How Sweep It Is!

All is right in the Rockies world as the Rockies accomplished 5 things it hadn't before in the 2010 season: 1. Winning streak longer than 3 (Currently 5), 2. A series sweep, 3. Hit A high water mark (so-far) of 3 games above .500, 4. Hit Back-to-back-to-back Home Runs and 5. Won at home on a Thursday, (Previously lost to the Mets on 4/15 and the D-Backs on 4/29.)

The Rockies are scoring runs, pounding Home Runs, and getting great pitching and defense for a few games and all the fretting is over (at least until they lose a game or two again.)

The Rockies dispatched the Arizona D-Backs in 3 games with the starting pitching trio of Jhoulys Chacin, Ubaldo Jimenez and Jason Hammel, combining to give up 4 runs in 19 1/3 innings (1.86 ERA) walking 5 and striking out 16.


Jeff Francis, Aaron Cook and Chacin face the Dodgers this weekend in a series that could move the Rockies into 2nd place in the Division.

Ubaldo Jiminez will start on Monday, giving him a chance to get his 10th win in the first two months of the Season. Is it possible for him to get two straight NL Pitcher of the Month awards with a 4-1 record and 0.973 ERA and 30 K's? Other contenders, Johnny Cueto, Cincinnati Cincinnati 5-0, 1.846 ERA 40 K's, Mat Latos, San Diego, 3-1, 1.286 and 29 K's, and Jonathon Broxton, Los Angeles with 1-0 and 10 saves 2.189 ERA and 12 K's.

Troy Tulowitzki has 5 HR in his last 7 games, after hitting 1 in the first 40.