The Rox have to feel lucky to take two games against the Brewers, both thanks to late-inning heroics from Troy Tulowitzki.  The Rockies begin a divisional road trip in LA, against a Dodgers team that is 2 games behind the Rox in the Wild Card race.
Probable Starters
Chacin (5-8, 4.04) vs. Kershaw (10-7, 3.17)
Hammel (8-7, 4.42) vs. Kuroda (8-11, 3.53)
De La Rosa (4-3, 4.99) vs. Lilly (3-0, 1.89)
Three Questions

 Can the Rockies hit on the road against the tough LA starters?  The Rox need to try and be patient at the plate and run up some high pitch counts against the starters.  [...]

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Thankfully, the Rox were able to salvage 1 game at Citi Field against the Mets.  Melvin Mora’s 8th inning grand slam led the Rockies to a 6-2 win on Wednesday night.  Unfortunately, the Mets’ Johan Santana brought his A game and shut down the Rockies 4-0 in the rubber game.
The Rockies return to the Mile High City to take on the Brewers in a quick 3 game homestand before traveling to LA and Phoenix.  The Beermakers play almost as well away as they do at home:  they have a 28-31 mark at home, compared to 26-31 on the road. 
Probable Starters
De [...]

Wow, so much for the offense making the trip to the Big Apple. After plating 21 runs in the last 3 games of the Pirates series, the Rox were held scoreless by Mike Pelfrey and two Mets relievers. Name Ubaldo Jimenez – Jimenez has regained his first half form after a couple tough starts. He threw 7 innings of 1 run ball, struck out 8, and only gave up 4 hits. The 4 walks were a bit many, and contributed to his relatively high pitch count, but overall this was another dominating performance. Number 4 – Rockies hitters were limited [...]

Probable Starters
 Jimenez (17-2, 2.61) vs. Pelfrey (10-6, 4.16)
Francis (4-4, 4.67) vs. Niese (7-5, 3.63)
Hammel (8-6, 4.38) vs. Santana (9-6, 3.06)
After splitting a 4 game series in the ‘Burgh, the Rockies travel to New York to meet the Mets. Winning at least one game in this series is important for the Rox, both from a mental standpoint and in the Wild Card chase.
Three Questions
1. Who will win the starting pitching matchups? The Rox drew three good starters in this series. Pelfrey and Niese are both quality starters, and Santana is capable of shutting down a lineup any time out. However, the [...]

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The Rox split a 4 game set with the Pirates in Pittsburgh and travel to New York to take on the Mets for three games.  After the Rox road woes, a split against the lowly Pirates looks pretty good.  If the Rox can take 2 from the Mets, this will be a great road trip.  Even if they only win 1, the road trip will still be acceptable.  This team needs to stay around .500 on the road and continue to win at home in order to stay relevant in the playoff race.  After the position players met with Jim [...]

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The Rox split a 2 game set with the Giants before heading on a road trip to Pittsburgh for 4 games and New York for 3.  After getting shut out 10-0 on Tuesday night, the Rockies rebounded with a 6-1 win on Wednesday.  Aaron Cook struggled, giving up 5 runs in 3 innings, and the offense could only muster 3 hits on the evening.  Ubaldo Jimenez had a strong outing throwing 7 strong innings, the offense was led by Carlos Gonzalez who hit his 22nd and 23rd homers of the year, and the Rox cruised to an easy victory.  This [...]

The Rox held on to sweep the Cubs, but unfortunately Dexter Fowler may be heading to the DL after hurting his ribs making a game saving catch in the 9th.  The catch was huge, and turned a probable game tying homer from Alfonso Soriano into a sacrifice fly.  Todd Helton may replace Fowler on the active roster.
Name
Jorge De La Rosa – 6.2 innings of 3 run ball was good enough to earn the win.  De La Rosa scattered 8 hits and 2 walks, and got into and out of trouble in most innings.  His next start will come in Pittsburgh [...]