After winning a pitcher’s duel for eight innings, the San Francisco Giants gave the Colorado Rockies a series of gifts on a single play in the ninth inning and the Rockies won on a night every team in front of them in the standings lost.
The Colorado Rockies recovered from an ugly start with the help of rookie reliever Matt Reynolds and erased a nine-run deficit to finish off a sweep of the Atlanta Braves.
The Colorado Rockies won their third straight game and second over the Braves as Jorge De La Rosa, backed by homers from Carlos Gonzalez and Seth Smith, pitched seven very good innings and Dexter Fowler singled home two unearned runs in the eighth.
Todd Helton led the Colorado Rockies to back-to-back wins for the first time this month with his first four-hit game in more than a year.
The Colorado Rockies didn’t muster much offense, but salvaged a win in the series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks behind a brilliant performance from Jhoulys Chacin and a much-needed clean outing from the bullpen.
The Colorado Rockies, who struggled to score despite 12 hits against the last-place Arizona Diamondbacks, managed to take a 3-1 lead into the ninth only to watch it evaporate with another rough outing from Huston Street.
The Colorado Rockies eked out an extra-inning win against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a little help from reliever Octavio Dotel, who pushed the winning run across with two wild pitches.
Despite poor results in his past two games, the Colorado Rockies closer believes he’s delivering the ball better than at any point all season.
The Colorado Rockies salvaged a win and took the series from the Milwaukee Brewers despite missed opportunities on offense and a maddening ninth inning that cost Ubaldo Jimenez what would have been his 18th win.
After blowing an early 3-0 lead, the Brewers overcame 4-3 deficit with a run in the sixth and then beat the Colorado Rockies and closer Huston Street in the 10th.
The Colorado Rockies and Milwaukee Brewers combined for 12 doubles — six each — but the Rockies used the only other extra-base hit in the game to make up the difference.
The Colorado Rockies battled back from a 5-2 deficit with home runs in the ninth and 10th only to lose a heartbreaker when closer Huston Street allowed a walkoff three-run home run to Pedro Alvarez.
