Warren Schaeffer says ‘every loss hurts’ after Rockies ninth inning collapse

The Colorado Rockies suffered arguably the team’s worst loss of the season on Tuesday night as they squandered a three-run ninth inning lead to the San Francisco Giants. Interim Manager Warren Schaeffer gave just too long of a leash to Zach Agnos when it clearly wasn’t his night, and the team paid for it at the end.

The loss was the 54th of the season for the Rockies as the team continues to put up historically poor numbers on the way to becoming the worst team in baseball’s modern era, and possibly even the entire 149-year history of the sport. The Chicago White Sox set the modern era benchmark a season ago by going 41-121, a pace that the Rockies are well on their way to breaking.

That was the Rockiest of Rockies losses. Up 5-2 going into the ninth on a night their bullpen pitched well, then a complete meltdown. 12-54 means the current pace is to finish with a 26-136 record 🥴

— Will Petersen (@PetersenWill) June 11, 2025

After Tuesday’s collapse, Schaeffer talked about the team’s mentality as the nightmare season continues on.

“We want to win ball games,” Schaeffer said. “That’s plain and simple. Every loss hurts. Every single one. We just need to remember these losses moving forward and learn from them and get better.”

There’s going to be plenty of losses to remember as the season carries on, and the Rockies and Schaeffer haven’t exactly learned from a whole lot of them. If they can find anything to pick up on, now is the time before they head to Atlanta for a weekend road trip against one of the worst teams in the National League.

One bright spot that Schaeffer picked up on in Tuesday’s outing was the team’s offense. With two triples and two home runs from the bats in the loss, the offensive production was firing on enough cylinders to get the job done. Too bad the engine that runs the bullpen stopped working in the ninth.

“We executed [on offense], we hit a couple homers and we executed there in the eighth. Had a nice, long inning, we haven’t had that in a while. It was good stuff. Offensively, I thought it was a step forward tonight,” Schaeffer said.

The Rockies have one two more cracks at the Giants on Wednesday and Thursday before they head to the East Coast for a long road trip. Will the club manage to get an actual victory against an NL West opponent for just the fourth time this season? Or will they collect a couple more moral victories en route to another defeat?

First pitch for Wednesday’s game from Coors Field is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. MDT.

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