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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Today was a day to forget for the Colorado ball club with a tough 10-7 loss against the Giants.  After winning the last two games against the Giants the Rockies couldn’t get the sweep.

Greg Reynolds started today’s game on a high after winning his first game against Milwaukee last week, but it was a different story for the young pitcher today. He looked good in the first only giving up one hit but couldn’t get the third out in the second until  4 runs were scored; 3 out of the 4 were on a 2 out homerun by Fred Lewis. Reynolds only lasted 3 2/3 innings and gave up 10 hits.

The rest of the team tried to help Reynolds out with some offense, but  couldn’t bring in the runs. In the second inning Todd Helton lead off with a single and Garrett Atkins brought him home on a double.  Two batters later Yorvit Torrealba knocked in a run with a single.  After the Giants scored another 2 runs in the 3rd the Rockies came right back with 2 runs off of a Matt Holliday double. It looked as if the Rockies had a chance to come back, but couldn’t bring Holliday in from second.

The Giants came right back with 2 more runs in the 4th. In the 5th inning the Rockies had a chance of catching the Giants.  Jeff Baker swinging a hot bat singled to left to start the inning and was followed by a Holliday single.  Helton walked and the bases were loaded for Garrett Atkins who doubled to right and brought in 3 runs.  Atkins was left on second for 2 consecutive outs and was joined on first by Omar Quintanilla.  With 2 men on Ian Stewart couldn’t capitalize and struck out looking. Once again the Rockies left potential runs on base.

Again in the 7th the Rockies had a chance to reach the Giants. With 2 outs the Rockies loaded the bases with  singles by Torrealba and Quintanilla and a walk to Jonathan Herrera, but Ryan Spilborghs struck out looking.  In fact the Rockies struck out a total of 13 times, including 3 strikes by both Holliday and Hawpe.

The Rockies didn’t lose because they didn’t have the opportunities, they lost because they couldn’t finish. Reynolds threw only 3 2/3 innings; Manuel Corpas gave up 2 runs in the 7th with 2 outs- the Giants scored 5 runs with 2 outs-and the Rockies couldn’t clear the bases.

Today’s loss could have easily been a win if only the team could complete what they started. The only good to come from this loss is the 4 tacos for a dollar at Taco Bell tomorrow because the Rockies scored 7 runs.  The Rockies need to regroup and get ready for a quick road trip to the windy city for some interleague play against the White Sox. The Rockies have played well in interleague game it would be nice to get back to a winning streak.

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The Colorado Rockies were ahead 2-0 heading into the ninth inning but Rockies closer Brian Fuentes gave up two runs to the San Francisco Giants as they tied the game and sent it to extra innings.  In the tenth inning, it was Matt Herges turn to give up a run and the Rockies lost to the Giants 3-2.

Rockies starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez earned a much better decision then a no decision as he tossed seven innings of shut out baseball.  Jiminez only gave up three hits and two walks through seven innings.  Taylor Buchholz pitched a scoreless eighth inning before Fuentes and Herges messed the game up.

The Rockies scored a run in the first and second innings of the game and after that they did nothing at all.  Matt Holliday had a ground out to the pitcher in the first inning that scored Willy Tavarez and then in the second inning, Jeff Baker had a sac fly to center field to score the Rockies second and last run of the game.

Talk about a disappointing way to lose the game.  Blow the save, and then lose in extra innings. Hopefully it won’t hurt the Rockies too much and they get some much needed rest on Thursday before they start a series with the New York Mets.

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The Colorado Rockies just can’t beat the Arizona Diamondbacks this season.  Maybe it is a little payback from the playoffs last year, but the Rockies just can’t get anything done against them.

Thursday night was no different as the Rockies lost to the Diamondbacks 8-5 and with the loss they were swept in the series.  The Rockies are now 15-26 on the season and need to turn things around in a hurry.

Aaron Cook dropped to 6-2 on the season as he took the loss.  Cook threw five innings while giving up ten hits and five runs.  He also walked four batters and gave up one home run.  Brian Fuentes also had some trouble in the game as he only recorded two outs while giving up two hits and three runs.

Five different Rockies players had one rbi in the game.  Ryan Spilborghs, Clint Barmes, Matt Holliday, Chris Iannetta, and Scott Podsednik all had a rbi.  They just couldn’t get that big hit to drive in more then a couple runs at a time that they needed.

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The Colorado Rockies rallied for four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning off the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen to beat the Cardinals 4-3.  They Rockies had been held to only four hits in the first seven innings of the game by Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright but then they lit up the Cardinals bullpen.

Matt Holliday got the scoring started for the Rockies with a triple to deep right field that scored Omar Quintanilla.  Ryan Spilborghs then singled to left field to score Holliday.  Chris Iannetta then tripled to deep right field to score Garret Atkins and Spilborghs.

Rockies starting pitcher Jeff Francis ran into some trouble early in the game as he only pitched five innings.  Francis gave up six hits and three runs including a home run in the fifth inning.

Ryan Speier ended up picking up the win as he pitched the eighth inning.  Speier is now 1-1 on the season.  Closer Brian Fuentes pitched the ninth inning to pick up his third save of the season.

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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.

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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 got off to a hot start against the Atlanta Braves and beat them 12-6 on Wednesday night at Coors Field.  The Braves have won the first three games of the four game series and will be going for the four game sweep if they can get the game in on Thursday as snow is in the forecast.

Ryan Spilborghs and Yorvit Torrealba led the Rockies at the plate.  Spilborghs hit a three run home run and finished the game with five RBI’s while Torrealba hit a three run home run and finished the game with four RBI’s.  Matt Holliday continued to swing a good bat and had two RBI while Todd Helton finished the game with one RBI.

Mark Redmond pitched five innings to pick up his first win on the season.  Redmond allowed serven hits, three runs (two earned), and struckout three batters.  The Rockies did have some problems in the bullpen late in the game as Kip Wells and Matt Herges let in a combined three runs.

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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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Matt Holliday once again excited the crowd at Coors Field with a heroic homerun.  Holliday hit a two run homerun in the bottom of the 8th inning that gave the Rockies a 2-1 lead over the Atlanta Braves and they held on for the victory to improve their record to 2-5.

Matt Herges picked up the win and Manny Corpas picked up the save.  It was Herges first win on the season, and Corpas’s second save.  Starting pitcher Aaron Cook pitched seven great innings and only allowed two hits and a first inning earned run.  Great performance by the Rockies pitching staff!

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