CINCINNATI -- The Rockies are benefitting from the low-maintenance left-handed bat of Ben Paulsen.
With his team up one run on Trevor Story's eighth-inning homer Monday night, Paulsen added three runs with a no-doubter off the Reds' Jumbo Diaz to provide cushion for a 5-1 victory. Monday was just Paulsen's sixth start and 11th appearance of the season, but he has produced -- .308 with three doubles and the homer entering play Tuesday, when manager Walt Weiss started him in left field against the Reds.
Paulsen is also working in a first base tandem with Mark Reynolds.