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The Rockies were created as an expansion team for the 1993 season and rose to a postseason appearance after three seasons and the 1994–95 strike. Since then they have played in the postseason four more times: in 2007 (when they lost the World Series to the Red Sox), 2009, 2017, and 2018. In 2023, the Rockies won only 59 games - the fewest in ...
The first game in Rockies history was played on April 5, 1993, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. David Nied was the starting pitcher in a game the Rockies lost, 3–0. The franchise's first home game at Mile High Stadium, and first win in franchise history, came four days later with an 11–4 win over the Montreal Expos.
The Colorado Rockies have been a wild card qualifier an NL record five times, followed by the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals with four each. Through the 2022 postseason, five NL wild card teams have gone on to win the World Series (Florida in 1997 and 2003, St. Louis in 2011, San Francisco in 2014 and Washington in 2019).
The Rockies have qualified for the postseason five times, each time as a Wild Card winner. In 2007 , the team earned its only NL pennant after winning 14 of their final 15 games in the regular season to secure a Wild Card position, capping the streak off with a 13-inning 9–8 victory against the San Diego Padres in the tiebreaker game ...
The last team to repeat as champions were the Yankees in 2000. Two World Series matchups (in 1982 and 2005 ) have no possibility of a rematch due to one of the contending teams switching to the opposing league – the Milwaukee Brewers moved to the NL in 1998, and the Houston Astros moved to the AL in 2013.
The 2007 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 season.The 103rd edition of the World Series, [2] it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Colorado Rockies and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox; the Red Sox swept the Rockies in four games.
Opponent S Occurrences GP Rec % Colorado Rockies: 2 2007, 2017: 5 1–1 .500 St. Louis Cardinals: 2 2001, 2002: 8 1–1 .500 Milwaukee Brewers: 2 2011, 2023: 7 1–1 .500 Los Angeles Dodgers
The Rockies swept the Phillies to advance to the NLCS for the first time in franchise history. Jeff Francis outdueled Cole Hamels as the Rockies stole Game 1 on the road. The Rockies blew out the Phillies in Game 2 to take a 2–0 series lead headed to Denver, as Troy Tulowitzki , Matt Holliday , and Kazuo Matsui all homered for Colorado.