| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, July 1st, 2008: Stewart Picked NL's Premier Rookie
During the month Ian Stewart socked and slapped the baseball all over National League ballparks to pull in a majority of the votes for the Rookie of the Month award.
In June the second baseman for Colorado collected 27 hits, 3 home runs, 20 RBIs and 11 runs scored. He batted .287 with a .367 OBP.
Batting .278 to date, Stewart has 12 home runs and 47 RBIs.
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| Wednesday, June 25th, 2008: Colorado Closer Will Miss 1-2 Weeks
Dealing with injuries is part of the game, and now Manny Corpas of the Rockies knows this firsthand. He was injured against the Oakland Athletics while throwing a pitch. Diagnosed as a tender elbow, the Colorado closer is expected to miss 1-2 weeks. Corpas was a little upset, but understands it comes with the territory. "There is nothing I can do now. You try to be careful, but no matter how careful you are, injuries happen."
To this point in the year Corpas has put up a 1-4 won-lost mark, made 27 relief appearances and rung up 13 saves. He has a 2.97 ERA and has allowed 33 hits over his 33.1 innings of work, struck out 29 batters and walked 17.
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| Sunday, June 1st, 2008: Second Baseman Nabs NL Rookie Award
The outstanding National League rookie in May was Colorado's second baseman Ian Stewart.
Last month he played in 28 games and hit .280 with 4 doubles, no triples and 3 home runs. Stewart also scored 16 times and drove in 9 runs.
Stewart is currently hitting at a .273 pace with 9 home runs, 27 RBIs and has scored 29 times.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | 2B Ian Stewart | sore knee | 2 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 52-67, .437 PCT | | Position in Division | 5th, 16.5 GB | | Record at home | 27-32, .458 PCT | | Record on the road | 25-35, .417 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 1-4, .200 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 14-22, .389 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 23-22, .511 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 29-45, .392 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 8-13, .381 PCT | | Record in May | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in June | 9-18, .333 PCT | | Record in July | 12-13, .480 PCT | | Record in August | 8-10, .444 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .274 - 5th in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .347 - 3rd in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .436 - 7th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .783 - 6th in NL | | Runs Scored | 621 - 7th in NL | | Hits | 1132 - 6th in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 394 - 8th in NL | | Home Runs | 123 - 8th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 436 - 4th in NL | | Strikeouts | 908 - 14th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 31 - 16th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.94 - 13th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 5.48 - 13th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.16 - 10th in NL | | Runs allowed | 646 - 13th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1165 - 12th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .282 - 13th in NL | | BABIP | .316 - 10th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 151 - 13th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 452 - 14th in NL | | Strikeouts | 766 - 12th in NL |
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