The Colorado Rockies, 2-7 on their current trip, have lost four straight games for the first time this season and fell a season-most 6 1/2 games behind as ace Ubaldo Jimenez’s wildness resulted in a two-inning outing and a lopsided loss to the Phillies.

Rockies blow 3-1 lead, tie game at 5 in the seventh but give up run in ninth and lose a 4 hour, 6 minute marathon

Junking his sinker helped Hammel become more consistent and put him on a path to a spot in the postseason rotation

The Colorado Rockies offense woke up and the bullpen survived a nailbiter against the Philadelphia Phillies to take Game 2 and even the series as it moves to Denver.

De La Rosa suffers groin injury and Rockies hopes to win division come crashing down in five-run seventh, sending them Philadelphia as the wild card to start the playoffs Wednesday

The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the National League Central at the expense of the Colorado Rockies, who saw their lead in the wild-card standings dwindle to 2 1/2 games.

The Colorado Rockies scraped together just enough runs off Chris Carpenter and the St. Louis Cardinals while Aaron Cook, Jose Contreras and the Rockies bullpen combined to outpitch the Cy Young candidate.

Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy in his postgame news conference said Ubaldo Jimenez will have his next scheduled start pushed back from Saturday to Tuesday against the San Francisco Giants. Prospect Esmil Rogers, who has been with the team but not on the roster, will be activated and make the start Saturday against the San Diego Padres.

The Colorado Rockies suffered another injury to their starting rotation but finished a sweep of the Reds to extend their wild-card lead to 4 1/2 games and climb to within two games of the division-leading Dodgers.

Pitcher traded by Rockies for Contreras wins debut in White Sox organization

Contreras shines in Rockies debut, Smith and Gonzalez homer as Rockies improve to 4-1 on this 10-game homestand and stay one game ahead of the Giants in the wild-card race

Colorado Springs right-hander dealt for veteran Jose Contreras.