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Rob Scahill had one of the more impressive performances on the farm last night, and he didn't even pitch.

It was an incredibly busy week of roster moves, mostly near the top of the organization.

Brandon Hynick's second start since returning to the Rockies was not exceptional, but the offense and bullpen were able to secure a Sky Sox victory.

Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki makes the running, off balance throw after fielding a slow roller hit by San Diego Padres' Cameron Maybin during the fourth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 7, 2012 in San Diego.

Prior to Monday's 3-2 loss to the National League West's basement tenants, the Rockies desperately needed a boost from their starting pitching.

The worst side-effect of bad pitching is porous defense. With the fielders standing around longer than normal, focus diminishes, leading to aggravating mistakes.

We're going completely link-based today, as this old grizzly bear has a softball tournament to get to shortly.

Henderson Alvarez pitched his first major league shutout with a six-hitter, Jose Bautista homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-0 on Friday night.

Toronto slugger Jose Bautista has only five home runs in 96 at-bats through his first 27 games.

Eric Hinske had four hits, including a tiebreaking two-run homer in the 11th inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 on Friday night.

Eric Hinske had four hits, including a tiebreaking two-run homer in the 11th inning, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 on Friday night.

After losing four of their last six games, the Braves look to get back to winning like they were throughout the bulk of April.

In his last four outings, covering 3 1/3 innings, Brothers hasn't given up a run, has yielded two hits and has eight strikeouts with no walks.

Juan Nicasio pitched six solid innings, Troy Tulowitzki hit a two-run double and the Colorado Rockies overcame Matt Kemp's latest homer, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 Monday night in the first of 18 meetings this season between the NL West rivals.

Carlos Gonzalez, Troy Tulowitzki and Ramon Hernandez each drove in a pair of runs to lead the Rockies over the Dodgers, 6-2, in the opener of a three-game series between National League West rivals.

Lucas Duda smacked a two-run homer and drove in four runs, while David Wright registered three hits to go with two runs batted in and a pair of runs scored as the New York Mets downed the Colorado Rockies, 7-5, in the second test of a three-game set on Saturday.