DENVER -- In the strange history of Rockies pitching, the team¡¯s only no-hitter doesn¡¯t even qualify as the best single-game performance.

Also, three of these games occurred at Coors Field, where stellar pitching is supposed to be close to impossible.

Let¡¯s start our list of the Rockies¡¯ top five single-game pitching performances with a ¡°blink and it¡¯s over¡± affair in Seattle:

1. Josh Fogg
June 30, 2006, at Mariners
If you had early dinner reservations, you were in luck. It wasn¡¯t just that right-hander Josh Fogg vanquished the Mariners, 2-0, with a two-hit, one-walk shutout at Safeco Field. It¡¯s that he faced the minimum 27 batters. Fogg struck out just one batter, but he forced 13 groundouts. All three baserunners were erased on double plays. Fogg¡¯s opposite number, future Rockies pitcher Jamie Moyer, faced just 33 batters in his compete game. This one lasted 1 hour, 52 minutes.

2. Ubaldo Jim¨¦nez
April 17, 2010, at Braves
These decisions are tough. Why wasn¡¯t right-hander Ubaldo Jiménez¡¯s no-hitter -- the apex of the best pitching season in club history -- the top performance? Well, while Fogg faced the minimum and dominated from first pitch, Jim¨¦nez walked six in the first five innings. Of course, Jim¨¦nez more than made up for it by leaving the Braves hopeless the rest of the way in a 4-0 victory at Turner Field.

3. Aaron Cook
July 1, 2008, vs. Padres
Games at Coors Field are known not only for being high-scoring, but being long. But this time, right-hander Aaron Cook microwaved the Padres on just 79 pitches in 1 hour, 58 minutes -- the fastest nine-inning game in Coors Field history. Cook left a trail of broken bats on the way to a 4-0 victory. It was his 11th win of a season that saw him represent the Rockies in the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.

4. Jon Gray
Sept. 17, 2016, vs. Padres
After eating the Padres¡¯ lineup alive to the tune of a Coors Field-record 16 strikeouts, right-hander Jon Gray revealed that he was a hungry man. Because of excitement, Gray was having a hard time eating on days he pitched (a problem he and the club have since addressed). On this night, Gray earned a hearty postgame meal. It wasn¡¯t just the strikeouts. He didn¡¯t walk anyone, either, in an 8-0 victory.

5. Kyle Freeland
July 9, 2017, vs. White Sox
This is the only performance on this list that was not a complete game, but it deserves inclusion for a couple reasons. First, left-hander Kyle Freeland took a no-hitter into the ninth inning at Coors Field. (He left the game after Melky Cabrera lined into left field for a single with one out.) Second, it showed that Freeland was a quick study. In his previous start, an 8-1 home loss to the Reds, Freeland was so demonstrative after a play wasn¡¯t made behind him that manager Bud Black visited the mound, waved everyone else away and spoke for nearly 45 seconds. After Freeland fanned nine White Sox in a 10-0 victory, only cheers rang in his ears.