Senzatela walked three and threw two wild pitches, which is kind of notable from someone who had thrown a total of 11 in 754 career innings coming into the day. He left down five runs in the fifth, but he avoided falling to 1-11 because of a big comeback that might well go down as the highlight of the Rockies’ season. He’ll face the Nationals next.

Senzatela followed opener Ryan Rolison in this game and was effective enough to shut the Mets out despite them putting at least one runner on base in three of his four innings. Alas, perhaps the Rockies are somewhat modernizing – relatively, of course – by using an opener ahead of Senzatela who’s struggled this season with a 6.68 ERA.

10 losses on May 31. 10 losses before his team has even won 10 games. Senzatela is definitely struggling, but so is everyone in the rotation, and between the Coors Field factor and the lack of any competence around them, it’s tough to say just how bad these Rockies starters are right now. Senzatela figures to remain in the rotation in spite of his 7.14 ERA, and he’ll probably make his next start at home against the Mets.

Senzatela’s outing ended with the rain delay, but he wasn’t going to last much longer anyway. He lost a sixth straight start and dropped to 1-9 with a 6.50 ERA for the season. He’ll take on the Mets in New York next weekend.