The Colorado Rockies had trouble in the late innings on Thursday night as they lost to the Chicago Cubs by the score of 8-4.  The Rockies had two errors by pitchers late in the game that really hurt them as the Cubs scored five runs in the seventh and eighth innings to pick up the win.

Matt Herges took the loss and is now 2-2 on the season after giving up two runs in the seventh inning.  Taylor Buchholz then gave up three runs in the eighth inning as the Cubs blew the game wide open.

Rockies starting pitcher Jeff Francis lasted five innings and gave up six hits and three runs.

Willy Taveras led the Rockies at the plate with two rbi while Ian Stewart and Yorvit Torrealba both had one rbi in the game.

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The Colorado Rockies have won three games in a row after they defeated the San Francisco Giants by the score of 4-3 on Monday night.  The Rockies still have a long ways to go to get back into contention, but this is a good start and they will be playing a lot of games at Coors Field in the next 30 games so they should be able to pick up some ground in the division I would think.

Jason Grilli picked up the win and is now 1-0 on the season.  Grilli pitched 2/3 of an inning after Jorge De La Rosa was taken out after 5 1/3 innings.  De La Rosa gave up four hits and three runs in the game to get the no decision.

Matt Herges and Taylor Buchholz pitched the seventh and eighth innings without allowing run to cross the plate.  Brian Fuentes then came in to record his sixth save of the season.

Yorvit Torrealba had the big hit for the Rockies when he had a two run double in the sixth inning.  Torrealba tried to stretch the double into a triple but was thrown out at third base on the play.  Clint Barmes hit a solo home run while Garrett Atkins had a rbi single in the game.  Todd Helton went 0-4 in the game as he is kind of struggling on the season with a .268 average.

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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 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 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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