RF Carlos Gonzalez was ejected for the second time in his major league career during Sunday's game against the Cubs after he disagreed with a strikeout looking call with the bases loaded in the fifth. He's batting .223. His previous ejection was Sept. 9, 2011, against the Reds.

OF Carlos Gonzalez was held out of the starting lineup Saturday against the Cubs. The 31-year-old entered the game as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning and was ruled out on the infield-fly rule. He is hitting only .226 with five home runs and 19 RBIs in 58 games this season.

RF Carlos Gonzalez matched his career high with three walks Thursday. He led off the second with a walk and scored on DH Mark Reynolds' 450-foot homer. "I walk and a two-run shot, that's a good way to start a game," Gonzalez said.

RF Carlos Gonzalez finished off a stellar series against Philadelphia with a 2-for-5 outing Thursday, including a double. In the four-game series, he was 10-for-19, part of a road trip that saw him go 16-of-41 to raise his average up to .256. It had been as low as .180 only two weeks prior. He's hitting .365 in his career against the Phillies, second-highest amongst active players (Ryan Braun, .375).

RF Carlos Gonzalez has started swinging the bat exceptionally well of late, which continued Wednesday as he went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer against the Phillies. Since May 10, when his average bottomed out at .188, he's hitting .392 (20-for-51) with a seven-game hitting streak, including multiple hits in his last three games.

RF Carlos Gonzalez has recorded a hit in 11 of his last 12 games and is batting .370 since May 11. He has five multi-hit games in that span. He has five doubles, one homer and six RBIs during that span.

RF Carlos Gonzalez hit his 200th career home run on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati, becoming the fifth Rockies player to reach that mark, joining Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Larry Walker and Todd Helton. It was just the third homer this season for Gonzalez, but manager Bud Black believes there's more to come. "He's getting closer," Black said. "There were some hard-hit balls in this series. It's in there. The swings are better. Takes are better. Timing's better."

RF Carlos Gonzalez was dropped to sixth in the lineup and responded with a season-high three RBIs while going 2-for-4 for his first two-hit game since April 28 at Arizona. The left-handed hitting Gonzalez entered the game batting .188 with two homers and seven RBIs. The Dodgers started a left-handed pitcher, Hyun-Jin Ryu. Gonzalez started 19 games batting fourth and 11 batting third this season. He made 30 previous starts batting sixth and was last in that spot in the lineup June 24, 2015. Right-handed hitters Mark Reynolds, fourth, and Ian Desmond, fifth, batted ahead of Gonzalez on Friday. "With a left-handed pitcher, I think it makes a little bit of sense tonight," manager Bud Black said before the game. "The way Mark's swinging and Ian, both right-handed bat, it might just take a little bit of pressure off CarGo. Probably not -- he's CarGo. But mentally, it might be good for him. We'll see."

RF Carlos Gonzalez was back in the lineup after missing two games with right calf tightness and went 0-for-4, dropping his average to .192 (20-for-104). He developed cramping in the calf on Thursday at San Diego and was removed from the game before the ninth inning. Rockies manager Bud Black said he spoke with Gonzalez after the game Saturday night about playing Sunday, and Gonzalez said he felt well enough to do so.

RF Carlos Gonzalez did not play for the second straight day due to right calf soreness. Gonzalez said he felt better and took batting practice and ran and said he was hopeful of returning to the lineup Sunday.

RF Carlos Gonzalez did not play. He left Thursday's game in the ninth inning with cramping in his right calf. Manager Bud Black said that head trainer Keith Dugger and Gonzalez "at this point feel pretty confident about his return in the next couple days." They don't feel Gonzalez will need to go on the 10-day disabled list.

RF Carlos Gonzalez left Thursday's game in San Diego with a calf cramp, but should be OK. However, he could miss at least one game this weekend. Rockies manager Bud Black said before Thursday's series finale in San Diego that he intends to give Gonzalez a day off. Gonzalez was 0-for-3 Thursday before departing and is down to .200. He has one hit in his last 12 at-bats and was 4-for-24 on the road trip.

RF Carlos Gonzalez was given a planned day off. He's hitting .211 with two homers and five RBI. Gonzalez struck out against Joe Roark to end the fifth Wednesday night and Roark's 41-pitch inning with runners on first and third and the Rockies trailing 5-2, he struck out, missing a curveball. Gonzalez's bat then splintered when he smashed it to the ground. Manager Bud Black said, "He was frustrated. He wanted to get the knock. That's great. He wanted to get the knock for the Rockies."

RF Carlos Gonzalez played his 1,000th game with the team and became the sixth player in franchise history to reach that milestone. The others are Todd Helton, who played 2,247 games, Larry Walker (1,170), Vinny Castilla (1,098), Troy Tulowitzki (1,048) and Dante Bichette (1,018). Gonzalez is one homer shy of becoming the fifth player in franchise history to hit 200 homers with the Rockies. The others are Helton (369), Walker (258), Castilla (239) and Bichette (201).

RF Carlos Gonzalez left the game in the fourth inning with a bruised hand after being hit by a pitch. X-rays were negative. Colorado manager Bud Black believes Gonzalez will sit for a few days. "Any time you get hit in the hand or finger, it's painful," Gonzalez said. "It's not broken. I'll try my best to get (back) as quick as possible."

RF Carlos Gonzalez went 2-for-5 with one RBI, giving him 100 RBIs for the season. He had not driven in a run since Sept. 18. This is the second time Gonzalez has driven in 100 runs in a season. He had a career-high 117 RBI in 2010, finishing second in the National League. Gonzalez had 97 RBIs last season.

RF Carlos Gonzalez was 4-for-5 with three doubles and three RBIs while continuing his strong play at Chase Field this season. Gonzalez is 13-for-25 (.520) with seven runs and four RBIs in six games at Chase this season. He has 29 doubles and 24 homers in 377 career at-bats against Arizona, and his 24 homers are fourth among active players against the Diamondbacks.

RF Carlos Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs Saturday night. He is hitting .327 (18-for-55) in 14 games against the Padres this season.

RF Carlos Gonzalez was 2-for-4 on Friday night. He is hitting .333 in 13 games against the Padres this season.

RF Carlos Gonzalez hit his sixth career grand slam and second of the sesaon. The other was June 26 against Arizona. With six grand slams, Gonzalez is tied with Dante Bichette and Andres Galarraga for the second-most in franchise history behind Todd Helton (seven). The grand slam was Gonzalez's 25th homer of the season. He has hit 25 or more homers in five seasons with the Rockies, tied for the third most in club history with Bichette and Larry Walker and trailing Helton (seven) and Vinny Castilla (six).