In a must-win game, the Colorado Rockies were in position to do just that against the Philadelphia Phillies but fall after allowing a nine-run rally and leaving 14 runners on base.
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 finished off a 5-1 homestand by winning their first series from the Los Angeles Dodgers since the 2008 season.
Jhoulys Chacin was very good for the second straight start, and Todd Helton and Carlos Gonzalez homered as the Colorado Rockies evened their series with the Dodgers. The Rockies have a chance Sunday to win a series from the Dodgers for the first time in two years.
The Colorado Rockies watched a 1-0 lead and Ubaldo Jimenez’s latest attempt to win a franchise record 18th game unravel in the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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.
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.
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.
The Colorado Rockies bounced back from a disappointing loss in the first game of their series with the Pittsburgh Pirates by pounding out 15 hits to pick up a crucial road win in the second game.
