the last time the rockies made the playoffs was 2009.
when was the last time the rockies made the playoffs?
2009
2008 nlcs and world series mvp cole hamels faced rockies' starter aaron cook in game 2. in the top of the first inning, the rockies scored the first run of the game when todd helton hit a ball up the first base line that was misplayed by hamels allowing carlos gonzalez to score from third. rockies' catcher yorvit torrealba then hit a two-run home run off of hamels in the fourth inning after he had not hit a home run since may 6. next inning, dexter fowler's sacrifice fly with runners on second and third made it 4–0 rockies. hamels was then told his wife was going into labor and lifted for a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the fifth inning. the phillies would fight back in the sixth. after consecutive hits by shane victorino and chase utley put runners on first and second with nobody out, ryan howard hit a line-drive double into the right field corner making the score 4–1 rockies. jose contreras relieved cook as raúl ibañez hit a one-out single to center field scoring two runs to cut the score to 4–3 rockies. pedro feliz's single loaded the bases, but carlos ruiz grounded into an inning-ending double play. charlie manuel would use potential game 3 starters joe blanton and j.a. happ in the seventh, with happ only throwing four pitches and leaving with an injury after being hit on the leg with a line drive. the rockies loaded the bases off of them before fowler's sacrifice fly off of scott eyre made it 5–3 rockies. jayson werth hit a home run in the eighth inning off of rafael betancourt to once again close the rockies lead to one, but huston street retired shane victorino with two runners on base with two outs in the ninth inning to send the series to colorado tied 1–1.
2009 national league division series
with the win, the rockies made the playoffs for the first time since 1995, and went on to face the philadelphia phillies in the nlds. colorado won the first game in philadelphia, 4–2. the rockies also won the second game in philadelphia, 10–5, with the help of kazuo matsui's 4th inning grand slam. on october 6, 2007, the rockies completed a three-game sweep of the phillies by winning 2–1 in colorado. the three-game sweep was colorado's first post-season series win in team history. the rockies went on to play in the nlcs against the arizona diamondbacks, who swept their own nlds against the chicago cubs. colorado won the first two games of the nlcs against the diamondbacks in phoenix, then won their third game against the diamondbacks in denver on sunday, october 14. that pushed the rockies' combined late-season (september 16 and after) and post-season run to 20 wins and just 1 loss, the single loss coming against arizona on september 28, 2007 – the 160th game of the regular season. this made colorado only the third team in the last half-century, and the first in the national league since the 1936 new york giants, to have a 20–1 stretch at any point of a season. the fourth game of the nlcs was won by the rockies by a score of 6–4, completing a four-game sweep of arizona. holliday was named the nlcs mvp, as he hit .333 with two home runs and four rbis during the series. the nlcs sweep earned the rockies their first national league pennant in franchise history. the rockies became the first team ever to sweep both the division series and league championship series in the same postseason. the club moved to 21–1 over all games played after september 15. by then, the amazing streak of wins became known among fans as "rocktober". in the 2007 world series, the rockies faced the boston red sox, and were swept in four games; the first game was 13–1, the second game was 2–1, the third game was 10–5, and the fourth and final game was 4–3. some attribute the poor play in the world series to the long lay off from the nlcs.
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