Getting your player ready...
As the Rockies look to the future, Todd Helton delivered a blast from the past Monday night. The first baseman recorded his first four-hit game of the season. Helton’s fourth-inning double gave him 523 for his career, tying him for 37th all time with Hall of Famer Willie Mays.
Hot rookie.
Atlanta’s Jason Heyward has moved back ahead of Buster Posey in the rookie-of-the-year race with a hot streak. He had reached base 10 straight times before grounding into a double play in the seventh inning.
Duel in Denver.
Alex Gonzalez grinded out an 11-pitch at-bat against the Rockies’ Jason Hammel — fouling off seven pitches — in a fourth-inning battle that ended with a line out.
Troy E. Renck, The Denver Post
