Rockies Promote Butler From Minors To Start Vs. Padres
The Colorado Rockies have recalled right-handed pitcher Eddie Butler from Triple-A to start Sunday against San Diego.
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The Colorado Rockies have recalled right-handed pitcher Eddie Butler from Triple-A to start Sunday against San Diego.
The three home runs allowed by the Rockies on Friday night certainly hurt. So did the baserunning blunders, which contributed to the loss to the Padres.
The Rockies (39-49) have had no trouble finding the right lineup lately with a .374 average in the last five games.
All-Star Troy Tulowitzki homered, Charlie Blackmon had three hits and drove in four runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the Atlanta Braves 11-3 on Sunday to complete a four-game sweep.
The Colorado Rockies did just enough against the Atlanta bullpen to beat the Braves 5-3 on Thursday night.
The Colorado Rockies got plenty of hits Wednesday night. Problem was, not enough of them came when it counted.
Just hours after Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols confirmed he would participate in the Home Run Derby, Chad Bettis left him a pitch up in the zone.
Nolan Arenado has won two Gold Gloves so far in his young baseball career, but until Monday he had never been selected as an All-Star.
Two Colorado Rockies infielders were named to the All-Star team on Monday, and another still has a chance to join them on the National League roster.
Troy Tulowitzki had a three-run homer to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, Jorge De La Rosa pitched six effective innings and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep.
An error early and another one late led to three unearned runs and the Rockies lost their fourth in a row, 7-3 to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Colorado Rockies got off to a fine start on Friday night, but things fizzled.
The Diamondbacks went on to score five more runs after the sixth, and Arenado felt bad after just his second career two-error effort in 321 games.
The Arizona Diamondbacks will be in Denver in September and that's when a local man is going to be taking a group of special children to the game.
For only the third time this season, the Rockies failed to win a game that Chad Bettis started.