Two games over .500 seems just out of the Nats’ reach. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Rockies 10, Nationals 4: Poor Miguel Olivo. He must feel kind of bummed, being the only Rockies starter to go hitless on Tuesday night and all. Colorado easily handled the Nationals, who continued their yo-yo routine around .500. The killer blow in an eight-run third inning that dug the Nationals their second 10-0 hole in three games? A bases-clearing double by Colorado starter Jorge De La Rosa. De La Rosa hardly pitched a gem; but with a ten-run lead behind you, who really needs to? (Despite that, I couldn’t help but be impressed, digging beyond just tonight’s box score — De La Rosa has notched an amazing 18-3 record since last June 5.) Washington lefty Scott Olsen, in a tight race with Craig Stammen to see who will avoid being the man replaced by Stephen Strasburg when he’s inevitably called up later this summer, sputtered through a two-inning start and was responsible for six of the ten Colorado runs. Highlights for the Nats were few and far between — though Ryan Zimmerman did hit his second homer of the year, and Cristian Guzman’s four-hit evening was certainly pleasing. Of note: the Rockies were playing with heavy hearts — the team had learned of the death of 48-year-old team president Keli McGregor hours before the game.

Oh, and holy moley guys! The 2010 NFL schedule was released last night! Man, what a drag that we’ve only got nearly five months to parse through every possible prognostic aspect of it!