 Ramírez began 2006 with the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the triple @-@ A Pacific Coast League . After throwing a scoreless inning for Colorado Springs , he was called up by the Rockies on April 12 when Mike DeJean was placed on the disabled list . He made his debut on April 14 , pitching two scoreless innings in a 10 – 8 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies . Five days later , he singled against Chan Ho Park in his first major league at bat in a 13 – 4 loss to the San Diego Padres . On April 25 , he pitched 2 1 ⁄ 3 scoreless innings and got his first major league win in a 7 – 6 victory over the Phillies . Ramírez began his career with 15 1 ⁄ 3 scoreless innings in 11 games , which set a Rockies record for longest streak by a reliever to begin a career . It was the longest streak by a reliever to start a career since Jeremy Fikac threw 16 scoreless innings to start his career in 2001 . Ramírez 's streak ended on May 15 , when he allowed three runs in 1 ⁄ 3 of an inning and got his first career loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers , who won 5 – 4 . On August 15 , he set a career high with four innings pitched in the longest game in Rockies history , an 18 @-@ inning game against the Arizona Diamondbacks . He gave up a run in the 18th and suffered a loss in the 2 – 1 defeat . He had a 2 @.@ 88 ERA in his first 47 games , but he posted a 5 @.@ 09 ERA over his final 14 games , raising his season ERA to 3 @.@ 46 . On September 30 , in his final game of the season , he pitched 1 2 ⁄ 3 scoreless innings and got the win in a 14 @-@ inning , 11 – 9 victory over the Chicago Cubs . Ramírez finished the season with a 4 – 3 record , a 3 @.@ 46 ERA , 61 strikeouts , and 67 2 ⁄ 3 innings pitched in 61 games . His 61 games were the third @-@ most by a Rockies ' rookie pitcher , behind Steve Reed ( 64 in 1993 ) and Javier López ( 75 in 2003 ) . 
