Rockies resume homestand with last-place Diamondbacks

Streaking Colorado right-hander Aaron Cook makes his 20th career appearance against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight, when the Rockies host their National League West Division foes at Coors Field for the middle test of a three-game series. The Rockies won the opener, 5-0, on Friday with a combined four-hit shutout from starter Jorge De La Rosa and relievers Joel Peralta and Huston Street. Colorado enters the game third in the West, trailing first-place Los Angeles by 8 1/2 games, but entering just a game back of NL wild card-leading San Francisco. The Diamondbacks, meanwhile, are 20 games out of first place and have the second-worst record in the league. Cook, a native of Fort Campbell, Kentucky., was just 3-3 after consecutive losses to the Dodgers and Houston Astros on May 26 and June 1. He was unbeaten in his subsequent... [read full story]                    

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