The Colorado Rockies will take their win over the San Francisco Giants no matter if the game winning run crossed the plate on a balk call.  Giants starting pitcher Tim Linecum was called for a balk in the seventh inning and it gave the Rockies a 3-2 lead which they held onto as the beat the Giants.

Aaron Cook improved his record to 4-1 as he picked up the win.  Cook tossed seven innings and gave up ten hits but only two runs off of those ten hits.  Taylor Buchholz and Brian Fuentes pitched the final two innings for the Rockies.  Fuentes picked up his second save of the season.

Chris Iannetta had the only recorded RBI for the Rockies has he had a solo home run in the second inning.  Iannetta was the runner that scored on the balk as well.  Matt Holliday added a run for the Rockies when he hit into a double play in the first inning.

Lets see if the Rockies can get any momentum going and go on a nice winning streak after beating the Giants on Tuesday night.  What do you think?  Rockies Blog

Monday night’s game against the San Diego Padres is one game that Colorado Rockies sure want to forget about.  The Rockies were shut out by Matt Cain and the Giants by the score of 4-0 as the Rockies record dropped to 10-16 on the season.

Garrett Atkins and Yorvit Torrealba both had two hits, but the rest of the lineup was pretty much silent.  The Rockies had some chances as Cain walked five batters, but the Rockies stranded 19 runners so the walks didn’t come back to hurt Cain really.

Franklin Morales took the loss for the Rockies.  Morales tossed 4.1 innings and gave up six hits and four runs.  Morales had control problems as he walked five batters and only struckout one batter.  Kip Wells, Ryan Speier, and Josh Newman finished out the game on the mound and did not allow a run to score.

The Rockies are going to need to turn things around if they want to have any shot at making a return trip to the playoffs.  Right now, it doesn’t look like that is going to happen.  Do you think they will?

The Colorado Rockies were finally able to hold a ninth inning lead as they beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 on Thursday.  Earlier in the day, Brian Fuentes was named the closer as Manny Corpas was relieved of those duties.  It was Fuentes who got the save today against the Cubs.

Aaron Cook pitched great as he lasted eight innings and only gave up four hits and two runs.  Cook is now 3-1 on the season with a 2.91 ERA.  Anytime you can hold the Cubs offense to only four hits, you have a great shot a winning, and that is exactly what Cook and Fuentes did.

Four Rockies players each had one RBI in the game as they spread the offense around.  Todd Helton, Troy Tulowitzki, Chris Iannetta, and Ryan Spilborghs all had a RBI.  Iannetta’s RBI came in the seventh inning when he hit a solo home run.

So do you think the Rockies bullpen problems are over with Fuentes now being the starter?  Leave us a comment and let us know your opinion!

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Colorado Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said that Brian Fuentes will take over as the closer instead of Manny Corpas.  Many Rockies fans seen this coming after Corpas blew the game last night against the Chicago Cubs.

Corpas has blow four saves in only eight chances so far in 2008.  Fuentes should do a better job in my opinion.

The Colorado Rockies had the Philadelphia Phillies right where they wanted them until Manuel Corpas blew the save and the game in the ninth inning.  The Rockies were up 6-5 heading into the ninth inning, but Corpas gave up a bases loaded double to Pat Burrell and the Phillies went onto beat the Rockies 8-6.

Jeff Francis pitched seven innings and gave up six hits and four runs. Francis deserved a much better outcome then a no decision but sometimes that is just how it goes.  Matt Herges allowed one run in the eigth inning before Corpas blew the game.

Matt Holliday and Garrett Atkins both hit home runs for the Rockies.  Holliday’s was a solo home run while Atkins was a two run shot.  Both Holliday and Atkins finished with two RBI while Willy Taveras and Jeff Baker both provided one RBI.

The Rockies will now play the red hot Chicago Cubs in a quick two game series.

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The Colorado Rockies lost at home on Monday to the Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 9-5 putting the Rockies at 9-10 for the series.  The Rockies bullpen just couldn’t stop the Phillies in the eigth and ninth innings as the Phillies put up five runs in the final two innings of the game.

Mark Redman opened up the game for the Rockies pitching for five innings giving up six hits, four runs, and no walks.  The Rockies brought in Matt Herges, Taylor Buchholz, Brian Fuentes, and Micah Bowie to pitch the last four innings with Buchholz picking up the loss putting him at 1-1 for the year.  Bucholz gave up two earned runs, and Bowie gave up three earned runs.  Bad performance by Bucholz and Bowie.

All five of the Rockies runs came off of home runs.  Yorvit Torrealba hit a three run home run in the second inning and Garrett Atkins hit a two run shot in the fifth inning.

The Rockies will face off against the Phillies one more time again tonight at home for the 2nd game of the series.

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The Colorado Rockies lost 6-4 on Sunday against the Houston Astros.  Even though the Astros are struggling this season, they were able to hold the Rockies to four runs putting the Rockies at a split 9-9 for the year.

Ubaldo Jimenez opened the night up for the Rockies pitching for five and two thirds innings giving up five hits and three runs.  Kip Wells, Brian Fuentes, and Ryan Speier were all brought in to pitch against the Astros but were unable to prevent the loss.   Fuentes took the loss for the Rockies as he gave up three runs in the eigth inning.

Garrett Atkins hit his 3rd home run of the year against Shawn Chacon in the 6th inning.  Brad Hawpe, Todd Helton, Garrett Atkins, and Troy Tulowitzki all drove in a RBI as well.

The Colorado Rockies will now welcome the Philadelphia Phillies to the Rocky Mountain state for a two game series starting Monday night.  Will they be able to come back from this loss and pick up the win?

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The Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres played 22 innings on Thursday night / Friday morning and it was the Rockies who came out on top with a 2-1 victory.  The game lasted six hours and 16 minutes.  Most of Petco Park was empty by time the game was over.

Troy Tulowitzki hit a double in the 22nd inning for the game winning hit.  On Tulowitzki’s double, Willy Tavarez scored.  Brad Hawpe also had an RBI for the Rockies when he walked with the bases loaded in the 14th inning.

Kip Wells picked up the win for the Rockies.  The Rockies used eight different pitchers in the game.

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The Colorado Rockies scored seven runs in the ninth inning to beat the San Diego Padres 10-2.  It was a close game until the Rockies exploded in the ninth inning and put the game out of reach for the Padres.

What is shocking is that the Rockies did not hit one home run in the game yet they still put up 10 runs.  Troy Tulowitzki, Garrett Atkins, and Clint Barmes all had two RBI. Ryan Spilborghs, Scott Podsednik, Brad Hawpe, and Chris Iannetta all finished with one RBI each.

Mark Redman picked up the win for the Rockies.  Redman only pitched five innings as he gave up three hits and two earned runs.  Matt Herges, Taylor Buchholz, Brian Fuentes, and Manny Corpas all pitched in relief and all did a great job.

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The Colorado Rockies were no-hit for 6.2 innings and ended up getting blanked by the San Diego Padres by the score of 6-0.  You can’t win a ballgame with out two hits more then likely, and the Rockies just didn’t bring their bats to the game.

Todd Helton and Brad Hawpe were the only Rockies to record a hit in the game.  Talk about a terrible job at the plate lol.

Ubaldo Jimenez took the loss for the Rockies as he only lasted 4.2 innings and gave up six runs even though only two of them were earned runs.  Kip Wells and Ryan Speier finished up the game for Jimenez.

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