Jorge De La Rosa was fantastic in tonight's 7-1 victory over the Dodgers, tossing 7.1 scoreless innings in a refreshing start given his season thus far. He allowed just two hits and struck out three, but the most encouraging part of tonight's performance was his ability to throw strikes when needed and avoid walking a single batter. The Rockies pitching staff has been awful in that department this year, but they were able to pitch effectively and issued just a single walk.
The game started out on a bit of a shaky footing, as Enrique Hernandez hit a leadoff double before Jimmy Rollins reached on a Daniel Descalso throwing error, but De La Rosa got out of the inning without further fanfare.