Rockies get runs — finally — but not a win as they drop to 3-13

Rockies Report, Game 16:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: It was one of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ television announcers who summed up Colorado’s place in the Major League Baseball hierarchy.

“If they’re gonna get right,” broadcaster Stephen Nelson said in the pregame show on SportsNet LA, “the Rockies are coming in at a perfect time for the Dodgers.”

Indeed, that is what Colorado is now — the “get-right team.”

The Dodgers lumbered into Monday night on a 3-6 skid since an 8-0 start. Two nights earlier, the Chicago Cubs put a 16-0 throttling on the defending world champions — the sort of drubbing administered to the Rockies last Wednesday night.

And on Monday, the Rockies were the Dodgers’ get-well tonic.

Mookie Betts jumped on the purple and black with a two-run shot in the bottom of the first and Los Angeles never trailed, withstanding the first burst of life from Colorado’s offense since last Thursday to deal the Rox their fourth-straight defeat and sixth loss in seven games, this one by a 5-3 count.

Colorado slumped to 3-13 — the club’s worst mark after 16 games in team history.

The Rox did snap a club-record skein of 32 consecutive scoreless innings, so there’s that. Hunter Goodman delivered a 2-run homer in the top of the seventh inning, his third home run of the season.

And after generating just two baserunners in the first five innings, the end of the scoreless streak seemed to unclog the pipes, as 10 Rockies reached base in the final four innings.

So, perhaps, there’s a smidgen of momentum heading into Tuesday.

But as the cliché goes, momentum is as good as the next day’s starting pitcher. And no matter what happens on that next day, the Rox will still sit at the bottom of MLB, as they’re now 1.5 games behind the next-worst team, the Chicago White Sox.

Furthermore, Colorado needs to see its younger, homegrown players producing, and six of the eight hits came from recent imports Kyle Farmer, Mickey Moniak and Nick Martini, with one hit apiece from Goodman and Sean Bouchard — the type of players the franchise NEEDS to see do well.

Colorado played without Brenton Doyle once again as he continues to deal with a right quadriceps issue. He hasn’t played since last Thursday. Black told media after the game that there was no chance that Doyle could have pinch-hit in the ninth inning.

STARTER’S REPORT: As has been the case for most of this season, Antonio Senzatela had no margin for error, and it evaporated when he surrendered a two-run blast to Mookie Betts in the bottom of the first inning, leaving the Rockies chasing from there.

Senzatela’s pitch count reached 91 before he was relieved after 4 1/3 innings. He yielded nine hits and a walk.

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Ezequiel Tovar grounded out with runners on the corners in the top of the ninth.

ROCKIES NUMBER TO NOTE: 8 — Number of hits for the Rox on Monday night, just one fewer than the number of hits for Colorado over the previous three games combined.

ROCKIES UNIFORM: Black hat with purple bill, gray jersey, gray pants. Colorado dropped to 0-4 in this uniform.

WHAT’S NEXT: Ryan Feltner returns to the mound for a Jackie Robinson Day start on Tuesday night. Los Angeles will counter with right-hander Landon Knack. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. at Dodger Stadium.