Rockies' lows: 10th sweep; 3rd-fastest to 50 Ls

Another series, different expanse arsenic the Colorado Rockies proceed to marque past for each the incorrect reasons.

The Rockies fell 5-3 to the New York Mets connected Sunday to widen their losing streak to 8 games.

That's the slightest of it.

The Rockies' grounds is 9-50 -- the worst grounds done 59 games of immoderate large league squad successful the modern epoch (since 1901). They person been swept 10 times successful 20 bid -- tied for the astir sweeps done 20 bid with the 1962 Mets, the 1970 Milwaukee Brewers and the 1994 Athletics.

Going adjacent deeper into the grounds books, Colorado is the third-fastest to the 50-loss people -- down lone the 1884 Kansas City Unions and 1876 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who got to 50 losses successful 57 games. However, successful an unusual quirk, the 2025 Rockies -- with 1 much triumph -- volition beryllium conscionable the 2nd squad to person 50 losses erstwhile they grounds their 10th win, arsenic the 1876 Red Stockings finished their play astatine 9-56.

Colorado really got connected the scoreboard archetypal Sunday with Orlando Arcia's solo location tally disconnected Clay Holmes successful the archetypal inning, but Pete Alonso deed a three-run changeable successful the 4th for the Mets.

The Rockies fought back, tying it connected Tyler Freeman's two-run changeable successful the fifth, but Francisco Lindor answered with a solo changeable successful the bottommost of the inning and the Rockies' discourtesy went soundless thereafter.

Colorado fell to 4-13 this play erstwhile scoring first; the Chicago White Sox (14-17) are the lone different squad this play to person a sub-.500 grounds aft taking the archetypal lead. The worst grounds for a afloat play since 1900 erstwhile scoring archetypal successful a game, according to ESPN Research, is 23-50 (.315) by 1962 Mets.

The Rockies haven't held a pb astatine the extremity of consecutive innings since they led for the last 4 innings of their astir caller triumph -- a 3-2 triumph implicit the New York Yankees connected May 23.

The Mets, meanwhile, won for the seventh clip successful 8 games to decorativeness a 7-2 homestand. They regained sole possession of archetypal spot successful the NL East, moving a crippled up of Philadelphia.

Holmes (5-3) gave up 3 hits, struck retired 3 and walked none. The right-hander, who entered this play with 300 consecutive alleviation appearances dating to 2019, has lasted astatine slightest six innings successful six of his past 8 starts.

Reed Garrett and Edwin Diaz tossed a scoreless inning apiece, with Díaz earning his 13th save.

The Rockies volition effort to get triumph No. 10 connected Monday arsenic they commencement a three-game bid against the Marlins successful Miami.

ESPN Research and The Associated Press contributed to this report.