The Colorado Rockies bolstered their infield by acquiring veteran second baseman Mark Ellis from the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. The Rockies sent minor league right-hander Bruce Billings and a player to be named to Oakland for the 34-year-old Ellis and cash. Ellis wasn’t expected to be available for an afternoon game against the White Sox.

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The Colorado Rockies got a taste of their own medicine Wednesday night. The Rockies beat the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday with a go-for-broke race around the bags by Troy Tulowitzki in the 13th inning. On Wednesday, the White Sox turned the tables when Carlos Quentin scored from third on a shallow fly to right field in the ninth inning for a 3-2 victory.

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Only at cavernous Coors Field. Ty Wigginton placed the ball in the best spot possible for a bloop single. Brent Lillibridge, coming in from deep center, approached the ball like it might bite him. And then, with his relative … Continue reading →

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Ozzie Guillen had seen enough. When his Chicago White Sox team finally lost 3-2 to the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night in the 13th inning on a bloop single that scored the winning run from first base with two outs, Guillen didn't bemoan a tough defeat. Rather, he said the White Sox got what they deserved.

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NEW YORK–Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira has been on a serious home run binge lately, storming to 23 on the year by slugging 17 since May 1 to grab a share of Major League Baseball's lead with Toronto right fielder Jose Bautista.

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Jhoulys Chacin has been close to perfect in June, until he took the hill with the wind blowing out at Wrigley Field. Carlos Pena and Aramis Ramirez each homered twice, three of those shots coming off Chacin, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday. Chacin (8-5) struggled with his command and lost for the first time in four decisions, allowing season highs with six…

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Perhaps the Colorado Rockies were a bit spooked by Yankee Stadium. Eduardo Nunez hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning after shortstop Troy Tulowitzki made an error, Nick Swisher and Jorge Posada had consecutive homers and the New York Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit to beat the Rockies 6-4 Sunday to win the three-game series.

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An otherwise standard 8-3 victory by the New York Yankees over the Colorado Rockies did feature one ununsual moment on Saturday afternoon. It's what you see pictured above. Two different images of the same Troy Tulowitzki swing, showing two different … Continue reading →

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Jim Tracy knew the Rockies were in trouble after just one inning. CC Sabathia had mowed through the top three hitters in his batting order, striking out two of them, and the New York Yankees had already pushed across a couple of runs. "When you're facing a guy the magnitude of CC Sabathia, you can't give them a four- or five-run head start," the Rockies' manager said following…

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