In battle of MLB’s worst, Rockies fall 3-2 to White Sox

Rockies Report, Game 88:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: Edgar Quero’s solo home run in the sixth inning broke a tie between the two worst teams in Major League Baseball, giving the Chicago White Sox a 3-2 win over the Colorado Rockies in the opener of their three-game series Friday night at Coors Field.

In front of a fireworks-fueled crowd of 48,064, a White Sox team that last year set a 162-game standard for futility did its part in trying to shove the Rockies further below their standard, taking a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning and then shutting Colorado down in the late innings.

White Sox starter Adrian Houser went eight innings and dominated, scattering four hits and two walks. Both of the runs he allowed were unearned, aided by a Josh Rojas throwing error that allowed Ryan Ritter to reach base and Michael Toglia to score from second base.

Rojas’s throw was wide, but Chicago first baseman Miguel Vargas appeared to lose track of the ball in the setting sun beyond the left-field stands.

A Tyler Freeman double brought home Ritter for the run that tied the game until Quero’s blast.

Colorado fell to 20-68, including a remarkable 1-29 in home games that are not series finales.

ROCKIES STARTER’S REPORT

Senzatela absorbed his 12th loss of the season, but unlike many of his starts, the damage didn’t happen early.

His first-inning woes have been a defining aspect of his campaign, but this time he got through the first three innings unscathed, although it took a first-inning double play in order to keep things clean.

But the White Sox got things going in the fourth inning. Chicago led off the frame with a pair of singles from Andrew Benintendi and Miguel Vargas, and after a walk to Quero, a two-out single by Michael A. Taylor brought Benintendi and Vargas home to put the White Sox in front.

Quero then delivered the decisive blast in the sixth inning. It wasn’t a bad pitch; Senzatela’s curveball was low and inside, but Quero still somehow got all of it and parked it in the right-field stands for the final run of the night — and the first home run of his major-league career.

First MLB homer for Edgar Quero ‼️ pic.twitter.com/unJZEQnX45

— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) July 5, 2025

Interim manager Warren Schaeffer relieved Senzatela after he plunked Taylor with two outs in the sixth inning, one out short of recording a quality start.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Ryan McMahon swung at a Grant Taylor curveball just below the strike zone with Mickey Moniak on first base for the final out of the game, ending the night and bringing on the postgame fireworks show.

NUMBERS TO NOTE: 1-for-16 — Tally for the first four batters in the lineup Friday night.

WHAT’S NEXT: Germán Márquez looks to continue his solid recent form as he goes for his fourth win. Jonathan Cannon starts for the White Sox. First pitch at Coors Field will be at 7:10 p.m. MDT.

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