Rockies’ futility continues in 8-0 loss to D-backs as record slides to 7-37

The Rockies shuffled the deck Friday night at Chase Field They still folded Left-hander Carson Palmquist was called up and made his major league debut Jordan Beck led off and former leadoff hitter Brenton Doyle hit fifth Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar returned from a month-long stint on the injured list with a bruised left hip It didn t matter The Diamondbacks romped - behind a gem from veteran starter Corbin Burnes He blanked the Rockies for six innings allowed just two singles and struck out He did walk three but Colorado s clueless offense could not take advantage Burnes extended his scoreless-innings streak to innings I think we are still pressing a lot Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer narrated reporters in Phoenix after his club fell to - since the club fired Bud Black Burnes is really good don t get me wrong Schaeffer continued He s a fantastic pitcher But punches for the second event in a row That s never going to get the job done That s not good enough I don t care if it s Corbin Burnes or somebody else You tip your hat to him but we have to take better at-bats The Rockies who had just two hits none after the fourth inning have turned strikeouts into an art form Their strikeouts rate are the bulk in the majors Careening toward the worst season in major league history the Rockies fell to - holding tight to the worst start to a season in baseball s Modern Era since They tumbled to - on the road where they are hitting and are averaging just runs per contest both the worst marks in the majors Palmquist selected in the third round of the draft out of the University of Miami gave up five runs on six hits over four innings He walked one and didn t strike out any In seven starts for Triple-A Albuquerque before his promotion the -year-old was - with a ERA with strikeouts vs walks I thought he was really good Schaeffer noted I thought he was poised I thought he commanded his fastball I thought his off-speed was good He competed That s a lot to ask for in your first major league competition Schaeffer announced it was no big deal that Palmquist failed to strike anybody out That s a good lineup over there he reported They put the ball in play Palmquist s first big-league inning was scoreless but Arizona punched him for two runs on two hits and a walk in the second Right fielder Corbin Carroll having a sensational season for the D-backs led off the third with a double to right stole third and scored on Eugenio Suarez s sacrifice fly Arizona salted the match away with a two-run fourth Former Rockie Randal Grichuk led off with a single and Gabriel Moreno drove him home with a double down the left-field line Moreno advanced to third on a groundout and scored on Geraldo Perdomo s sacrifice fly Suarez s two-run single in the seventh off Jimmy Herget added to Colorado s misery