle Freeland didn’t make it through five innings. Jaden Hill got out of the fifth inning, but Angel Chivilli entered in the sixth and got knocked around, giving up four runs and five hits while recording just one out, putting the game out of hand.

With the game already decided heading into the ninth inning and the Rox trailing 12-1, catcher Austin Nola was called upon to pitch the ninth inning. At that point, it turned into a farce.

Serving up meatballs that generally hovered between 40 and 65 miles per hour, the 29-pitch appearance went thusly: double, double, double, double, sacrifice fly, sacrifice fly, single, single, home run, home run, and finally — mercifully — a pop fly to Warming Bernabel at first base.

“We put ourselves in a position for a 12-1 game,” interim manager Warren Schaeffer said after the game.

20 runs pic.twitter.com/JTlyL8F6fh

— Toronto Blue Jays (@BlueJays) August 6, 2025

The Rockies surrendered a club-record 45 runs in the three-game series. They’ve allowed that many runs in a three-game span twice before — including once this season, a May 8-10 stretch that included the 21-0 howler against the San Diego Padres that was Bud Black’s penultimate game as manager — but never before in a single series.

Colorado is 30-84.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

Freeland took the loss in the duel of Denver-area natives, with Kevin Gausman starting for the Blue Jays.

The third inning was the killer for Freeland. After getting the first two outs in four pitches, he surrendered singles to Ernie Clement and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. before Bo Bichette sent the first pitch of his at-bat into the Rockies’ bullpen.

It was a similar story in the fifth inning, which finished off Freeland for the day. He got the first two outs before Ty France doubled and Buddy Kennedy received a five-pitch walk.

One pitch later, Nathan Lukes took a knuckle curve to the base of the left-center field wall for a two-RBI triple. That ended Freeland’s day. Reliever Jaden Hill allowed a single to Tyler Heineman immediately thereafter, leaving Freeland tagged with six earned runs to his name — his first start with that many runs since June 27.

Freeland has now given up seven home runs in his last four starts after allowing two in his previous five. His record fell to 2-12.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Davis Schneider homered in the sixth inning to push Toronto’s lead to 7-1.

NUMBER TO NOTE: 21 — Home runs allowed by the Rockies during the homestand.

WHAT’S NEXT: A day off before heading to Phoenix for a three-game series against Arizona. Austin Gomber will start the Friday night opener, with a first-pitch time of 7:40 p.m. MDT.

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