So, once again, the Rockies came up short, losing 13-9 to the Padres on Friday in front of 30,490 fans at Coors Field on a perfect spring night. Colorado lost its seventh consecutive game and fell to 6-32, matching the 1988 Baltimore Orioles for the worst 38-game start in Major League Baseball’s Modern ERA (since 1901).

That was almost exactly the way to beat a bad team. Then the Padres’ bullpen surrendered seven runs in the final two innings and closer Robert Suarez had to come in and earn a save by getting the final two outs.