The Colorado Rockies went quietly Tuesday in their second to last game of the season, a 7-0 shutout by the San Francisco Giants, who have won 13 of 17 games against the Rockies in 2011.
On the final Sunday of the season, the Colorado Rockies trampled the Houston Astros 19-3, reaching a season-high in runs, setting franchise records in hits and runs scored on the road and enjoying immensely a day that has brought them historic misery.
A four-run first inning was all the offense the San Diego Padres needed in a 4-0 win Wednesday, spoiling the Colorado Rockies’ final home game of the season as well as what was likely franchise wins leader Aaron Cook’s final start in Coors Field.
The Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 and clinched their sixth straight series win at Petco Park as Alex White pitched five innings for his first Rockies win and four relievers chipped in with a scoreless inning.
Aaron Cook didn’t make it through the fifth. The Colorado Rockies made one bad play in the field, another on the bases and managed to get little output from 13 hits in a 9-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Alex White struggled with his command in his second Colorado Rockies start, walking six and receiving little help from his offense in a 5-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
After blowing a four-run lead, the Colorado Rockies went ahead in the seventh but suffered another bitter loss when Matt Kemp hit a walk-off homer in the 11th inning against Jason Hammel to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-6 win.
The Colorado Rockies blew three leads but won their fourth straight game, beating the Houston Astros 8-6 when Jonathan Herrera, of all people, hit a two-run homer in the seventh
The Rockies scored six runs in the first, one in the second and took an eight-run lead into the ninth but needed closer Rafael Betancourt to get the final two outs in a 9-5 win over the Houston Astros.
The Colorado Rockies scored twice to tie the game in the 12th, aided by Todd Helton’s run-scoring double on a memorable at-bat, and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 in the 13th when Dexter Fowler singled home the winning run with two out.
The Colorado Rockies won a rare rubber game and did it with ease, building an 11-0 lead after three innings and beating the Florida Marlins 12-5.
The Colorado Rockies stumbled badly on the national stage and lost their 17th straight Sunday game, falling 6-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals.
