A playoff run seems the longest of long-shots right now, but the Colorado Rockies figure they might as well put together another late-season hot streak regardless. The Rockies take a five-game winning streak, their longest since April, into the start of a three-game road series against the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning tonight. The Rockies took two out of three from the Dodgers in Denver last weekend and lead the season series 8-7. Esmil Rogers gets the start for the Rockies on the mound, looking for his seventh win of the season. He’ll be opposed by Ted Lilly for the Dodgers, a southpaw who is 7-2 against the Rockies in his career. The Rockies enter their game tonight nine games out of first place in the National League West and six games back of second place. First pitch is at 9:10.

The Nebraska basketball program has secured its first commitment for its recruiting class of 2012-2013. Keith Coleman, from Philadelphia, orally committed to the Huskers yesterday, citing interest from Nebraska since his freshman year. A 6’9”, 250-pound power forward, Coleman will play this season at Marshalltown Community College in Iowa after spending last season at Lee Academy, a prep school in Maine. Academic difficulties kept him from signing with a Division I program immediately after his high school graduation. Coleman will be ranked among the top junior college prospects in the country and will fill a need for Doc Sadler’s program when he joins the team for the 2012-2013 season. He will have three years of eligibility to use with the Huskers.

The Nebraska women’s soccer team allowed two goals in the final 16 minutes and lost to Denver 3-2 last night in Denver. A pair of goals from Morgan Marlborough, her 40th and 41st career tallies, erased an early one-goal deficit and put the Huskers in front 2-1. That score held until the 75th minute, when Denver’s Kaitlin Bast scored to equalize. The winner came from Kristin Hamilton with just 20 seconds remaining in regulation time. The Huskers fall to 0-2-1 with the defeat. They return to action next weekend with a pair of home games, hosting Arkansas next Friday night and Northern Arizona next Sunday afternoon.

The Colorado Rockies wrapped up a sweep of the Houston Astros with an 7-6 win in 10 innings yesterday afternoon at Coors Field. Troy Tulowitzki scored the winning run when he scampered home from third on a wild pitch to cap off another wild game between the two teams. Tulowitzki’s two-run homer, his 26th of the season, was part of a four-run first inning that gave the Rockies a 4-2 lead. Carlos Gonzalez also homered, his 23rd, and drove in three more runs, making it ten straight games that he has tallied an RBI. Matt Belisle earned the win in relief for the second straight day, his ninth victory of the season, all of which have come in relief. The Rockies have now won five straight games, and head out on the road after an off day today for nine games out west against Los Angeles, division leading Arizona, and San Diego.