Colorado Rockies News

Andy MacPhail resigned as president of the Chicago Cubs on Sunday after an 8-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies in what was likely Dusty Baker's final game as manager. Juan Pierre hit a go-ahead single in a three-run seventh inning for the Cubs, who rallied from an early 4-0 deficit. They finished 66-96, the worst record in the National League. After the game, MacPhail announced his resignation. He had been with the Cubs since 1994 as president ...

Jeff Baker singled in two runs with two out in the 14th inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 11-9 Saturday after seeing an eight-run lead disappear. The game lasted 4 hours, 53 minutes and included a 38-minute rain delay in the 11th inning. Jacque Jones' RBI single with two outs in the ninth tied it for the Cubs. Todd Helton doubled off Jae Kuk Ryu (0-1) to ...

Josh Fogg pitched seven strong innings and the Colorado Rockies scored three runs in the sixth without a hit Friday to beat the Chicago Cubs 5-2 and deny Carlos Zambrano's bid for an NL-leading 17th win. On a dreary day reflecting the Cubs' 95-loss season, Fogg (11-9) allowed two runs and five hits. He walked none and struck out four. Zambrano (16-7) gave up only three hits _ all singles ...

Todd Helton's two-run double off the wall in the fifth inning sparked the Colorado Rockies past the Atlanta Braves 6-4 on a wet and chilly Friday night at Coors Field. The Rockies loaded the bases with nobody out in the fifth and Braves third baseman Willy Aybar made a nice, barehanded play to nail Kaz Matsui at the plate for the first out. But Helton barely missed a grand slam, ...

John Smoltz scattered nine hits over seven innings and Andruw Jones hit a three-run homer to help Atlanta beat Colorado. The Braves announced earlier Thursday that they had picked up the team's US$8 million option for next season for Smoltz (14-9), who celebrated by limiting the Rockies to three runs. The right-hander struck out seven and walked none. Tyler Yates pitched the eighth and Bob Wickman got three outs for ...

Barry Bonds' pinch-hit, run-scoring single in the eighth broke a tie game and helped San Francisco snap a four-game losing streak. The Giants entered Wednesday's game trailing San Diego by five games in the NL West and Los Angeles by 4{ games in the wild-card race. They had lost six of their last eight. The Giants entered the eighth trailing 3-2, but scored five times on six hits off four ...

San Francisco's Matt Cain allowed consecutive third-inning homers to Garrett Atkins as the Giants lost for the sixth time in eight games. Atkins homered twice and drove in four runs, and he has 10 RBIs in his last two games, including the Rockies' 20-8 win over the Giants on Monday. Holliday's homer to left in the third travelled 478 feet, the longest at Coors this season. Barry Bonds' run-scoring single ...

Jeff Baker hit two three-run homers, Garrett Atkins also drove in six runs and Justin Hampson won in his first major league start as the Colorado Rockies beat the San Francisco Giants 20-8 on Monday night. The Rockies, who had a season-high 19 hits, tied the club record for runs, reaching 20 for the third time, the last on Sept. 20, 2005, against San Diego. Baker, a September call up, ...

North Delta, B.C.'s Jeff Francis gave up three hits in eight strong innings and Jeff Baker hit his first homer of the season to help the Colorado Rockies beat the error-prone Arizona Diamondbacks 6-1 on Sunday. Francis (12-11) struck out five and did not walk a batter as Colorado snapped a three-game losing streak. Brian Fuentes pitched the ninth to complete the three-hitter. The teams returned to Chase Field for ...

At Phoenix, pinch-hitter Chris Snyder drove in Chris Young with a sacrifice fly in the 16th inning to lift Arizona over Colorado. Young led off the 16th with a bloop single to right off Jeremy Affeldt (3-1). He advanced to second on Chad Tracy's sacrifice bunt and stole third. Affeldt intentionally walked Johnny Estrada before Snyder, the 25th player used by Arizona, lifted a high fly ball deep to right and Young scored easily. Jorge Julio (2-4), ...