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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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 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 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 didn’t open up the 2008 season at Coors Field how they had planned as they got smoked by the Arizona Diamondbacks by the score of 8-1.  Great pitching by Micah Owings and a lot of hitting by the Diamondbacks put the Rockies in a hole right from the beginning.

Mark Redman got the start for the Rockies but only lasted 5.2 innings while giving up nine hits and four earned runs.  The rest of the Rockies pitchers didn’t do that good either as Matt Herges, Taylor Buchholz, and Manny Corpas all threw one inning and gave up one earned run each.

The only offense the Rockies could mustar was a solo homerun by Todd Helton in the 7th inning.  Other then that the Rockies offense was pretty bad and held down by Micah Owings and the rest of the Diamondbacks pitchers.

The Rockies will try to even the series tomorrow as they have Jeff Francis going against Brandon Webb.  It should be a very good game with both teams ace’s starting the game.