Rockies Pick Win Over Miami 3-2; Gain Split In Series-Daily Sports Update

The Colorado Rockies picked up a win over Miami 3-2 on Sunday afternoon to gain a split with the Marlins at Coors Field. Former Casper player Jordan Pacheco led the Rockies hitting attack with three hits including a home run.

The Rockies pitching staff finally got a handle on Marlin's slugger Giancarlo Stanton who did not homer in Sunday's game, but did homer in the three previous games of the series. The Rockies are on the road to begin a series with the New York Mets starting tonight.

Over the weekend the Wyoming Cowboy football team went through a long scrimmage in Laramie leading up to that season opener against Texas on September 1st in Austin. The defense won the scrimmage 55-34, but the offense looked better on Saturday as opposed to the previous scrimmage. Quarterback Brett Smith was 14 of 22 for 84 yards passing, including a 64-yard TD pass to Robert Herron. Herron had 4 receptions for 89 yards and ran the ball twice for 11 yards. The Pokes will scrimmage again on Wednesday.

Auto racing on the NASCAR circuit saw Greg Biffle win at the Michigan International Speedway, holding off  Brad Keslowski by a half a second on a green-white checkered finish. Biffle now assumes the lead in the overall Sprint Cup standings by 20 points over Matt Kenseth. Kasey Kahne finished 3rd yesterday followed by Dale Earnhart Junior.

Here's Monday's Daily Sports Update with Frank Gambino.