With his Colorado Rockies teammates pursuing a 50 AB hitless streak, Jhoulys Chacin (3-2, 2.70) decided if there was going to be any entertainment at all, it was up to him. The right hander proceeded to walk the bases full of St Louis Cardinals in the 2nd, 4th, and finally 5th innings, when the Cards broke through with 2, and went-on to beat Colorado 3-0 Saturday afternoon at Busch Stadium in ... [MORE]
Eric Young Jr led-off for the Colorado Rockies and lofted a short single to right-field on St Louis Cardinals' rookie right-hander Shelby Miller's (5-2, 1.58) 5th pitch. Young stole 2nd on Miller's 11th pitch, while he was in the middle of dispatching Dexter Fowler, and 102 pitches later Miller had retired 27 consecutive Rockies, leading the Cardinals to a 3-0 victory over Colorado Friday night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. ... [MORE]
Vernon Wells bounced a single to shallow left-field leading-off the 9th inning against Colorado Rockies' closer Rafael Betancourt (1-1, 1.88). He was awarded a steal of 2nd-base when Rockies' shortstop Jonny Herrera dropped a perfect pick-off throw from catcher Wilin Rosario. Wells moved to 3rd on a sacrifice bunt from Ichiro Suzuki and after Betancourt struck-out Travis Hafner with the bases loaded, Brennan Boesch singled-in Wells with the winning run ... [MORE]
The Colorado Rockies delivered a crisp 2-0 shut-out of the New York Yankees in their first meeting since the World Series season of 2007 Tuesday night. No base-running blunders. No errors. No wild pitches or passed-balls. Jorge De La Rosa (3-3, 3.52) pitched six 3-hit innings, Matt Belisle walked a guy, Rex Brothers was perfect, and Rafael Betancourt allowed a single along the way to his 9th save. Josh Rutledge singled ... [MORE]
Right-hander Jhoulys Chacin (3-0, 1.46) returns to the mound this afternoon after a stint on the 15-day Disabled List. He'll match-up against the Tampa Bay Rays' Alex Cobb (3-2, 2.55) as the Colorado Rockies look to take 2 of 3 from the Rays in the weekend series. Chacin had just finished 6 shutout innings against the Diamondbacks on April 19 when he felt discomfort in what was at first believed to ... [MORE]
Nolan Arenado put an exclamation point on a superior first week in the major leagues with a grand slam homer in the bottom of the 7th inning to push the Colorado Rockies' lead beyond reach in a 9-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Saturday night at Coors Field in Denver. Troy Tulowitzki went 3 for 3 with 3 RBI and Carlos Gonzalez' 6th 2013 home run put the Rockies over ... [MORE]
The Colorado Rockies face another tough lefty this evening when they step-in against 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner David Price (1-2, 5.21) of the Tampa Bay Rays in a 6:10 pm MDT start at Coors Field in Denver. The Rockies will send right-hander Jon Garland (2-2, 4.65) out to oppose Price. Garland is coming off a 6 inning, 3 earned-run outing at the Diamondbacks last Sunday. He's been delivering ... [MORE]
The Colorado Rockies have promoted 3rd-baseman Nolan Arenado from AAA Colorado Springs, and he'll be starting there today with Colorado looking to even a 4-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks, who trail them by a game in the NL West standings. The Rockies are sending right-hander Jon Garland (2-1, 4.68) to the hill to face Arizona's Patrick Corbin (2-0, 1.71), the second lefty Colorado will face in succession. First pitch ... [MORE]
Wade Miley walked Dexter Fowler 3 times. In the 1st he walked Fowler, Jordan Pacheco, Troy Tulowitzki, and Michael Cuddyer. He did however, throw a first pitch strike to Carlos Gonzalez, which prompted the All Star to swing at the next two, rapping the second to Arizona Diamondbacks 2nd-baseman Josh Wilson, who turned it into a 4-6-3 double play. 10 of Miley's next 16 pitches were balls, but he struck ... [MORE]
As the Colorado Rockies prepare to encounter the Arizona Diamondbacks at 6:10 pm MDT this evening on Wade Miley Garden Gnome Day at Chase Field in Phoenix (TJ I hope you're one of the first 20,000), not much notable is happening on the old beat. Rockies starter Jeff Francis is coming off 3 lousy appearances. Carlos Gonzalez is in a 3-29 slump. Anibal Sanchez struck-out 17 Braves on Friday night ... [MORE]
