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Rockies’ nightmare start, worst ever among National League teams in modern era, keeps spiraling

The club with the worst start in modern National League history keeps sinking deeper.

Colorado lost its eighth straight game on Tuesday at Coors Field, an 8-2 defeat to the Braves that was never in doubt. German Marquez, who’s yet to regain his All-Star form, was hit hard for seven runs in five-plus innings. And the NL’s most anemic offense struggled again, notching only six hits.

That formula dropped the Rockies to 4-25 in a season that has already spiraled out of control. Firing hitting coach Hensley Meulens and replacing him with Rocktober boss Clint Hurdle has done nothing to reverse the course of a club that is currently tracking toward the most abysmal record in baseball history.