Another bright spot? Beating Tim Lincecum. That made last night’s 3-0 victory quite enjoyable.

Lincecum lost again. Image: Chris Humphreys-US PRESSWIRE

It almost seems like it was more enjoyable to see Lincecum, who is laboring through his worst career season, pitch well and lose. After all, the Rockies only touched him up for 3 runs over the course of 7 innings of a “quality start.” For the Giants, a team with playoff aspirations, that probably should have been enough to have a chance to snag a rare win with the staff anchor on the mound (giggles to self). But on this night, it was none other than one-time-Los-Angeles-Angel, one-time-long-reliever, one-time-Sky-Sox-hero, sometimes-starter Tyler Chatwood who stood between Lincecum and the ‘W’ column (giggles uncontrollably).

Chatwood showed signs of improvement. Image: Chris Humphreys-US PRESSWIRE

In all seriousness, these are the kinds of outings that can build something like hope for the Rockies as they play out their schedule. Chatwood was the object of laudatory comments from players such as Michael Cuddyer and Todd Helton in Spring Training. They loved his electric stuff and they thought he was ready to surprise people. He wasn’t yet, but if he is ready to contribute moving forward it is one step towards a competent professional pitching staff.

Rookie catcher Wilin Rosario continued his torrid hitting, knocking two doubles off of the artist formerly known as the “Freak.” The once white-hot Tyler Colvin showed signs of breaking out of his extended slump with a couple of hits, including an impressive RBI single where he kept his hands back and dinked an offspeed pitch into right field.

All in all, this continues to be a strong showing on a west coast trip, something that has seemingly always alluded the Rockies, even in their fleeting days of glory. It will be tough to continue that success tonight, as Drew Pomeranz faces off against Matt Cain.

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I could sit here and talk about how the Rockies have had three hits in the last 18 innings. Or about how Tulo came in hitting like Pujols, but, against the Giants, he is hitting more like Mendoza. However, what’s the point? I’m pretty sure everyone knows that the Rockies have had their asses kicked.

I know this is an early season series, but these last two nights have been pretty damn depressing. The Rox weren’t in either game. Hopefully they’ll bounce back today. Of course, Matt Cain is one of the most underrated pitchers in baseball and a true thorn in the Rockies side. So the Rox have that going for them, which isn’t very nice. If they don’t win today, my next post might just be 200 cuss words. Losing turns me into a four-year-old. Let’s discuss something else.

The Rockies finally decided to send Ian Stewart down. This has been a long time coming and I wonder if it is the beginning of the end for Ian in Denver.
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