DENVER – SEPTEMBER 20: Pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez #38 of the Colorado Rockies starts delivering against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Coors Stadium on September 20, 2007 in Denver, Colorado. Jimenez took the Rockies’ victory over the Dodgers 9-4 to complete a sweep of a four-game streak. (Photo by Doug Bensinger/Getty Images)
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What is the longest winning streak in Colorado Rockies history? As it turns out, the team has won a franchise record of 11 games in a row on two different occasions.
Here are the seasons the Colorado Rockies have won 11 games in a row, the longest winning streak in series history.
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Colorado Rockies fans remember well the first time the Rockies won 11 games in a row, as the Rockies began their amazing Rocktopper run with 11 straight wins between September 16 and September 27. , but the Rockies would win the last two games of the regular season to force Game 163 at Coors Field against San Diego Padres. Colorado would win that game in dramatic fashion (with Matt Holiday touching the home plate to score the winning game), then not lose again until the World Championships.
Did all these back-to-back wins cost the Rockies in the end? It has been argued that, with an eight-day hiatus between the Rockies winning the National League title and the World Championship that began in Boston (thanks to a post-season sweep in Colorado combined with a seven-game MLS championship streak and MLB scheduling), Colorado cooled before To be swept away in her only World Championship appearance to date.
As a note, Colorado was 6.5 games out of first place in the NL West when she started her 11-game streak with a 13-0 win at Coors Field over the Florida Marlins.
Another 11-game winning streak of the Colorado Rockies in 2009
After just two seasons, the Rockies together have 11 consecutive wins again, this time gathering the inning early in the season, from the June 4 through the June 14 games. Gate No. 18-28, which led to the dismissal of director Clint Heyerdel.
Colorado was 20-32 and Jim Tracy was coach when the series began with a 10-3 win over the Houston Astros. The Rockies were under 0.500 games when the Tampa Bay Rays cut the streak on June 16 with a 12-4 decision at Coors Field. After that, however, the Rockies won another six in a row to finally go back to setting a record.
The Rockies finished the season with a record 92-70 (the biggest single-season wins in Rockies history), but would lose to Philadelphia in the National League Division Series.
What is the longest losing streak in the history of the Rockies? Find it here.