Rockies lose 4-3 to Marlins, open season 0-2

Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post on Mar 28, 2026

Published in Baseball

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The road remains a Rubik’s Cube for the Colorado Rockies. They lost, 4-3, to the Miami Marlins at loanDepot Park in Miami on Saturday. Colorado has opened the season 0-2.

That, after finishing 18-63 on the road last season, the worst road record in the majors and the most road losses in a season in franchise history.

Key moments

The Marlins won the game in the eighth when Otto Lopez singled to right, stole second and scored on Owen Caissie’s RBI single. Cassie was 3 for 4.

Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen (4 1/3 innings, three earned runs on seven hits, four strikeouts, no walks) made one crucial mistake, throwing a misplaced fastball to Liam Hicks, who clobbered it for a two-run homer in the fifth, tying the game 3-3.

Who’s hot

Colorado rookie first baseman TJ Rumfield hit a solo homer in the second off Marlins right-hander Eury Perez. It was Rumfield’s first big-league home run. Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar blasted a two-run homer to left in the fourth to give the Rockies a short-lived 3-1 lead.

Who’s not

The Rockies’ offense went 0 for 4 with runners in scoring position. Center fielder Brenton Doyle went 0 for 3 with a walk and has opened the season 0 for 7.

Pitching probables

Sunday: Rockies LHP Jose Quintana (11-7, 3.96 ERA with Milwaukee Brewers in 2025) at Marlins RHP Max Meyer (3-5, 4.73 in 2025), 1:40 p.m. ET.

Monday: Rockies RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (10-10, 4.64 with Baltimore Orioles in 2025) at Toronto Blue Jays RHP Cody Ponce (0-6, 7.04 ERA with Pittsburgh Pirates in 2021), 7:07 p.m. ET.

Tuesday: Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (0-2, 4.75 in 2025) at RHP Max Scherzer (5-5, 5.19 in 2025), 7:07 p.m. ET.

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