Hunter Goodman homered, Victor Vodnik struck out two in the ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 on Friday night.

In an effort to provide a glimpse of the rigors that come with donning the tools of ignorance, The Denver Post chronicled a day in the life of the Goodmans.

Not as much of the Colorado Rockies roster was gutted ahead of the trade deadline as expected. While a team on pace to set the single-season losses record would

Hunter Goodman has Kyle Farmer to thank for the two long homers the Colorado slugger hit on back-to-back days at St. Louis.

Goodman went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI in an 8-3 win against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Goodman's RBI all came in the latter stages of the contest -- he knocked a run-scoring single in the sixth inning and added a two-run double in the eighth.

The Heart & Hustle award is an annual honor given out by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association.

The Rockies snapped a 10-game skid against the Dodgers. They also tied their season-high winning streak of four games.