Wed, 09/23/2009 - 10:56 by shalini.bahadur
Denver, Sept. 23: Brad Hawpe's three-run homer Tuesday keyed a 14-hit attack for the Colorado Rockies who outlasted San Diego 11-10.
Clint Barmes had a two-run inside-the-park homer to help Colorado move five games ahead of San Francisco in the National League wild-card race. Todd Helton and Dexter Fowler each added three hits for the Rockies.
Matt Belisle (2-1) got the win after three innings in relief of starter Jorge De La Rosa, who was rattled for six runs in 2 1/3 innings.
Cesar Ramos (0-1) took the loss in his first Major League start.
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Thu, 09/10/2009 - 11:32 by preet_20
Denver, Sept. 9: An infield single by Seth Smith drove in two runs with two away in the ninth Wednesday, rallying the Colorado Rockies to a 4-3 victory over Cincinnati.
The Reds took a 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth on a solo homer by Scott Rolen but let the game get away in the bottom of the inning on a grounder that eluded the grasp of second baseman Brandon Phillips.
Colorado's comeback gave the Rockies their sixth straight win and pushed their lead over San Francisco in the National League wild-card race to four games. The Giants lost earlier in the day to San Diego 4-2.
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Sat, 09/05/2009 - 14:29 by preet_20
Denver, Sept. 5: Jason Giambi singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth Friday, finishing off a late Colorado comeback that brought the Rockies a 5-4 win over Arizona.
Giambi was called up from the minors by Colorado earlier this week and has produced clutch hits in his only two at-bats.
He had a two-run single Wednesday as a pinch-hitter in a 5-2 win over the New York Mets and came through again Friday in a key situation.
Seth Smith doubled home two runs in the seventh inning, allowing Colorado to tie it 4-4.
Yorvit Torrealba opened the eighth with a single off Blaine Boyer (0-2) and Clint Barmes sacrificed Torrealba to second. That brought up Giambi, who hit a 2-1 pitch into left field for the game-winning RBI.
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Thu, 09/03/2009 - 09:52 by preet_20
Denver, Sept. 3: Jason Giambi, in his first Colorado appearance, singled in the go-ahead runs in the eighth Wednesday to give the Rockies a 5-2 win over the New York Mets.
Colorado signed Giambi to a minor league contract after he was released by Oakland and the Rockies called him up this week.
With the score tied at 2-2 and the bases loaded with one out in the eighth, Giambi was called on to hit for Clint Barmes. He swung at the first pitch from Brian Stokes (1-4) and singled to center, driving in Troy Tulowitzki and Brad Hawpe.
Yorvit Torrealba followed with an RBI single and the Rockies held on for their second straight victory.
Colorado remained one game in front of San Francisco in the race for the National League wild-card berth.
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Thu, 08/20/2009 - 12:10 by preet_20
Washington, Aug. 19: Solo homers by Clint Barmes and Carlos Gonzalez Wednesday led the Colorado Rockies to a 5-4 win over Washington.
Barmes and Gonzalez each had two hits. The homer by Gonzalez, his eighth, gave Colorado a 5-3 advantage leading off the top of the eighth.
Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run first-inning double. Dexter Fowler had one RBI, while winning pitcher Jason Marquis added one hit for the Rockies, who have split their last four games.
Marquis (14-8) surrendered three runs and nine hits in six innings.
Closer Huston Street earned his 31st save despite giving up a solo homer to Josh Bard in the ninth.
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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 11:02 by Jaspreet Virk
Washington, Aug. 18: Brad Hawpe homered and drove in two runs Tuesday to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals.
Carlos Gonzalez and Clint Barmes also homered for the Rockies, who have won four of their last six games.
Winning pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez (11-9) allowed two runs on seven hits in eight innings to win for the fourth consecutive start. Huston Street gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth but got the final three outs for his 30th save.
Nyjer Morgan and Cristian Guzman each drove in a run for the Nationals.
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Mon, 08/17/2009 - 08:24 by Shruti Sharma
Miami -- Colorado had two-run homers from Clint Barmes and Brad Hawpe to beat Florida 7-3 in the nightcap and split their Sunday doubleheader.
The Marlins won the opener 10-3 on Chris Coghlan's three-run homer.
Jorge De La Rosa (11-8) went 5 2/3 innings in the second game to get the win, allowing one unearned run on seven hits and striking out nine.
Rick VandenHurk (2-2) took the loss. He also struck out nine but gave up six runs on five hits and walked three in 5 2/3 innings.
Emilio Bonifacio had three hits and an RBI for the Marlins. Jorge Cantu and Cody Ross drove in the other Florida run.
In the first game, Haley Ramirez homered along with Coghlan to pace Florida.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Tue, 08/11/2009 - 10:10 by preet_20
Denver, Aug. 11: Troy Tulowitzki hit for the cycle, finishing with five hits and seven RBI Monday to power the Colorado Rockies over the Chicago Cubs 11-5.
Tulowitzki was the fifth Rockies player to hit for the cycle and the first since Mike Lansing in June 2000.
Clint Barmes hit a solo homer for the Rockies, who beat the Cubs for the third time in four games.
Jorge De La Rosa (10-8) went 7 2/3 innings, giving up one run on seven hits with four walks and 11 strikeouts to get the win. De La Rosa had two hits and scored a run.
Cubs' starter Tom Gorzelanny (4-2) gave up six runs on six hits before leaving in the second inning after being hit in the foot with a ground ball.
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Fri, 07/31/2009 - 10:32 by preet_20
New York, July 30: Clint Barmes hit a two-run homer Thursday, Colorado broke a 27-inning scoring drought and the Rockies split a doubleheader by downing the New York Mets 4-2.
New York won the opener of the day-night twin bill with a 7-0 decision that featured seven innings of four-hit pitching by Johan Santana.
Colorado avoided a four-game series sweep with its win in the second game. New York had a five-game winning streak snapped.
The Mets owned a 1-0 lead going into the fifth, but Troy Tulowitzki drew a leadoff walk for Colorado, went to second on a fly ball and scored on a single by Ryan Spilborghs. It was Colorado's first run since the fifth inning of a game against the Mets Monday.
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Sat, 07/18/2009 - 13:51 by surajdogra
San Diego, July 18: Clint Barmes homered as the second batter of the game Friday and the Colorado Rockies limited San Diego to three hits in downing the Padres 5-3.
All three San Diego hits came off Ubaldo Jimenez (7-9), who struck out 10 over seven innings. Franklin Morales and Huston Street combined to work two perfect innings, with Street earning his 23rd save.
Josh Geer (1-5) started for San Diego and retired leadoff man Dexter Fowler in the first on a failed bunt attempt. Barmes then put Colorado in front for good by hitting a homer in his second straight game.
A bases-loaded single by Chris Iannetta in the third added two runs and Ian Stewart had a two-run double in the fifth.
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Fri, 07/10/2009 - 10:09 by preet_20
Denver, July 10: Garrett Atkins delivered a go-ahead, two-run double in the eighth Thursday to give Colorado a 7-6 win over Atlanta -- the Rockies' fourth straight victory.
Atlanta -- the Rockies' fourth straight victory.
The Rockies came from behind on three separate occasions and tied it at 5-5 on an RBI double by Clint Barmes in the seventh.
Mike Gonzalez came on in the eighth as Atlanta's fifth pitcher and issued a one-out walk to Ian Stewart. Gonzalez hit Chris Iannetta with a pitch and then got Carlos Gonzalez to pop up for the second out of the inning.
Atkins worked the count to 2-2 before blasting a double to left, bringing home both runners for a 7-5 lead.
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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:38 by preet_20
Denver, July 8: Clint Barmes drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly for the Colorado Rockies in their 5-4 victory over the Washington Nationals Tuesday.
Barmes had a pair of RBI in support of Alan Embree (2-2), who oddly enough picked up the win by picking off Austin Kearns in the eighth inning to retire the Nats without throwing a pitch to a batter.
Ryan Zimmerman and Josh Willingham homered for the Nationals, who outhit the Rockies 11-8 but were hampered by three errors. Julian Tavarez (3-7) took the loss in relief of starter Jordan Zimmerman, who gave up four runs in four innings.
Colorado got to Zimmerman for a run in the first inning when Barmes scored from second on a two-out single by Brad Hawpe.
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