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 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.
The Colorado Rockies on Tuesday recalled Jhoulys Chacin to take the rotation spot of Jeff Francis, who was placed on the disabled list Saturday and will be joined there by Taylor Buchholz.
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.
The Colorado Rockies, who led 8-1 after five innings, survived a late charge by the Cubs, who scored six runs in the final three innings, including three in the ninth off Huston Street, pitching in a non-save situation.
Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com reports the Colorado Rockies are no longer trying to acquire Jorge Cantu and are likely trade deadline sellers. But selling isn’t necessarily the same as giving up on the season.
The Colorado Rockies’ road woes followed them home as they dropped their seventh in a row, this time to the worst road team in baseball, behind a lackluster offense and costly mistakes.
Some of you have surely noticed Ken Rosenthal’s latest buzz about the Colorado Rockies suddenly becoming sellers at the trade deadline. At first glance, this may have come as a shock, but upon further review most of the speculation has already been considered.
The Colorado Rockies lost their second straight game to the Reds, who romped as Jorge De La Rosa gave up three homers, five walks and was knocked out in the fourth.
Hammel scheduled to pitch first game at Cincinnati with Jimenez slotted for fourth game after the break on July 19 at Florida.
Ian Stewart capped two five-run innings with home runs, the second a grand slam, and drove in six runs as the Colorado Rockies twice overcame three-run deficits to move within two games of the first-place Padres.
