2008 Colorado Rockies season explained

Colorado Rockies
Season:	2008
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Coors Field
City:	Denver, Colorado
Record:	74–88 (.457)
Divisional Place:	3rd
Owners:	Charles & Dick Monfort
General Managers:	Dan O'Dowd
Managers:	Clint Hurdle
Television:	FSN Rocky Mountain KTVD (My20)
Radio:	KOA

The Colorado Rockies' 2008 season was the team's 16th season overall. The Rockies attempted to repeat their previous season's success after making it to the World Series; however, they ended up finishing third place in the National League West with a record of 74-88. The Rockies drew 2,650,218 fans for the season, their highest total since 2002. The average home attendance was 33,127 fans.

Likely the most memorable game of the year was against the San Diego Padres on April 17, as it went 22 innings before Troy Tulowitzki drove in the winning run. It is the longest Rockies game in franchise history and (as of) the longest game of the 21st century.^[1]

Offseason

December 7, 2007: Jamey Carroll was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Sean Smith (minors) (April 24, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.^[2]
December 13, 2007: Kip Wells and Luis Vizcaíno were signed as free agents by the Colorado Rockies.^[3] ^[4]
February 17, 2008: Scott Podsednik was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[5]
March 26, 2008: Ramón Ramírez was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Jorge de la Rosa (April 30, 2008) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.^[6]

Regular season

Transactions

April 30, 2008: Jason Grilli was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Colorado Rockies for Zach Simons (minors).^[7]
May 16, 2008: Glendon Rusch was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.^[8]
August 6, 2008: Liván Hernández was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies from the Minnesota Twins.^[9]
August 14, 2008: Kip Wells was released by the Colorado Rockies.^[3]

Major League debuts

Batters:
- Jayson Nix (Apr 1)
- Jonathan Herrera (Apr 30)
- Doug Bernier (Jun 17)
- Dexter Fowler (Sep 2)
Pitchers:
- Greg Reynolds (May 11)
- Cedrick Bowers (Jul 2)
- Steven Register (Aug 4) ^[10]

Game log

|- bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| – || March 31 || @ Cardinals ||colspan=6|Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 1|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 1 || April 1 || @ Cardinals || 2 - 1 || Buchholz (1 - 0) || Franklin (0 - 1) || Corpas (1) || 45,996 || 1 - 0|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 2 || April 2 || @ Cardinals || 8 - 3 || Wellemeyer (1 - 0) || Cook (0 - 1) || || 39,915 || 1 - 1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 3 || April 3 || @ Cardinals || 3 - 0 || Thompson (1 - 0) || Jiménez (0 - 1) || Isringhausen (1) || 33,748 || 1 - 2|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 4 || April 4 || Diamondbacks || 8 - 1 || Owings (1 - 0) || Redman (0 - 1) || || 49,233 || 1 - 3|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 5 || April 5 || Diamondbacks || 7 - 2 || Webb (2 - 0) || Francis (0 - 1) || || 43,124 || 1 - 4|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 6 || April 6 || Diamondbacks || 5 - 2 (10) || Lyon (1 - 1) || Bowie (0 - 1) || Qualls (1) || 42,865 || 1 - 5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 7 || April 7 || Braves || 2 - 1 || Herges (1 - 0) || Boyer (0 - 2) || Corpas (2) || 24,304 || 2 - 5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 8 || April 8 || Braves || 4 - 3 || Jiménez (1 - 1) || Jurrjens (1 - 1) || Corpas (3) || 24,640 || 3 - 5|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 9 || April 9 || Braves || 12 - 6 || Redman (1 - 1) || James (0 - 1) || || 23,210 || 4 - 5|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| – || April 10 || Braves ||colspan=6|Postponed (snow) Rescheduled for June 16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 10 || April 11 || @ Diamondbacks || 8 - 2 || Webb (3 - 0) || Francis (0 - 2) || || 31,732 || 4 - 6|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 11 || April 12 || @ Diamondbacks || 10 - 3 || Haren (2 - 0) || Morales (0 - 1) || || 29,256 || 4 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 12 || April 13 || @ Diamondbacks || 13 - 5 || Cook (1 - 1) || González (0 - 1) || || 31,321 || 5 - 7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 13 || April 15 || @ Padres || 6 - 0 || Wolf (1 - 0) || Jiménez (1 - 2) || || 24,439 || 5 - 8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 14 || April 16 || @ Padres || 10 - 2 || Redman (2 - 1) || Germano (0 - 1) || || 21,730 || 6 - 8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 15 || April 17 || @ Padres || 2 - 1 (22) || Wells (1 - 0) || Rusch (0 - 1) || || 25,984 || 7 - 8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 16 || April 18 || @ Astros || 11 - 5 || Morales (1 - 1) || Sampson (0 - 2) || || 34,272 || 8 - 8|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 17 || April 19 || @ Astros || 3 - 2 || Cook (2 - 1) || Villarreal (0 - 3) || Corpas (4) || 34,540 || 9 - 8|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 18 || April 20 || @ Astros || 6 - 4 || Wright (2 - 0) || Fuentes (0 - 1) || Valverde (2) || 35,286 || 9 - 9|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 19 || April 21 || Phillies || 9 - 5 || Seánez (2 - 1) || Buchholz (1 - 1) || || 24,886 || 9 - 10|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 20 || April 22 || Phillies || 8 - 6 || Madson (1 - 0) || Corpas (0 - 1) || Lidge (4) || 26,665 || 9 - 11|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 21 || April 23 || Cubs || 7 - 6 (10) || Wood (2 - 0) || Wells (1 - 1) || Mármol (2) || 36,864 || 9 - 12|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 22 || April 24 || Cubs || 4 - 2 || Cook (3 - 1) || Hart (2 - 1) || Fuentes (1) || 32,791 || 10 - 12|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 23 || April 25 || @ Dodgers || 8 - 7 (13) || Park (1 - 0) || Buchholz (1 - 2) || || 53,205 || 10 - 13|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 24 || April 26 || @ Dodgers || 11 - 3 || Penny (4 - 2) || Redman (2 - 2) || || 50,469 || 10 - 14|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 25 || April 27 || @ Dodgers || 3 - 2 (10) || Beimel (1 - 0) || Corpas (0 - 2) || || 50,670 || 10 - 15|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 26 || April 28 || @ Giants || 4 - 0 || Cain (1 - 2) || Morales (1 - 2) || || 30,153 || 10 - 16|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 27 || April 29 || @ Giants || 3 - 2 || Cook (4 - 1) || Lincecum (4 - 1) || Fuentes (2) || 32,176 || 11 - 16|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 28 || April 30 || @ Giants || 3 - 2 || Valdéz (1 - 0) || Speier (0 - 1) || Wilson (9) || 30,509 || 11 - 17|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 29 || May 2 || Dodgers || 11 - 6 || Penny (5 - 2) || Francis (0 - 3) || || 30,291 || 11 - 18|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 30 || May 3 || Dodgers || 12 - 7 || Kuo (1 - 1) || de la Rosa (0 - 1) || || 38,597 || 11 - 19|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 31 || May 4 || Dodgers || 7 - 2 || Cook (5 - 1) || Lowe (2 - 2) || Buchholz (1) || 43,726 || 12 - 19|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 32 || May 5 || Cardinals || 6 - 5 || Flores (1 - 0) || Fuentes (0 - 2) || Isringhausen (11) || 28,183 || 12 - 20|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 33 || May 6 || Cardinals || 6 - 5 || Looper (5 - 1) || Redman (2 - 3) || Franklin (1) || 25,460 || 12 - 21|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 34 || May 7 || Cardinals || 4 - 3 || Speier (1 - 1) || Isringhausen (1 - 3) || Fuentes (3) || 25,432 || 13 - 21|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 35 || May 8 || Cardinals || 9 - 3 || de la Rosa (1 - 1) || Lohse (3 - 2) || || 25,376 || 14 - 21|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 36 || May 9 || @ Padres || 4 - 2 || Cook (6 - 1) || Peavy (4 - 2) || Fuentes (4) || 31,057 || 15 - 21|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 37 || May 10 || @ Padres || 3 - 2 || Maddux (3 - 3) || Jiménez (1 - 3) || Hoffman (6) || 34,117 || 15 - 22|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 38 || May 11 || @ Padres || 6 - 1 || Young (3 - 3) || Reynolds (0 - 1) || || 28,624 || 15 - 23|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 39 || May 13 || @ Diamondbacks || 8 - 4 || Johnson (3 - 1) || Francis (0 - 4) || || 27,292 || 15 - 24|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 40 || May 14 || @ Diamondbacks || 4 - 3 || Owings (5 - 1) || de la Rosa (1 - 2) || Lyon (11) || 23,127 || 15 - 25|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 41 || May 15 || @ Diamondbacks || 8 - 5 || Webb (9 - 0) || Cook (6 - 2) || Lyon (12) || 21,447 || 15 - 26|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 42 || May 16 || Twins || 4 - 2 || Blackburn (4 - 2) || Jiménez (1 - 4) || Nathan (13) || 35,336 || 15 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 43 || May 17 || Twins || 3 - 2 || Herges (2 - 0) || Hernández (6 - 2) || Fuentes (5) || 43,149 || 16 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 44 || May 18 || Twins || 6 - 2 || Francis (1 - 4) || Slowey (0 - 4) || || 40,326 || 17 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 45 || May 19 || Giants || 4 - 3 || Grilli (1 - 0) || Chulk (0 - 3) || Fuentes (6) || 28,362 || 18 - 27|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 46 || May 20 || Giants || 6 - 5 || Lincecum (6 - 1) || Cook (6 - 3) || Wilson (13) || 28,361 || 18 - 28|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 47 || May 21 || Giants || 3 - 2 (10) || Walker (2 - 2) || Herges (2 - 1) || Wilson (14) || 27,081 || 18 - 29|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 48 || May 23 || Mets || 6 - 5 (13) || Buchholz (2 - 2) || Heilman (0 - 1) || || 33,341 || 19 - 29|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 49 || May 24 || Mets || 9 - 2 || Vargas (1 - 2) || Francis (1 - 5) || || 38,142 || 19 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 50 || May 25 || Mets || 4 - 1 || Cook (7 - 3) || Maine (5 - 4) || || 42,123 || 20 - 30|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 51 || May 26 || @ Phillies || 20 - 5 || Moyer (5 - 3) || de la Rosa (1 - 3) || || 44,764 || 20 - 31|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 52 || May 27 || @ Phillies || 7 - 4 || Kendrick (4 - 2) || Jiménez (1 - 5) || || 34,716 || 20 - 32|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 53 || May 28 || @ Phillies || 6 - 1 || Eaton (1 - 3) || Reynolds (0 - 2) || || 39,845 || 20 - 33|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 54 || May 29 || @ Cubs || 8 - 4 || Wuertz (1 - 1) || Herges (2 - 2) || || 39,851 || 20 - 34|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 55 || May 30 || @ Cubs || 10 - 9 || Eyre (2 - 0) || Corpas (0 - 3) || Wood (13) || 39,686 || 20 - 35|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 56 || May 31 || @ Cubs || 5 - 4 || Dempster (7 - 2) || Rusch (1 - 3) || Mármol (3) || 41,529 || 20 - 36|-|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 57 || June 1 || @ Cubs || 5 - 3 || Gallagher (3 - 1) || Jiménez (1 - 6) || Wood (14) || 41,730 || 20 - 37|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 58 || June 2 || @ Dodgers || 8 - 2 || Lowe (3 - 5) || Reynolds (0 - 3) || || 39,098 || 20 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 59 || June 3 || @ Dodgers || 3 - 0 || Francis (2 - 5) || Penny (5 - 7) || Fuentes (7) || 38,548 || 21 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 60 || June 4 || @ Dodgers || 2 - 1 || Cook (8 - 3) || Kershaw (0 - 1) || Fuentes (8) || 36,393 || 22 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 61 || June 6 || Brewers || 6 - 4 || Corpas (1 - 3) || Mota (2 - 4) || Fuentes (9) || 30,558 || 23 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 62 || June 7 || Brewers || 7 - 2 || Reynolds (1 - 3) || Bush (2 - 6) || || 37,283 || 24 - 38|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 63 || June 8 || Brewers || 3 - 2 || Suppan (4 - 4) || Francis (2 - 6) || Torres (7) || 32,256 || 24 - 39|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 64 || June 10 || Giants || 10 - 5 || Cook (9 - 3) || Misch (0 - 3) || || 28,359 || 25 - 39|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 65 || June 11 || Giants || 1 - 0 || Fuentes (1 - 2) || Yabu (2 - 3) || || 26,235 || 26 - 39|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 66 || June 12 || Giants || 10 - 7 || Sánchez (6 - 3) || Reynolds (1 - 4) || Wilson (19) || 30,376 || 26 - 40|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 67 || June 13 || @ White Sox || 5 - 4 || Thornton (3 - 1) || Herges (2 - 3) || Jenks (16) || 30,143 || 26 - 41|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 68 || June 14 || @ White Sox || 2 - 0 || Grilli (2 - 0) || Dotel (3 - 4) || Fuentes (10) || 35,663 || 27 - 41|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 69 || June 15 || @ White Sox || 5 - 3 || Cook (10 - 3) || Contreras (6 - 5) || Fuentes (11) || 32,004 || 28 - 41|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 70 || June 16 || Braves || 7 - 1 || Jurrjens (7 - 3) || Jiménez (1 - 7) || || 25,120 || 28 - 42|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 71 || June 17 || Indians || 10 - 2 || Reynolds (2 - 4) || Byrd (3 - 7) || || 28,146 || 29 - 42|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 72 || June 18 || Indians || 4 - 2 || Francis (3 - 6) || Laffey (4 - 4) || Fuentes (12) || 28,339 || 30 - 42|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 73 || June 19 || Indians || 6 - 3 || de la Rosa (2 - 3) || Sowers (0 - 2) || Fuentes (13) || 33,174 || 31 - 42|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 74 || June 20 || Mets || 7 - 2 || Maine (7 - 5) || Cook (10 - 4) || || 30,411 || 31 - 43|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 75 || June 21 || Mets || 7 - 1 || Jiménez (2 - 7) || Martínez (2 - 1) || || 35,637 || 32 - 43|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 76 || June 22 || Mets || 3 - 1 || Pelfrey (4 - 6) || Reynolds (2 - 5) || Wagner (17) || 45,019 || 32 - 44|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 77 || June 23 || @ Royals || 8 - 4 || Bannister (7 - 6) || Francis (3 - 7) || || 12,260 || 32 - 45|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 78 || June 24 || @ Royals || 7 - 3 || Greinke (7 - 4) || de la Rosa (2 - 4) || || 19,169 || 32 - 46|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 79 || June 25 || @ Royals || 4 - 2 || Hochevar (5 - 5) || Cook (10 - 5) || Soria (21) || 16,615 || 32 - 47|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 80 || June 27 || @ Tigers || 7 - 1 || Bonine (2 - 0) || Jiménez (2 - 8) || || 40,842 || 32 - 48|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 81 || June 28 || @ Tigers || 7 - 6 || Dolsi (1 - 2) || Fuentes (1 - 3) || || 42,729 || 32 - 49|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 82 || June 29 || @ Tigers || 4 - 3 || Rogers (6 - 5) || Reynolds (2 - 6) || Jones (15) || 41,305 || 32 - 50|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 83 || June 30 || Padres || 15 - 8 || Bell (6 - 3) || Fuentes (1 - 4) || || 43,248 || 32 - 51|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 84 || July 1 || Padres || 4 - 0 || Cook (11 - 5) || Banks (2 - 3) || || 26,221 || 33 - 51|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 85 || July 2 || Padres || 8 - 1 || Jiménez (3 - 8) || Wolf (5 - 8) || || 28,377 || 34 - 51|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 86 || July 3 || Marlins || 6 - 5 (11) || Herges (3 - 3) || Gregg (6 - 3) || || 48,084 || 35 - 51|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 87 || July 4 || Marlins || 18 - 17 || Buchholz (3 - 2) || Gregg (6 - 4) || || 48,691 || 36 - 51|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 88 || July 5 || Marlins || 12 - 6 || de la Rosa (3 - 4) || Tucker (2 - 3) || || 35,137 || 37 - 51|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 89 || July 6 || Marlins || 10 - 5 || Volstad (1 - 0) || Cook (11 - 6) || || 27,168 || 37 - 52|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 90 || July 7 || @ Brewers || 4 - 3 || Jiménez (4 - 8) || McClung (5 - 4) || Fuentes (14) || 35,161 || 38 - 52|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 91 || July 8 || @ Brewers || 7 - 3 || Sabathia (7 - 8) || Redman (2 - 4) || || 42,533 || 38 - 53|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 92 || July 9 || @ Brewers || 8 - 3 || Rusch (2 - 3) || Sheets (10 - 3) || || 37,092 || 39 - 53|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 93 || July 10 || @ Brewers || 11 - 1 || Bush (5 - 8) || de la Rosa (3 - 5) || || 43,389 || 39 - 54|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 94 || July 11 || @ Mets || 2 - 1 || Feliciano (2 - 2) || Buchholz (3 - 3) || Wagner (21) || 49,016 || 39 - 55|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 95 || July 12 || @ Mets || 3 - 0 || Muñiz (1 - 1) || Jiménez (4 - 9) || Wagner (22) || 54,137 || 39 - 56|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 96 || July 13 || @ Mets || 7 - 0 || Pelfrey (8 - 6) || Redman (2 - 5) || || 51,293 || 39 - 57|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 97 || July 17 || Pirates || 5 - 3 || Jiménez (5 - 9) || Maholm (6 - 6) || Fuentes (15) || 30,584 || 40 - 57|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 98 || July 18 || Pirates || 5 - 2 || Rusch (3 - 3) || Snell (3 - 8) || Fuentes (16) || 37,114 || 41 - 57|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 99 || July 19 || Pirates || 7 - 1 || de la Rosa (4 - 5) || Herrera (0 - 1) || || 44,565 || 42 - 57|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 100 || July 20 || Pirates || 11 - 3 || Cook (12 - 6) || Duke (4 - 7) || || 30,488 || 43 - 57|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 101 || July 21 || Dodgers || 16 - 10 || Falkenborg (2 - 2) || Wells (1 - 2) || || 38,291 || 43 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 102 || July 22 || Dodgers || 10 - 1 || Jiménez (6 - 9) || Kershaw (0 - 3) || || 41,567 || 44 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 103 || July 23 || Dodgers || 5 - 3 || Rusch (4 - 3) || Kuroda (5 - 7) || Fuentes (17) || 36,305 || 45 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 104 || July 25 || @ Reds || 7 - 2 || Cook (13 - 6) || Vólquez (12 - 4) || || 27,501 || 46 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 105 || July 26 || @ Reds || 5 - 1 || de la Rosa (5 - 5) || Bailey (0 - 4) || || 33,981 || 47 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 106 || July 27 || @ Reds || 11 - 0 || Jiménez (7 - 9) || Fogg (2 - 3) || || 28,246 || 48 - 58|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 107 || July 28 || @ Pirates || 8 - 4 || Snell (4 - 8) || Grilli (2 - 1) || || 15,303 || 48 - 59|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 108 || July 29 || @ Pirates || 6 - 4 || Davis (1 - 0) || Herges (3 - 4) || Yates (1) || 17,507 || 48 - 60|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 109 || July 30 || @ Pirates || 7 - 4 || Cook (14 - 6) || Duke (4 - 9) || Fuentes (18) || 16,587 || 49 - 60|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 110 || July 31 || @ Marlins || 12 - 2 || Sánchez (1 - 0) || de la Rosa (5 - 6) || || 13,634 || 49 - 61|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 111 || August 1 || @ Marlins || 5 - 2 || Jiménez (8 - 9) || Volstad (2 - 2) || Fuentes (19) || 16,555 || 50 - 61|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 112 || August 2 || @ Marlins || 5 - 3 || Nolasco (11 - 6) || De Los Santos (0 - 1) || Gregg (24) || 22,324 || 50 - 62|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 113 || August 3 || @ Marlins || 3 - 2 || Buchholz (4 - 3) || Nelson (2 - 1) || Fuentes (20) || 14,310 || 51 - 62|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 114 || August 4 || Nationals || 9 - 4 || Redding (8 - 6) || Cook (14 - 7) || || 33,143 || 51 - 63|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 115 || August 5 || Nationals || 8 - 2 || Corpas (2 - 3) || Ayala (1 - 7) || || 27,483 || 52 - 63|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| – || August 6 || Nationals ||colspan=6|Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 7|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 116 || August 7 || Nationals || 6 - 3 || Bergmann (2 - 8) || Francis (3 - 8) || Hanrahan (2) || || 52 - 64|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 117 || August 7 || Nationals || 6 - 3 || Pérez (5 - 8) || Jiménez (8 - 10) || Hanrahan (3) || 30,448 || 52 - 65|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 118 || August 8 || Padres || 6 - 3 || Rusch (5 - 3) || Peavy (8 - 8) || Fuentes (21) || 33,147 || 53 - 65|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 119 || August 9 || Padres || 8 - 3 || Maddux (6 - 8) || Cook (14 - 8) || Hoffman (25) || 41,640 || 53 - 66|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 120 || August 10 || Padres || 16 - 7 || Hampson (1 - 1) || Hernández (10 - 9) || || 45,660 || 53 - 67|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 121 || August 12 || Diamondbacks || 4 - 2 || Johnson (10 - 8) || Jiménez (8 - 11) || Lyon (25) || 31,218 || 53 - 68|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 122 || August 13 || Diamondbacks || 6 - 5 || Buchholz (5 - 3) || Rauch (4 - 3) || Fuentes (22) || 30,247 || 54 - 68|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 123 || August 14 || Diamondbacks || 6 - 2 || Haren (13 - 6) || Rusch (5 - 4) || || 27,575 || 54 - 69|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 124 || August 15 || @ Nationals || 4 - 3 || de la Rosa (6 - 6) || Redding (8 - 8) || Fuentes (23) || 27,965 || 55 - 69|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 125 || August 16 || @ Nationals || 13 - 6 || Hernández (11 - 9) || Lannan (6 - 12) || || 28,909 || 56 - 69|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 126 || August 17 || @ Nationals || 7 - 2 || Cook (15 - 8) || Pérez (5 - 9) || || 31,467 || 57 - 69|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 127 || August 19 || @ Dodgers || 8 - 3 || Jiménez (9 - 11) || Kuroda (7 - 9) || || 46,687 || 58 - 69|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 128 || August 20 || @ Dodgers || 4 - 3 || Buchholz (6 - 3) || Broxton (3 - 5) || Fuentes (24) || 48,183 || 59 - 69|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 129 || August 21 || @ Dodgers || 3 - 1 || Lowe (10 - 10) || de la Rosa (6 - 7) || Broxton (10) || 44,885 || 59 - 70|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 130 || August 22 || Reds || 8 - 5 || Harang (4 - 13) || Hernández (11 - 10) || Cordero (25) || 30,337 || 59 - 71|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 131 || August 23 || Reds || 7 - 6 || Vizcaíno (1 - 0) || Lincoln (1 - 4) || Fuentes (25) || 42,282 || 60 - 71|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 132 || August 24 || Reds || 4 - 3 (12) || Speier (2 - 1) || Lincoln (1 - 5) || || 31,173 || 61 - 71|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 133 || August 25 || @ Giants || 4 - 2 || Francis (4 - 8) || Cain (8 - 10) || Fuentes (26) || 31,132 || 62 - 71|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 134 || August 26 || @ Giants || 7 - 2 || de la Rosa (7 - 7) || Palmer (0 - 2) || Grilli (1) || 32,695 || 63 - 71|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 135 || August 27 || @ Giants || 4 - 1 || Lincecum (15 - 3) || Hernández (11 - 11) || Wilson (36) || 31,627 || 63 - 72|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 136 || August 29 || @ Padres || 9 - 4 || Cook (16 - 8) || Hayhurst (0 - 1) || || 25,274 || 64 - 72|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 137 || August 30 || @ Padres || 9 - 4 || Geer (1 - 0) || Jiménez (9 - 12) || || 30,240 || 64 - 73|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 138 || August 31 || @ Padres || 2 - 1 || Hoffman (3 - 6) || Buchholz (6 - 4) || || 26,395 || 64 - 74|-|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 139 || September 1 || Giants || 4 - 0 || de la Rosa (8 - 7) || Sánchez (8 - 10) || || 31,388 || 65 - 74|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 140 || September 2 || Giants || 6 - 5 (12) || Grilli (3 - 1) || Yabu (3 - 6) || || 23,710 || 66 - 74|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 141 || September 3 || Giants || 9 - 2 || Zito (9 - 16) || Cook (16 - 9) || || 23,481 || 66 - 75|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 142 || September 5 || Astros || 5 - 3 || Jiménez (10 - 12) || Moehler (10 - 6) || Fuentes (27) || 26,163 || 67 - 75|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 143 || September 6 || Astros || 2 - 0 || Oswalt (14 - 9) || Francis (4 - 9) || || 32,352 || 67 - 76|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 144 || September 7 || Astros || 7 - 5 || Brocail (7 - 5) || Buchholz (6 - 5) || Valverde (40) || 30,509 || 67 - 77|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 145 || September 9 || @ Braves || 5 - 4 (10) || Tavárez (1 - 2) || Buchholz (6 - 6) || || 21,821 || 67 - 78|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 146 || September 10 || @ Braves || 9 - 5 || Bennett (3 - 6) || Vizcaíno (1 - 1) || || 19,693 || 67 - 79|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 147 || September 11 || @ Braves || 8 - 4 || Jurrjens (13 - 9) || Rusch (5 - 5) || || 20,039 || 67 - 80|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 148 || September 12 || Dodgers || 7 - 2 || Billingsley (15 - 10) || Francis (4 - 10) || || 30,147 || 67 - 81|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 149 || September 13 || Dodgers || 5 - 1 || Kershaw (4 - 5) || de la Rosa (8 - 8) || || 40,291 || 67 - 82|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 150 || September 14 || Dodgers || 1 - 0 (10) || Corpas (3 - 3) || Kuo (5 - 3) || || 28,910 || 68 - 82|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 151 || September 15 || Padres || 11 - 5 || LeBlanc (1 - 1) || Reynolds (2 - 7) || || 25,296 || 68 - 83|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 152 || September 16 || Padres || 10 - 3 || Jiménez (11 - 12) || Estes (2 - 3) || || 25,507 || 69 - 83|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 153 || September 17 || Padres || 1 - 0 || Hernández (12 - 11) || Geer (2 - 1) || Fuentes (28) || 25,155 || 70 - 83|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 154 || September 19 || Diamondbacks || 3 - 2 || de la Rosa (9 - 8) || Scherzer (0 - 3) || Fuentes (29) || 43,137 || 71 - 83|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 155 || September 20 || Diamondbacks || 5 - 3 || Peña (3 - 2) || Fuentes (1 - 5) || Qualls (6) || 38,283 || 71 - 84|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 156 || September 21 || Diamondbacks || 13 - 4 || Haren (16 - 8) || Reynolds (2 - 8) || || 32,915 || 71 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 157 || September 23 || @ Giants || 9 - 4 || Jiménez (12 - 12) || Lincecum (17 - 5) || || 33,922 || 72 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 158 || September 24 || @ Giants || 15 - 6 || Hernández (13 - 11) || Sánchez (9 - 12) || || 31,942 || 73 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"| 159 || September 25 || @ Giants || 3 - 1 || de la Rosa (10 - 8) || Zito (10 - 17) || Fuentes (30) || 31,857 || 74 - 85|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 160 || September 26 || @ Diamondbacks || 6 - 4 || Cruz (4 - 0) || Grilli (3 - 2) || Qualls (8) || 34,590 || 74 - 86|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 161 || September 27 || @ Diamondbacks || 6 - 4 || Lyon (3 - 5) || Corpas (3 - 4) || Qualls (9) || 33,234 || 74 - 87|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"| 162 || September 28 || @ Diamondbacks || 2 - 1 || Johnson (11 - 10) || Vizcaíno (1 - 2) || || 35,908 || 74 - 88|-

Roster

2008 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers	CatchersInfielders	Outfielders	ManagerCoaches (pitching) (hitting) (third base) (first base) (bullpen) (bench) (bullpen catcher)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Chris Iannetta	104	333	88	.264	18	65
1B	Todd Helton	83	299	79	.264	7	29
2B	Clint Barmes	107	393	114	.290	11	44
SS	Troy Tulowitzki	101	377	99	.263	8	46
3B	Garrett Atkins	155	611	175	.286	21	99
LF	Matt Holliday	139	539	173	.321	25	88
CF	Willy Taveras	133	479	120	.251	1	26
RF		138	488	138	.283	25	85

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
104	299	80	.268	12	48
81	266	69	.259	10	41
70	236	58	.246	6	31
89	233	73	.313	6	36
81	210	50	.238	2	15
93	162	41	.253	1	15
67	108	28	.259	4	15
28	61	14	.230	0	3
22	56	7	.125	0	2
18	38	8	.211	3	8
13	26	4	.154	0	0
18	23	5	.217	0	4
7	10	1	.100	0	1
2	4	0	.000	0	0
3	3	1	.333	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	211.1	16	9	3.96	96
34	198.2	12	12	3.99	172
24	143.2	4	10	5.01	94
28	130.0	10	8	4.92	128
14	62.0	2	8	8.13	22
10	45.1	2	5	7.54	20
8	40.1	3	3	8.03	13
5	25.1	1	2	6.39	9
2	8.0	0	1	5.63	10

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
23	64.0	4	3	4.78	43
4	8.2	0	0	8.31	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
67	1	5	30	2.73	82
76	3	4	4	4.52	50
63	6	6	1	2.17	56
58	3	4	0	5.04	46
51	3	2	1	2.93	59
43	2	1	0	4.06	33
43	1	2	0	5.28	49
15	1	2	0	5.27	22
12	0	0	0	2.63	5
10	0	0	0	9.00	8
10	0	1	0	9.00	5
8	0	0	0	9.35	6
5	0	0	0	13.50	5
1	0	0	0	4.50	2
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Notes

On April 17, 2008, Colorado beat the San Diego Padres, 2-1, in a 22-inning road game that spanned 6 hours and 16 minutes.^[11] ^[12] It was the longest game in Rockies history, in terms of both total innings and total length of time. 659 total pitches were thrown in the game by 15 different pitchers (eight Rockies pitchers and seven Padres pitchers). The 22-inning affair was the longest since August 31, 1993, when the Minnesota Twins, at home, defeated the Cleveland Indians, 5-4, in 22 innings.^[13]
On July 1, 2008, the Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres, 4-0, in the shortest nine-inning game in Coors Field history – one hour and 58 minutes.^[14]
On July 4, 2008, Colorado defeated the Florida Marlins, 18-17, after at one point being down, 13-4. The nine-run deficit that the Rockies overcame made it the largest comeback win in team history.^[15]
On September 14, 2008, the Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers played a game that went scoreless into the bottom of the 10th inning at Coors Field. It was the longest scoreless stretch in Coors Field history.^[16] The Rockies eventually won the game, 1-0, as they scored the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Farm system

External links

2008 Colorado Rockies season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

Web site: The longest games in MLB history . .
Web site: Jamey Carroll Stats.
Web site: Kip Wells Stats.
Web site: Luis Vizcaino Stats.
Web site: Scott Podsednik Stats.
Web site: Jorge de la Rosa Stats.
Web site: Jason Grilli Stats.
Web site: Glendon Rusch Stats.
Web site: Liván Hernández Stats.
Web site: 2008 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac.
https://web.archive.org/web/20080422170548/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280417125 ESPN – Rockies vs. Padres – Recap – April 17, 2008
https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=3353469 ESPN – Weary Rockies hang on vs. Padres in 22nd inning for historic win – MLB
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN199308310.shtml August 31, 1993 Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins Box Score and Play by Play – Baseball-Reference.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20110519105544/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280701127 ESPN – Padres vs. Rockies – Recap – July 01, 2008
https://archive.today/20120716105715/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280704127 ESPN – Marlins vs. Rockies – Recap – July 04, 2008
Web site: Dodgers vs. Rockies - Game Recap - September 14, 2008 - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20080918052514/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280914127. dead. September 18, 2008.
Web site: Colorado Rockies Minor League Affiliates.