Rockies' Coors Field misery continues vs. road-challenged White Sox

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post on Jul 4, 2025

Published in Baseball

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DENVER — The Colorado Rockies’ Fourth of July was a Yankee Doodle dud.

Chicago White Sox right-hander Adrian Houser made sure of that, pitching eight strong innings in the Sox’s 3-2 victory Friday night at Coors Field.

The White Sox, who lost a modern-era record 121 games last season, entered the night with a 9-35 road record, worst in the majors. But they bested a Rockies team that now owns a 9-35 home record, also worst in the majors.

The Rockies (20-68), on pace to lose 125 games, are threatening to supplant the White Sox for the most losses in modern baseball history.

Houser (4-2, 1.60 ERA) gave up two unearned runs on four hits. He walked two, struck out six and recorded 10 outs via ground-balls.

Closer Grant Taylor finished the game off in the ninth as the White Sox broke a 17-game losing streak in one-run games. He gave up a two-out single to Mickey Moniak before striking out Ryan McMahon to end the game. McMahon was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts.

The only in-game fireworks were provided by Chicago catcher Edgar Quero, who lofted a one-out solo homer to right off of Antonio Senzatela in the sixth for what turned out to be the game-winning run. It was Quero’s first homer of the season.

For the record, the postgame fireworks brought a sellout crowd of 48,064 to Coors, and plenty of attempts at The Wave.

Colorado finally broke through against Houser in the fifth, with the help of the setting sun. First baseman Michael Toglia hit a one-out double, and Ryan Ritter followed with a routine grounder to third baseman Josh Rojas. Except that Rojas’ throw to first baseman Miguel Vargas got lost in the run, and Rojas was charged with a throwing error. Toglia scored and Ritter advanced to second. Tyler Freeman’s double to left scored Ritter, tying the game, 2-2.

Senzatela gave the Rockies a serviceable start: three runs allowed on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked just one and struck out four. His big mistake was the 1-1 curveball he hung for Quero’s go-ahead homer in the sixth.

Chicago loaded the bases in the fourth, but Senzatela nearly escaped unscathed when Colson Montgomery lined out to Toglia for the second out. But Michael A. Taylor, the No. 8 hitter, delivered a two-run single to right, giving the White Sox a 2-0 lead.

Senzatela, 3-12 with a 6.57 ERA, needed 95 pitches to get through his start.

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