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 Burns 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 The Rockies who have been shut out six times are turning strikeouts into an art form They fanned times for the second contest in a row and had just two hits none after the fourth inning 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 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 championship 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