Warren Schaeffer says Rockies loss on Wednesday was a step forward offensively

The Colorado Rockies blew another three-run lead against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, but interim manager Warren Schaeffer liked the progress his team made offensively

BY TRENT FINNEGAN

Jun 12, 2025, 9:29 AM

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For the 55th time in 67 games, the Colorado Rockies fell short of victory in a game that was more fuel to the fire that is this nightmare season the franchise is going through. The team had another three-run lead late against the San Francisco Giants, but weren’t able to hold on as victory slipped out of their hands at home.

On the bright side, Colorado’s offense produced seven runs in the loss, the first time Warren Schaeffer’s ball club has hit that mark since a 14-run outburst back on May 17 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. For the whole season, it’s just the eighth time that the Rockies have scored at least seven runs.

“Today, I thought it was a big step forward for us offensively,” Schaeffer said after the loss. “We made a really good pitcher in Robbie Ray work hard, and that’s good for us. We haven’t gotten to many starters over the past couple weeks, and we did today.”

Ray’s 8-1 record for the Giants is tied for the second-best showing in the big leagues, and his 2.55 ERA is good for 15th-best. This was the 33-year-old’s first time throwing four innings or less since April 16, as not many teams have been able to get out and jump on him.

The Rockies’ 13 hits was their fourth-best output of the season and the 15th time that they were in double-digits in the hit category. Is that something to be proud of? Probably not, but any progress is good progress for this club, as they’re way behind the rest of the league in almost everything except triples, which they lead the league in thanks to playing in a hitter-friendly park in Coors Field.

“We threw good at-bats pretty much up and down this lineup, Beck had a good day, Goodman, Estrada got the job done. Arcia, couple hard hit balls. Doyle, couple hard hit balls. Up and down the lineup really, Hiura, two-out RBI. Ritter another triple … good stuff today from the offense,” Schaeffer said.

Seven runs should be enough for a team to win an MLB game on most nights. With the league average in runs per game hovering right around four, all a team needs is a semi-decent performance from its pitching staff and not a total collapse. However, because it’s the Rockies and there can never be a night when everyone is firing on all cylinders, seven runs just didn’t get the job done as they lost yet another series.

The final game of this three-game stretch against San Francisco — and larger six-game homestand — gets underway from Coors Field at 1:10 p.m. MDT on Thursday, with Antonio Senzatela slated to get the start on the mound.