Rockies avoid unwanted MLB history with series win over Twins

DENVER — On Saturday night, the Colorado Rockies avoided making history for all of the wrong reasons.

With a 10-6 win over the Minnesota Twins at Coors Field, the Rockies captured their first home series of the 2025 season and snapped an overall 17-series winless streak dating back to last season. That was tied with the 1916-17 Philadelphia Athletics for the longest such streak in MLB history.

Following Colorado's 6-4 win over the Twins on Friday night, the Rockies have now won consecutive games for the first time all season.

That's a positive sign for a franchise that could still challenge last season's Chicago White Sox, a team that lost 121 games, for the most losses in a single season in the modern era.

"That's definitely a nice building block," Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer said. "We want series wins at home. Nobody wanted it to take this long to get it, but it doesn't matter. We got it right now."

Colorado entered the post-All-Star schedule with a 10-36 record at Coors Field this season. Nine of those 10 wins came during series finales, with each of those wins ensuring the Rockies would not be swept in a series.

Even after Friday's win over the Twins, Colorado's struggles at home this season were evident. The team's 11-36 mark was not only the worst home record among all MLB teams, but also the most losses at home for any team in MLB's modern era.

One of the keys to Colorado's series-clinching win on Saturday night was the return of the home run. Power has been lacking for the Rockies this season, as Colorado has totaled just 92 home runs through their first 97 games. 

That power outage wasn't evident on Saturday, however, as Ryan McMahon belted a two-run home run in the third inning to tie the game and Ezequiel Tovar added a three-run shot in the fifth inning to center field to push Colorado into the lead.