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7:10 pm EDT Fri Jul 16, 2010

The Colorado Rockies can’t say they’re a division leader like the Cincinnati Reds as baseball’s second half gets under way, but there was a major difference in the way the teams came into the All-Star break. The NL’s hottest club in July, the Rockies head into Friday night’s visit to Cincinnati hoping a few days off didn’t slow them down, while the Reds want to believe a four-day break was all they need to snap their four-game slide. Cincinnati has a slim lead on St. Louis atop the NL Central, but it didn’t go into the break looking like a playoff contender. The Reds closed the first half by dropping a four-game set in Philadelphia, including consecutive 1-0 contests heading into the break. The Rockies certainly fell under Baker’s hate-to-break category, as they won eight of 10 to open July. Colorado had its six-game winning streak snapped Sunday with a 9-7 loss to San Diego, but cut its deficit behind the Padres from five to two during its 10-game homestand.

The Rockies have averaged seven runs in July largely thanks to outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, who hit .409 with five homers to help compensate for the absences of Troy Tulowitzki and Todd Helton. While All-Star starter Ubaldo Jimenez has been perhaps the biggest key to the Rockies’ success, the pitcher following him in the rotation has been better since the beginning of June. Jimenez’s ERA has risen from 0.78 through May 31 to 4.63 ever since while Jason Hammel has simply improved. Hammel was 2-3 with a 6.93 ERA on June 1, but he’s 5-0 with a 2.05 ERA since. The right-hander held San Diego to two runs over 6 1-3 innings in a 4-2 win Saturday.