Ryan Garvey, #32, hits the ball to drive in the first run for the Rockies in the bottom of the second inning of Saturday’s game.

Rockies first baseman Todd Helton connects with the ball for a single in the bottom of the third inning of Saturday’s game.

Grand Junction Rocky Juan Ciriaco takes off for first as he watches his bunt during the bottom of the third inning of Saturday’s game.

Korbin Roehm, 13, of Fruita pets his Maine Anjou steer Chromey after selling the animal in the ring Saturday at the Mesa County Fair’s auction.

Monument Little League’s Sam Flynn slides into home to score.

Monument Little League’s Zach Rush, right, is greeted at the plate Saturday by teammate Derek Shaver after hitting a solo home run.

Colorado Rockies star Todd Helton played for the Grand Junction Rockies at Suplizio on a rehab assignment in hopes he can return soon to the Rockies. Thousands of fans attended the game as the GJ Rockies defeated Missoula 10-5.

Todd Helton, center, bumped #40, Ben Waldrip, from the lineup for the first five innings of the game.

Julian Yan is safe on a pick-off tag from Rudy Flores.

Todd Helton signs autographs for Austin, 6, and Teegan, 4,  Rager before the game. There was a long line of fans who took advantage of the opportunity.

Todd Helton watches a single drop for an RBI in the third at Suplizio Field in Grand Junction at rehab game with the Grand Junction Rockies against the Missoula Osprey.

10 year-old Jenna Moores, 85 lbs., leads her steer weighing in at 1377 lbs. Around the show ring in the market Steer class. this is her second year showing steers.

Danny Pulfer with the Misoula Ospray dives back safely into first base on a pick off play in the 4th inning as Ben Waldrip, GJ Rockies first baseman makes the catch.

No. 45, Rockies starting pitcher Matt Carasiti pitches against the Missoula Ospray.

Justin Granger rides Hot Legs at the Professional Bull Riders Touring Division event at the Mesa County Fair. The grandstands were nearly full as a large crowd came out to the event.

Drew Zain, a parkour instructor at Defy Gravity, performs a lazy vault over a balance beam as he demonstrates different vaults used in the popular sport.

Drew Zain, a parkour instructor at Defy Gravity, demonstrates a Kong vault for his students as he teaches the different vaults used in the popular sport.

Drew Zain demonstrates a Kong vault recenty for his students at Defy Gravity.

Charlie Ruckman, another young drag racer.

Caleb Nowlin, the kid drag racer.

A young drag racer, Michael Nowlin.

Grand Juncrion Rockies centerfielder David Dahl flashes a big grin as he chats with left fielder Jeff Popick during a recent game against the Idaho Falls Chukars at Suplizio Field.

Rockies’ centerfielder David Dahl chases down a fly ball for the out during a recent game against the Idaho Falls Chukars.

Ray Polencheck of Wiggins has his draft horse team make a pull.

Molly Mueller, 10, takes home the Grand Championship buck honors with her goat.

Zachery Vonfelet, lifts his cat Mikey, which weighs 19 lbs. The cat won Grand Champion and was the only cat entry.

Two anglers try their luck Monday at the confluence of the North Fork and Gunnison rivers. Recent rains have brought new life and new color to the North Fork and other Western Slope rivers.

Taryn Rowland, 10, of Clifton admires carefully the 13-inch pacu she caught recenty from Connected Lakes. The fish, a toothy cousin of the piranha, is a native of Slouth American. Biologsts think the fish was dumped into the lake from a private aquarium. Photo Special to the Sentinel.

Billings Mustang’s Brandon Daily is out at home as Grand Junction’s Jose Briceno makes the tag in their game in Billings Tuesday July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Bob Zellar)

Billings Mustang’s Brandon safe at second as Grand Junction’s Matt Wessinger, 12, makes the tag in their game in Billings Tuesday July 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Bob Zellar)

A rainbow over a house in Redland Mesa after a late afternoon rain storm passed throw the Redlands.

No lift lines here. Chairs from the Easy Rider lift at Powderhorn Mountain Resort await their turn while the resort’s summer crew renovates the area’s chair lifts.

Birders of all levels wil enjoy Derek Lovitch’s new book, “How to be a Better Birder.” Lovitch encourages birders to make the most of their field work by looking at birds in a wholistic way.