Rockies top Giants to keep pace out west
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Chris Iannetta's two-run triple highlighted a seven-run third inning and the Colorado Rockies opened a crucial six-game homestand with a 7-4 win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday.
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ATLANTA Mike Hampton hit an RBI single and Atlanta stretched its lead in the NL East by winning its fourth in a row 6-to-4 over Colorado.
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The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5 on Saturday to move within one victory of winning the World Series.
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Light-hitting David Ross hit a two-out, two-run homer in the 11th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 Thursday night to clinch no worse than a tie for the NL West title.
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The Colorado Rockies found a way to protect a lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers. But there was still music playing in the losers&#39; clubhouse afterward.
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Jason Schmidt won for the first time in more than six weeks, and the San Francisco Giants took over first place in the NL West with a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.
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Jeff Bagwell hit a two-run homer and the Houston Astros overcame a sloppy start, remaining atop the NL wild-card standings with a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night.
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Barry Bonds hit one ball over the fence and another almost through it, yet the San Francisco Giants lost ground in the playoff races, falling to the Colorado Rockies 9-8 Wednesday night.
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Todd Helton and Garrett Atkins both drove in a season-high five runs and the Colorado Rockies routed the Mets again Wednesday night, this time 17-7 to become the first team in more than half a century to sweep two New York clubs in the same year.
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The Colorado Rockies have been fattening up on the interleague portion of their schedule, which is partly why they are challenging for the NL West lead.
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Vinny Castilla reached 300 career homers and 1,000 RBIs with two of Colorado&#39;s five home runs Monday night, and the Rockies hammered the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-2.
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The streaking Houston Astros used seven  pitchers and a Jeff Bagwell home run to beat the Colorado  Rockies 4-2 Friday to hold on to their lead in the National  League wild card race.
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SAN DIEGO -- With their chances in the NL West looking bleaker, the San Francisco Giants at least gave themselves a big boost in the wild card race.
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The Giants outhit the Rockies, 16-5...Bonds is now one walk shy of the major league record of 198, which he set in 2002...San Francisco won the season series from Colorado, 11-8.
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The Colorado Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 7-3 on Sunday to notch up their eighth straight victory.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Pedro Feliz hit a tiebreaking grand slam with two outs in the eighth inning for his fourth hit of the day, and the Giants helped their playoff chances with a 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday.    The first-place Dodgers had their NL West lead trimmed to 1 1/2 games over the Giants, who also pulled within a half-game of Chicago in the wild-card race after the Cubs lost 4-3 to the New York Mets in 11 innings...
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Jeromy Burnitz's RBI single with one out in the ninth inning sparked a three-run rally, and the Colorado Rockies beat Los Angeles 4-1 Wednesday night to slow the Dodgers' drive to their first playoff berth in eight years.