Rockies See Losing Streak Grow to Seven

The pitching staff of the Colorado Rockies has been bad at times this season. On Monday night, another effort from the pitchers didn't help one bit as the Washington Nationals just clobbered the Rockies. Ryan Feltner gave up seven runs (five earned) and just called-up right-hander Blake Adams allowed five earned runs in just one inning of work. All of that, along with some stellar hitting by Nationals batters on Monday night, gave the home team a 13-3 victory in the nation's capital. This marks the seventh straight loss for Colorado with their pitching staff, across those seven games, posting an ERA north of seven. Willi Castro and Ezequiel Tovar connected for home runs in a losing effort for the Rockies. Adams called up from Triple-A Adams was pitching for the Rockies' Triple-A team at Albuquerque, N.M. The 25-year-old went 3-5 with a 6.52 ERA in 77.1 innings pitched in the minor leagues. He allowed 27 walks while striking out 60 across playing for two minor-league teams in Hartford at Double-A and Albuquerque in Triple-A in the Rockies' organization. During his time with the Isotopes, Adams went 2-5 with an 8.10 ERA. With Albuquerque, he allowed 22 walks and struck out 41 in 17 total appearances with the Isotopes. Adams was called up after the ballclub placed left-handed pitcher Kyle Freeland on the 15-day Injured List, retroactive to Aug. 21, with cervical radiculopathy. Castro's and Tovar's home runs were solo blasts, simply posting up single runs when Colorado really needed a multiple-run inning on Monday night. That, though, did not happen. The Rockies had a 2-0 lead going into the bottom half of the fifth inning, but the Nationals put up a five-spot to grab a 5-2 advantage. Nationals pile up runs Washington added three runs in the sixth inning, two runs in the seventh, and three more in the eighth inning to put the wraps on a big-time win. While the Rockies had hoped to avoid another 100-loss season in the 2026 season, they are going in the wrong direction. Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer keeps tabs on his players and the team effort. He has said that his players go out and do their best game-in and game-out. It's been pretty clear, though, that Colorado needs to do some serious work in the offseason on its pitching staff. The Rockies cannot come back next season and have pitchers perform in starts and relief appearances like they have this season. The Rockies and Nationals continue their series in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night. Let's see if Colorado can get off the deck and stop their seven-game losing streak before it goes further down the rabbit hole.