Greinke and Crew Blank Rockies

The Royals would travel to Tucson to face the Colorado Rockies. The game would be scoreless through six innings as both teams were unable to drive in any runs. Zack Greinke would pitch three innings for the Royals, allowing only one hit while striking out two. Colorado pitched a decent game as their staff combined for a total of seven strikeouts. Read more

Colorado shuts out Dodgers

In a rare spring occurrence the Colorado Rockies today shut out the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 12-0. Five Rockies took to the mound and combined allowed only three hits including a perfect 7th, 8th and 9th inning. Rockies starter Ubaldo Jimenez got things going not allowing a run in three innings while giving up threw three scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks while fanning two. Greg Smith would relieve Jimenez and pitch the next three innings allowing two hits, a walk and three strikeouts.Dodgers closer Jonathan Broxton made his spring debut going one inning allowing three hits and an earned run while striking out one.

Left fielder Seth Smith looked sharp going 3-for-4 with three RBIs.  Colorado was able to get 16 hits and 12 runs with none coming the way of the long ball.

Padres rally late but fall just short of Rockies

The Colorado Rockies jumped out to an early 2-0 lead over the San Diego Padres after Troy Tulowitzki singled catcher Miguel Olivo followed with a home run off Padres starter Kevin Correia. Olivo would later add another RBI with a sixth inning double. The Rockies would add two more runs in the sixth to stake a 5-1 lead.

Padres third baseman Chase Headley hit his first home of the spring in the fourth inning. Catcher Chad Huffman hit a two-run double in the eighth inning and  to cut the lead to 5-3 and was followed by second baseman Matt Antonelli with an RBI doube, but the rally fell short at 5-4. The Padres fell to 1-3 on the spring while the Rockies moved to 5-2.

Drew Hot in D-Backs First Win

The Diamondbacks were able to dodge the rainy weather in Phoenix today as they split their squads in Tucson to play their neighboring Colorado Rockies. Arizona would win the first of their two games with the help of Stephen Drew. Drew would lead off the game with a double as he makes adjustments this spring to get his stroke back. In the first inning of play the D-backs would earn two runs and turn up the heat the following inning. Read more

Colorado’s Split Splits one with Arizona

The Rockies and the D-backs would face each others’ split squads as two of the only teams that were able to play on Sunday. Both games went on in Tucson and were stopped short due to the approaching weather. The game would go scoreless through three innings with the Diamondbacks scoring the first run in the fourth inning. Read more

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