Week in Review April 19-25

In Week 3, the Rockies posted their first winning week, winning the last 3 out of 4 games to go 4-3 for the week. Only the Padres at 5-1 had a better week in the West. Arizona finished 3-3, the Giants and Dodgers both went 2-4.

Results:
4/19 Rockies 2 NATIONALS 5
4/20 ROCKIES 10 Nationals 4
4/21 Rockies 4 NATIONALS 6
4/22 ROCKIES 2 Nationals 0
4/23 Marlins @ Rockies Ppd.
4/24 MARLINS 4 ROCKIES 1 (Game 1)
4/24 Marlins 1 Rockies 8 (Game 2)
4/25 Marlins 4 ROCKIES 8

This Week:
4/26 D-Backs at Rockies 6:40 PM
4/27 D-Backs at Rockies 6:40 PM
4/28 D-Backs at Rockies 1:10 PM
4/30 Rockies at Giants 8:15 PM
5/1 Rockies at Giants 2:05 PM
5/2 Rockies at Giants 2:05 PM

The Rockies head into the next two weeks playing all 4 of their NL West Opponents.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Troy Tulowitzki got untracked this week in a big way, getting his first HR of the season. Altogether he batted .392 and drove in 4 runs.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: What's with all the Saturday Night Gems? This week it was Aaron Cook working his sinkerball pretty well, and had his 10th complete game of his career on Saturday Night. He also became the winningest Rockies pitcher at Coors Field recording his 32nd win. Most importantly, it was Cookies first win of the season.

STAT OF THE WEEK: Rockies pitchers are 11 for 40 for a .275 batting average and have knocked in 6 runs. The Rockies starters have had multi hit games 3 times so far (Aaron Cook twice and Jorge De La Rosa once.) For the week the pitchers wer e 6 for 16 .375 with 3 RBI and 3 Runs Scored.