Lineup Card: 6-17-11 Rockies vs Tigers

If you're looking for Rockies game lineups and you don't feel like searching all over Twitter or waiting for MLB.com to post them, check back to Heaven & Helton about 60-90 minutes before first pitch. They should be here waiting for you.

Links

• Wednesday's recap: Something about a lot of singles
• ESPN's Ultimate Standings: Rockies rank 8th out of 122 pro franchises
• All Things Rockies: Jose Morales breaks thumb; Matt Pagnozzi coming up

Lineups

Colorado Rockies (33-35)

1. CF Carlos Gonzalez
2. 2B Chris Nelson
3. 1B Todd Helton
4. SS Troy Tulowitzki
5. RF Seth Smith
6. 3B Ty Wigginton
7. LF Charlie Blackmon
8. C   Chris Iannetta
9. P   Jason Hammel

Jason Hammel won't know what to do actually having the everyday lineup behind him. A true rarity.

Detroit Tigers (38-31)

1. CF Austin Jackson
2. LF Brennan Boesch
3. 1B Miguel Cabrera
4. C   Victor Martinez
5. RF Magglio Ordonez
6. 3B Alex Avila
7. SS Jhonny Peralta
8. 2B Ryan Raburn
9. P   Rick Porcello

Damn, that's a pretty solid lineup. And creatively filled out by Jim Leyland moving Alex Avila to third base from his usual catching position to get Victor Martinez in there. So I'm thinking, let's see how of a defense for offense trade they're doing here. Let's test out Avila with a couple bunt attempts and see if Martinez can be run on a bit. 

By the way, did Leyland ever do anything creative in his one year at Colorado before riding off into the sunset smoking a pack of cigarettes?

Rock Solid Recap: Something about a lot of singles

One day at a time.

One base at a time.

Alright, so it's probably best to take a faster paced approach to baseball, but it is possible to single an opponent to death when you squeeze them all together. That's what the Rockies did today, collecting twelve singles out of their thirteen hits. The key being that seven of those singles came within eight batters during the 6th inning, leading to five runs.

Rockies 6, Padres 3 (boxscore)

Today's leading singler was that mon again: Charlie Blackmon.

He singled thrice. The first one coming after he spoiled three very tough two strike pitches from Mat Latos. On the 8th pitch of the at-bat, he looped one into short right field that the Padres couldn't handle. Blackmon was then forced at second on a Jose Morales fielder's choice, but his at-bat created the run. Well, his single, and then consecutive singles by Jhoulys Chacin and Carlos Gonzalez.

His second single was No. five out of the seven in the 6th. Stay with me. It drove it one. Ryan Spilborghs followed two singles later with the killer two-run hit that put the game away for Colorado.

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Lineup Card: 6-15-11 Rockies vs Padres

If you're looking for Rockies game lineups and you don't feel like searching all over Twitter or waiting for MLB.com to post them, check back to Heaven & Helton about 60-90 minutes before first pitch. They should be here waiting for you. 

Links

Yesterday's recap: Nicasio embraces run support in home victory

Lineups

Colorado Rockies (32-35)

1. CF Carlos Gonzalez
2. 2B Jonathan Herrera
3. 1B Todd Helton
4. SS Troy Tulowitzki
5. RF Seth Smith
6. 3B Ty Wigginton
7. LF Charlie Blackmon
8. C   Jose Morales
9. P    Jhoulys Chacin

Herrera in for Nelson. That's fine. He can't play every day. Same for Iannetta. 

San Diego Padres (30-39)

1. RF Chris Denorfia
2. SS Jason Bartlett
3. 3B Chase Headley
4. LF Ryan Ludwick
5. 1B Anthony Rizzo
6. CF Cameron Maybin
7. 2B Alberto Gonzalez
8. C   Rob Johnson
9. P   Mat Latos

Rock Solid Recap: Nicasio embraces run support in home victory

This something we haven't seen a lot of lately. A solid offensive performance, coupled with an outstanding pitching effort. AND the bullpen made it stand up. That's three phases of the game clicking at once. Plus they stole three more bases. I'm almost overwhelmed with positives.

Rockies 6, Padres 3 (boxscore)

Juan Nicasio: Well hot damn. Nicasio allowed a home run to the first batter of the game. Hit the second batter. Had lousy command early, which led me to believe this was going to be a short night at the office for him. Yet the kid absolutely owned this game for six innings once he got his feet under him.

Nine strikeouts. That ties a season high for Rockies starters. The breaking ball looked like a solid strikeout pitch at times. Great poise and confidence on display. This was a damn good 4th major league start for a 24-year-old.

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Lineup Card: 6-14-11 Rockies vs Padres

If you're looking for Rockies game lineups and you don't feel like searching all over Twitter or waiting for MLB.com to post them, check back to Heaven & Helton about 60-90 minutes before first pitch. They should be here waiting for you.

Links

• Yesterday's recrap: Home woes continue
• Blake Street Bulletin: Dead Weight
• Purple Row: Should Dexter Fowler give up pinch-hitting? 

Lineups

Colorado Rockies (31-35)

1. CF Carlos Gonzalez
2. 2B Chris Nelson
3. 1B Todd Helton
4. SS Troy Tulowitzki
5. 3B Ty Wigginton
6. LF Charlie Blackmon
7. RF Ryan Spilborghs
8. C   Chris Iannetta
9. P    Juan Nicasio

Unreal. Seth Smith out of the lineup... AGAIN. Our manager is a dimwit. If you want to get Spilborghs at-bats, fine, but how about give Blackmon his first day off? Benching Smith over and over again is counterproductive to everything.

Oh, and there's another team meeting going on before today's game. I think that's the fourth of the season. God this is a mess. The guy running the show is a desperate man. 

San Diego Padres (30-38)

1. RF Chris Denorfia
2. SS Jason Bartlett
3. 3B Chase Headley
4. LF Ryan Ludwick
5. 1B Anthony Rizzo
6. CF Cameron Maybin
7. C   Nick Hundley
8. 2B Alberto Gonzalez
9. P    Wade LeBlanc