Warren Schaeffer says “it was good to see fight” in Rockies’ 5-3 loss to Mets

The Colorado Rockies set more record for their historically poor start on Sunday afternoon, but interim manager Warren Schaeffer was happy about the fight his team showed

BY TRENT FINNEGAN

Jun 2, 2025, 9:20 AM Updated: 9:21 am

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Surprise! The Colorado Rockies hit yet another milestone on Sunday as the worst season in the history of the MLB carries on.

The Rockies were tied with the New York Mets in the fifth inning of Sunday’s 5-3 loss before giving up a home run to Francisco Lindor that ended up being the difference maker in the contest. The loss dropped the purple and black to a 9-50 record, the worst start in the MLB’s modern era (1901 and on).

The Blake Street Bombers (when’s the last time the club lived up to that nickname?) tallied just five hits in Queens on Sunday, a number that actually matched the team that is sitting in first place in the NL East. Three of Colorado’s hits were singles while the other two were home runs, by Orlando Arcia and Tyler Freeman, which were responsible for all three runs scored by baseball’s worst team.

Orlando Arcia hits his first homer as a Rockie! pic.twitter.com/ZC3E6UKnUm

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) June 1, 2025

The three runs were the most the Rockies scored all series, and tied for the most runs in a game by the team in the previous six games. Interim manager Warren Schaeffer also liked the fight he saw from his guys as the plate.

“Arcia battled to a two-strike homer to get us on the board, and then Freeman, just a bounce back after the Alonso three-run homer,” Schaeffer said after Sunday’s loss. “It was just good to see fight, it was good to see all day fighting like we’ve come to expect. Just, we haven’t had the wins yet.”

How much fight did the Rockies actually show? Two of their five hits came with two strikes on the board in Arcia’s home run and Sam Hilliard’s single in the top of the first inning. Just two of the final 14 batters got on base once the Rockies fell behind 4-3, and neither of them were able to advance past first base. Maybe Schaeffer’s definition of fight is that they at least swung the bat? The final five outs for Colorado were all strikeouts, four of them swinging.

Fight would be getting to 3-2 counts, fouling off pitches, drawing walks. Colorado saw just three at-bats go at least six pitches, with only two of them reaching a full count on the scoreboard. Meanwhile, eight of Colorado’s plate appearances lasted just one of two pitches. Doesn’t seem like a lot of fight.

Hopefully the Rockies can bring some of this “fight” they seem to have down to Miami on Monday when they take on the Marlins, who currently have the third-worst record in the National League at 23-34.

If the Rockies want to look and see what fight looks like, they should take a peek at what Scottie Scheffler is doing over on the PGA Tour. He has as many wins as the Rockies do since May 2, but has played in just a fraction of the events as Colorado. He only had a wire-to-wire victory in one of those three, as he had to show fight and resilience in big moments to come up clutch and gut out a victory.

May was a great month for Scottie Scheffler. Not so great for the Rockies. pic.twitter.com/bCRnRRgcxf

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First pitch from Miami is at 6:40 p.m. MDT on Monday. German Marquez is scheduled on the mound after he put up one of his best starts of the season against the Chicago Cubs last week.