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.

Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki was removed after the eighth inning Sunday with tightness in his left groin. Tulowitzki was pulled from the game as a precaution and the team is uncertain if will be able to play Monday.

The Colorado Rockies finished off a 5-1 homestand by winning their first series from the Los Angeles Dodgers since the 2008 season.

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.

One mistake cost Ubaldo Jimenez as the Colorado Rockies, punchless again on the road, managed four hits and dropped their second straight game to the Diamondbacks.

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.

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.

Melvin Mora hit a grand slam as the Colorado Rockies scored five runs with two out in the eighth, evening their series with the Mets, who were held to three hits and whose final 15 batters were retired in succession.

Ubaldo Jimenez pitched well enough to win his 18th game but Mike Pelfrey was a bit better as the Rockies lost for the fourth time in their five games at Citi Field and the 21st time in their past 25 games in New York against the Mets.

The Colorado Rockies rebounded from a bitter loss Saturday night to split their four-game series with the Pirates, scoring all their runs in the first three innings and getting six innings from Esmil Rogers in his fourth career start, third this year and first since May 7.

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.

For the 13th time in 2010, Ubaldo Jimenez won after a Colorado Rockies loss, improving his overall record to 17-2 and tying the franchise’s single-season record for wins.