Right-hander Jason Jennings will miss the rest of the season with a fractured right middle finger, yet another injury for a last-place team already struggling to find reliable starters. Jennings (6-9, 5.02 ERA) hadn't missed a start to injury since joining the team in late 2001. He was hurt Wednesday in Washington not on the mound, but trying to break up a double play at second base. Jennings was 16-8 with a 4.52 ERA as the NL Rookie of the Year in 2002. Since then, Jennings, 27, has been as consistent a pitcher as the very inconsistent Rockies have had, going 49-43 with them, and manager Clint Hurdle could not hide his disappointment at the news. Only Jennings and left-handed rookie Jeff Francis (8-7) have been in his rotation all season. "That's not what we put in for, but that's what we got," Hurdle said Friday. "He was hurt trying to make a baseball play -- he plays the game hard. ... It was tough initially to swallow, but one of the things we're focused upon now is moving forward."