Rockies rally but lose to Marlins, who complete sweep at Coors Field

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post on Sep 18, 2025

Published in Baseball

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DENVER — The 2025 Rockies’ motto: Too little, too late, too bad.

As has become their custom during their historically bad season, the Rockies made some late-inning noise Thursday afternoon at Coors Field, scoring four runs in the ninth. A solo homer by Blaine Crim, an RBI double by Ryan Ritter, and a two-run homer by Mickey Moniak powered the surge.

Moniak has hit a home run in four consecutive games.

But all of that wasn’t enough to stave off loss No. 112 in front of an announced crowd of 21,760.

The sub-mediocre Marlins (73-80) beat them, 9-7, to complete the three-game sweep. It marked the eighth time this season Colorado has been swept at home.

The Rockies, running low on gas as the season nears its end, have lost five straight games, are 1-11 in their last 12 games, and slid to 2-14 in September.

Crim, the journeyman first baseman, continues to rake. He hit a solo homer in the second to go with his homer in the ninth. They were the second and third homers of his career and his first at Coors.

Miami starter Sandy Alcantara struck out eight over 6 2/3 innings. He gave up three runs on five hits, including solo home runs to Crim and Yanquiel Fernandez in the seventh.

Colorado actually led the game, 2-1, after its two-run second inning. Following Crim’s homer, Kyle Karros was hit by a pitch, Fernandez walked, and Tyler Freeman drove in Karros with a single.

Rockies starter Tanner Gordon had been sharp and efficient in five of his last six starts. He wasn’t on Thursday, though he pitched well enough to keep the Rockies in the game. Over six innings, the right-hander was charged with five runs (four earned) on five hits. He walked one and struck out four.

Gordon’s undoing came in the Marlins’ three-run third inning. Agustin Ramierz hit a bloop double into shallow right field and Liam Hicks followed with a two-run homer to right-center on Gordon’s first-pitch fastball. Three pitches later, Otto Lopez blasted a 2-0 fastball 446 feet to left-center to give Miami a 4-3 lead.

The Marlins piled on in the late innings, capped off by Heriberto Hernández’s two-run homer off lefty Ryan Rolison in the ninth.