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The Astros and Rockies play a day-night doubleheader Monday at Coors Field and both teams plan to go with experienced starters in Game 1 then hope for the best in the second game.

Despite out-homering the Reds 5-4, the Rockies dropped their third consecutive series as they fell short in the finale in Cincinnati.

When the Rockies left spring training, it was obvious that age would be an issue.

There are few games on the Rockies' schedule that inspire hope. Saturday was the rare type they are supposed to win.

And the Rockies' recent dominance of the Reds. Colorado owns Cincinnati. Manager Jim Tracy has a key to nearby Hamilton, but this is ridiculous.

Owner and CEO Dick Monfort said that he will not replace Dan O'Dowd or manager Jim Tracy, and lauded both.

The Rockies pay their annual visit to Great American Ballpark this weekend. While initial reports indicated that the series would be determined by the outcome of a DnD Next Playtest , Wizards' server problems last night means that they ultimately will just play baseball.

Whatever dreams Rockies fans may have had for 2012, the clear goal of the season was to acquire as many young arms as possible, then identify which ones would be worth building around in the rotation.

We went through this in the middle of April when we discussed the Miami Marlins ' very pitcher friendly schedule which would last about six weeks.

Three weeks after Jeremy Guthrie landed on the disabled list when the chain popped on his bike, leading to a jammed shoulder, Dexter Fowler was left out of Wednesday's starting lineup with a sprained right ankle.

I'd like to be happy about last night's game, in which the Rockies combined two things they haven't done at the same time in about a month: scoring early and scoring late.

Following consecutive disappointing seasons and with the club stumbling through its third-worst start in franchise history, manager Jim Tracy finds himself the No.

Ricky Nolasco gave up three runs in the first inning, then settled down to set a franchise record for career victories when the Miami Marlins rallied past the Colorado Rockies for the second night in a row Tuesday, 7-6. Carlos Pena, right, celebrates his three-run homer with Chris Gimenez in the fourth inning Tuesday in Tampa Bay's 8-5 win over ... (more)

His leaping grab on the run in left field robbed Marco Scutaro of the potential game-tying hit in the eighth inning, and, along with some gutsy bullpen work by Ryan Webb and Heath Bell, helped preserve a 7-6 win over the Rockies that catapulted starter Ricky Nolasco to the top of the Marlins record book.

Bags under his eyes, his conversational tone absent, manager Jim Tracy sat in the first seat in the dugout Tuesday.

Bags under his eyes, his conversational tone absent, manager Jim Tracy sat in the first seat in the dugout Tuesday.

Buster Posey homered off the Miller Park scoreboard and had three RBIs as the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-4 on Tuesday night.

Among the most disastrous of the disastrous Rockies this year has been relief pitcher Esmil Rogers .

Dodgers pitcher Aaron Harang has surrendered only three runs in his last three starts .

Denver Post sports writers Troy E. Renck and Patrick Saunders post the Rockies Mailbag on Tuesdays during the 2012 MLB season.