Jorge De La Rosa pitched eight innings, Ian Stewart hit a solo homer and the Colorado Rockies beat the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 on Friday night. The Rockies have won a season-best six straight at Coors Field, and moved to 24-9 overall since Jim Tracy replaced Clint Hurdle as manager. De La Rosa (5-7), who has never had a complete game, won for the fifth time in six starts, allowing four...

Yorvit Torrealba required only a few games in the minors to regain his timing at the plate. As for his emotional state, the Colorado Rockies catcher needed something much simpler: his son by his side. Torrealba was reinstated from the restricted list Wednesday after missing time to attend to matters involving the kidnapping and safe recovery of his son, 11-year-old Yorvit Eduardo, and other family...

The Rockies traded utility man Jeff Baker to the Cubs on Thursday, receiving minor league reliever Al Alburquerque in return and bidding farewell to a player whose rehab assignment was ending and who didn't fit on the Rockies.

Baker, 28, last played for the Rockies on April 26 and has been sidelined with a sprained left hand. In 12 games this season, including four starts, Baker hit .130 (3-for-24) with a triple. He appeared in 231 games for the Rockies, hitting .257 with 22 home runs and 88 RBIs and playing second base as well as both corner infield and outfield positions.

The Rockies drafted Baker in the fourth round of the 2002 draft out of Clemson, where he finished his career as a third baseman.

Manny Ramirez's suspension didn't slow down the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers played their 50th and final game without Ramirez, beating the Colorado Rockies 1-0 Wednesday on pinch-hitter Rafael Furcal's RBI single in the eighth inning. During Ramirez's absence, the Dodgers went 29-21.

If the Colorado Rockies are going to catch the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West, they'll need more of what Jason Marquis gave them Tuesday night against the team with baseball's best record. Marquis pitched a two-hitter to become the league's first 10-game winner, leading the resurgent Rockies to a 3-0 victory.

Andre Ethier and the Los Angeles Dodgers are making a habit of fantastic finishes. Ethier's two-run homer in the 13th gave the Dodgers a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night in the opener of a suddenly significant series between NL West teams. It was Ethier's fourth walk-off hit this season and the 14th time the Dodgers have won in their final at-bat.

Aaron Cook is enjoying one of the most productive stretches of his career. It's also Colorado's best stretch since ending the 2007 season on a tear. Cook took a shutout into the ninth inning and won his fifth consecutive start as the Rockies defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Sunday. "Even when other teams get one or two hits, he's always one pitch away from putting the inning...

The Colorado Rockies have been the hottest team in baseball the past three weeks, and Brad Hawpe isn't surprised. "Everybody's taking good at-bats and nobody's giving at-bats away," Hawpe said after hitting his 100th career home run in the Rockies' 11-9 win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night.

Jason Hamel isn't going back to relieving any time soon. The right-hander, obtained in an early season trade to help beef up Colorado's bullpen, is undefeated over his last seven starts and getting stronger with each outing. "It's been nice to get the opportunity to prove that I can do it and I'm trying to cash in on it the best I can," said Hamel after pitching a...

Vladimir Guerrero hit his first 50 home runs in the major leagues for the Montreal Expos when Jim Tracy was their bench coach. Now, the manager of the Colorado Rockies, Tracy remains in awe of him. Guerrero ended a 28-game home run drought and had three RBIs and Bobby Abreu drove in three runs with a homer and a double as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Rockies 11-3 on Wednesday night.