Week in Review April 5-11

One week is in the book, and the Rockies came out of the gates with a .500 winning pct at 3-3. That was good enough for 3rd place in the NL West as the Giants went 5-1, and Arizona 4-2 behind the Rockies were the Dodgers and Padres at 2-4.

Results:
4/5 ROCKIES 5 Brewers 3
4/6 Brewers 7 ROCKIES 5
4/7 Brewers 5 ROCKIES 4
4/9 ROCKIES 7 Padres 0
4/10 Padres 5 ROCKIES 4 14 Innings
4/11 ROCKIES 4 Cardinals 2

This Week's Schedule:
4/13 NY Mets at Rockies
4/14 NY Mets at Rockies
4/15 NY Mets at Rockies
4/16 Rockies at Atlanta
4/17 Rockies at Atlanta
4/18 Rockies at Atlanta


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PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
The Rockies' new catcher, Miguel Olivo only played in 3 games, but he showed why the Rockies were high on him in replacing the popular Yorvit Torrealba. Miguel hit 2 Home Runs one of which took Tony Gwynn, Jr.'s glove over the wall with it, drove in 3 and had a .455 average in his Rockies Debut week. Defensively, he had 4 assists including throwing out two runners stealing.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Although Ubaldo Jimenez won two games in the first week, this week's honor goes to Jorge De La Rosa who pitched a Home Opener classic on Friday as he led the Rockies to a 7-0 win. "George" gave up 1 Hit 9 K's Walked 1 and Hit one batter.