In what’s becoming a typical and painful pattern, the Colorado Rockies fell once again on Monday night, dropping a 6–2 decision to the St. Louis Cardinals at Coors Field. The loss not only extended Colorado’s skid but cemented their place in the history books—for all the wrong reasons. With the defeat, the Rockies have now posted a 24–76 record through their first 100 games, the worst mark in the modern era for a National League team since the 1916 Philadelphia A’s.

Despite a promising start, the Rockies were outmatched in nearly every phase of the game by a Cardinals club that came into Denver on the heels of a three-game sweep at the hands of the Diamondbacks. Led by a dominant outing from rookie right-hander Michael McGreevy and an offensive barrage totaling 15 hits, the Redbirds found their rhythm and sent the Rockies further into the abyss.

Colorado briefly held a 2–0 lead in the bottom of the third. Rookie second baseman Adael Amador singled to start the inning, and after a sequence of well-placed contact and a defensive miscue, the Rockies pushed across two runs. Mickey Moniak added an RBI single to score Amador and then came around to score when Hunter Goodman delivered an RBI single, continuing his strong stretch at the plate.

But as has been the case all season, the lead didn’t last long.

St. Louis answered swiftly in the fourth. Catcher Willson Contreras crushed a solo homer—his 13th of the season—to cut the deficit in half. Nolan Arenado and Masyn Winn followed with back-to-back doubles, tying the game at 2–2. The floodgates opened from there, and the Rockies had no answer.

Rockies starter Austin Gomber endured another rough outing against his former team. The left-hander allowed 11 hits and five earned runs in 5 2⁄3 innings, striking out six but allowing far too much contact. After Gomber’s departure, the Rockies’ bullpen allowed just one more run while striking out five.

McGreevy looked unfazed by the challenge of pitching at altitude. The 2021 first-round pick tossed seven innings of two-run ball, allowing seven hits but walking none and striking out one. More importantly, he retired 11 straight Rockies during one stretch and induced soft contact throughout the night.

The Cardinals pounded out 15 hits, with five players recording multi-hit games. Willson Contreras led the charge, going 3-for-5 with a homer, a double, two RBI, and two runs scored. Masyn Winn also notched three hits, while Nolan Arenado, Brendan Donovan, and Jordan Walker each contributed two-hit nights.

Walker’s RBI single in the seventh capped the scoring for St. Louis, who never looked back after taking the lead in the fifth inning on another Contreras RBI knock.

The Rockies will try to right the ship in Game 2 of the series Tuesday night. Right-hander Bradley Blalock (0–2, 9.97 ERA) will take the mound for Colorado, still seeking his first major league win. He’ll be opposed by St. Louis’s Erick Fedde (3–9, 4.83 ERA).

First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. MT at Coors Field.