MLB Recap of Colorado Rockies vs Chicago Cubs on April 26th 2011

Todd Helton hit a pair of solo home runs and Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven strong innings as the Colorado Rockies posted a 4-3 road win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday evening.

Helton homered in the first off Cubs starter James Russell, and his third homer of the season leading off the fifth made it 4-2. Ty Wigginton also homered for the Rockies.

De La Rosa (4-0) scattered six hits and yielded just one earned run. The left-hander allowed just three hits over his final six scoreless frames.

Rafael Betancourt held the lead through the eighth and Huston Street picked up his league-leading ninth save despite yielding Alfonso Soriano's seventh homer of the season.

Russell (1-3) was charged with four runs and five hits in four-plus innings.

Final	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	7^th	8^th	9^th	R	H	E
Colorado RockiesRockies	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	9	1
Chicago CubsCubs	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	0

WP:	Jorge De La Rosa (COL)
LP:	James Russell (CHC)
HR:	(CHC): Alfonso Soriano
	(COL): Todd Helton (2), Ty Wigginton

Season Series

Jun 27^th 2011 Colorado 3 @ Chi. Cubs 7

Apr 26^th 2011 Colorado 4 @ Chi. Cubs 3

Apr 25^th 2011 Colorado 5 @ Chi. Cubs 3

Apr 17^th 2011 Chi. Cubs 5 @ Colorado 9

Apr 16^th 2011 Chi. Cubs 8 @ Colorado 3

Apr 15^th 2011 Chi. Cubs 0 @ Colorado 5

Chi. Cubs	Stats	Colorado
2-4	Vs	4-2
.295	Batting Average	.234
4.3	Runs / Game	4.8
8	Home Runs	7
8	Errors	2

Colorado 4 at Chi. Cubs 3 - Recap

Rockies 4 , Cubs 3