Week in Review May 17-23

The Rockies salvaged a 3-4 week and Road Trip by winning the last two games against the Royals in Kansas City. Elsewhere in the Division, this week's two opponents, the D-Backs and the Dodgers were 5-2, while the Padres went 4-3. The Giants were a dismal 1-6 for the week. The Rockies currently reside in 4th place in the NL West 4 games behind the Padres, 3 behind the Dodgers, .5 behind the Giants and 2.5 games ahead of the D-Backs. The Rockies spend the next two weeks battling NL West opponents.


Results:
May 17--Rockies 2 CUBS 4 (11 Innings)
May 18--Rockies 2 CUBS 6
May 19--Rockies 3 ASTROS 7
May 20--ROCKIES 4 Astros 0
May 21--Rockies 2 ROYALS 9
May 22--ROCKIES 3 Royals 0
May 23--ROCKIES 11 Royals 7

This Week--
May 25--D-Backs @ Rockies
May 26--D-Backs @ Rockies
May 27--D-Backs @ Rockies
May 28--Dodgers @ Rockies
May 29--Dodgers @ Rockies
May 30--Dodgers @ Rockies

PLAYER OF THE WEEK Troy Tulowitzki has hardly been in a slump this year, but he broke out some power last week hitting 3 home runs on the road. For the week Tulo was 10 for 28 (.357) with 3 dingers and 6 RBI's.

PITCHER OF THE WEEK Ubaldo and Francis had more great starts, but this week we are going to cite Manuel Corpas who has assumed the temporary closer role with gusto over the past couple weeks. Last week he threw for 3 innings and got a save.

STAT OF THE WEEK Rockies catchers lead the majors in caught stealing so far with 17 stops, and have thrown out 45% of 38 Steal attempts. Meanwhile Rockies pitchers have picked off 11 others. Smith, Hammel, Francis and Beimel each lead the team with 2 so far.