The Colorado Rockies successfully avoided making history with a win over the weekend, and they have 12 tries left to avoid stamping their name into the MLB record books.

To put it another way, the Rockies' magic number is one: They need just one win in their final 12 games to avoid tying the 2024 Chicago White Sox (41-121) for the most single-season losses in the modern era.

The first of those attempts comes Tuesday when Colorado (41-109) begins its final homestand of the season against the Miami Marlins. The Rockies send Kyle Freeland (4-15, 4.97 ERA) to face Miami's Eury Perez (6-5, 4.67) in the opener of a three-game series.

Freeland has pitched well in three of his last four outings -- he was ejected eight pitches into his start against San Francisco on Sept. 2 -- and owns a 1.98 ER

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