The Colorado Rockies kept it close on Sunday, ultimately losing 5–4 to the San Francisco Giants. While the scoreline was tight, their offensive effort came with a lowlight stat that set a pretty unpleasant record.
The Rockies, according to Opta, had the most whiffs (swings and misses) in a game since the data became available over 25 years ago.
The Rockies swung and missed 64 times today.
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) July 28, 2024
That's the most whiffs by any MLB team on a single day since pitches were first tracked in 1988.
Amazingly, the Rockies and Giants both struck out 11 times in the game, but four different Rockies had two strikeouts in the game. Their proclivity to swing and miss helped the Giants keep their pitch count down, with San Francisco only throwing 144 to Colorado's 173.
The Rockies have the second-highest strikeout rate in MLB at 25.8%. They sit 25 games back in the NL West.
Fans had reactions ranging from anger to good old fashioned sarcasm:
Oh great another humiliating Rockies record https://t.co/9YaA5Hgx79
— Richard Romkee (@RRomkee) July 28, 2024
This is preposterous https://t.co/GWAJZ6yvLz
— Losses Above Replacement (@LAR_Baseball) July 28, 2024
#Rockies https://t.co/aviCivYN4L pic.twitter.com/UHFbicGlXn
— Patrick Kaplan (@PatrickKaplan13) July 28, 2024
History. Making. Season. https://t.co/6mZFwdUBN2
— Nick Grimm (@GRIMMnM) July 28, 2024
Rockies baseball: catch the fever https://t.co/eLddObRnMH
— Will (@will_e_777) July 28, 2024
The Rockies couldn't avoid ignominy after all https://t.co/hcDcvfhLm7
— Manny Randhawa (@MannyOnMLB) July 28, 2024
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Rockies Set Painful Record for Most Whiffs in a Game.
