Although the Rockies did not, once again, get the sweep, they took 2 out of 3 games against the White Sox. It would be nice for them to finish a series with 3 or 4 W’s but I will take just winning out right; beggars can’t be choosers. Today’s game was not won without drama.

Aaron Cook had another great outing on the mound. He pitched 6 innings and gave up 3 runs on 10 hits, 2 of  which came off of a Dye homerun in the 5th. Cook had some offensive help today from former White Sox Scott Podsednik who drove in 2 of the Rockies 4 runs. This was a key game for Podsednik who has struggled lately. The Rockies started out hot today scoring 2 runs in the first, with Podsednik bringing Willy Taveras home on a double and on the next pitch, Matt Holliday doubled in Podsednik.

After the White Sox tied up the game in the 5th off of Dye’s homerun, Brad Hawpe, who is an internet celebrity for his sewer pipes and instructional video (on youtube search Brad Hawpe), took Contreras deep in the 6th and gave the Rockies the winning run. Chris Iannetta added an insurance run in the 9th with a bomb off of Logan.

The bullpen threw another great game. Ryan Speier, Taylor Buchholz and Brain Fuentes all came in and combined threw 3 innings -each threw 1 full inning- and only gave up 1 hit. Fuentes’s outing was a little scary for the Rockies because he loaded the bases off of a single and 2 walks with 2 outs.

And that’s not all, Rockies fans cringed as Holliday and Omar Quintanilla both were running for the last out, a popup by Crede. At the last second Quintanilla dropped off and almost ran right into Holliday who by some miracle bobbled the ball and then caught it bare handed. It was an unconventional out but it counted and the Rockies won by 2 runs.

The win today was a good Father’s Day present for my dad, who sits and watches every game with me. I know that the Rockies were winning it for him and all their dad’s back home. Tomorrow is another day and the Rockies have a one game series- a make-up after the snowed out game in April- against the Braves. Chipper was cooling off today and hopefully the Rockies can bring him below .400.

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The Rockies 1-0 win today over the Giants was a big one.  Not just because they are in dire need of wins but because the entire team played a part.  The Rockies win when they play as a team. The playoff run in September of last year was spectacular because the team became a family.  Tonight’s win was a glimpse of what could turn out to be another close knit team with playoff potential.

It started off with Ubaldo Jimenez not giving up in the first.  He threw a total of 29 pitches but kept his confidence and got out of the inning unscathed.  Jimenez proved today that he belonged in the show.  In 7 innings he only walked one man and gave up 4 hits.  For a young guy struggling with control one walk is a big deal.  Although he personally didn’t get the W he was a key aspect for the club win.

The defense was some of the best I have seen from the Rockies all year. Willy Taveras, who has been off and onn defensively this year, was definitely on tonight with a spectacular catch in the 6th to give the Rockies the first out of a 1,2,3 inning.  He caught it over the back, reaching out, on the run in dead center field.  Taveras wasn’t the only one playing some defense, for a guy who was drafted as a third baseman,  Ian Stewart has proved that he can also play a pretty good second base, with 8 assists in 7 innings on the night.  His most impressive assist was in the first, with Lewis on second, Winn on first and  2 outs in the inning; with  a ball hit up the middle Stewart ran over and made an off balance perfect throw to get Rowand out at first for the third out. If he doesn’t make that play the score would have been 1-0 Giants in the first.

The defense was perfect tonight while the offense was dormant with the Giants ace Lincecum on the mound. It wasn’t until the bottom of the ninth inning that the first and last run was scored. Brian Fuentes earned his money tonight by getting three outs in the top of the ninth without a run, and earning himself a win which was his first of the season.

In the bottom of the ninth with Garrett Atkins occupying third, off of a walk and single by Brad Hawpe, and then Hawpe on second due to a passed ball, Chris Iannetta stepped up to the plate. He looked at a couple balls go by and then decided to swing, when he made contact the ball went off of his knee and he went down in pain.  It was a scary moment for the catcher who has had one of the best starts to the season on the team, but he finally got up and walked off the pain and made it to first with 4 balls.

The bases were loaded for Jeff Baker who flied out to Rowand in center; Atkins faked going in but made the right decision in going back as a good throw would have definitely caused an out.  Up off the bench then came Yorvit Torrealba who hit a  short fly ball right to Giants left fielder Lewis, who made a perfect catch and quickly threw the ball to Molina who was in perfect position on the plate.  The Ump called Atkins out but forgot to look for the ball that was rolling in the dirt in front of Molina.  Atkins was safe at home. Torrealba didn’t get the RBI but the only thing that matters is the club got the win.

It was an unselfish night for the Rockies that really paid off. They have won 6 of their last 7 games. The Rockies will go for a sweep tomorrow afternoon at Coors Field.

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The Colorado Rockies had a nice attempt at a comeback in the bottom of the ninth inning but the fell one run short as the San Francisco Giants beat the Rockies 6-5.  The Rockies were down 6-3 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning and then Clint Barmes hit a two run home run to bring the Rockies within one run but that was as close as they would get.

Barmes led the Rockies with two rbi in the game while Brad Hawpe and Aaron Cook both had one rbi.

Cook took the loss for the Rockies after tossing seven innings and giving up ten hits and four runs.  Cook is now 6-3 on the season.  Manny Corpas throw a scoreless eighth inning before Arias gave up two runs in the ninth inning.

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The Colorado Rockies battled back to tie the game 5-5 in the eighth inning but then went onto give up another run in the to of the ninth inning on a weird play as the Cardinals defeated the Rockies 6-5.  In the top of the ninth inning Albert Pujols scored from second base on a groundout to second base.  Jonathan Herrera lofted the ball to Todd Helton and Pujols ended up just running all the way home instead of stopped at third base like most runners would have.  Helton was unable to get the ball home in time and Pujol slide in under the tag to give the Cardinals the go ahead run.

Brian Fuentes took the loss and is now 0-2 on the season.  Pujols said he took the gamble because Fuentes is so hard to get hits off of usually.  Ubaldo Jimenez started the game for the Rockies and tossed seven innings while giving up seven hits and four runs.  Matt Herges pitched two scoreless innings before Taylor Buchholz pitched an inning and gave up a run.

Brad Hawpe led the Rockies at the plate with a home run and two RBI.  Ryan Spilborghs and Helton both had RBI’s in the game as well.

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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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The Colorado Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves by one run once again.  On Tuesday night, the Rockies beat the Braves by the score of 4-3.  Once again it was Matt Holliday leading the way for the Rockies has he had two RBI’s.

After Holliday, Garret Atkins and Brad Hawpe had one RBI each.

Ubaldo Jimenez pitched six innings to pick up the win.  He allowed six hits and three earned runs.  I think he could have pitched better, but it was nice to see him pick up the victory.

Manny Corpas picked up his third save of the season by closing down the Braves in the 9th inning.

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The Colorado Rockies have locked up another player to a long term contract and this time it is Brad Hawpe.  Hawpe who signed a one year contract in January, and now signed a three year contract that will throw that one year deal out the window.  Hawpe will make $17 million dollars in this new three year contract.

The Rockies are really spending the money after making an World Series appearance last year.  They are going to give it a good run for the next 3-4 years as they have locked up their key players to smiliar deals.  I still believe the Rockies will only go as far as the pitching staff will take them.

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