"Huston Street is back in the Rockies' clubhouse and soon will be back with the Rockies. Very soon.

As in Tuesday.

Street added some intrigue to his final rehab outing Saturday night at Triple-A Colorado Springs when he was ejected by home plate umpire Matt Schaufert after allowing three hits and three runs in his scheduled 1 1/3 innings.

"I felt great," Street said. "I made my pitches. That's what was so frustrating. You feel like you're making pitches and you're in unfavorable counts. It's obviously not the way you want to finish, but I felt like I executed.

"I still threw 15 out of 24 pitches for strikes, even with the strike zone. I felt like I got squeezed and I mentioned that to him. I made a point not to use profanity. It's a part of the game. You're men and you argue. It's like kids out in the backyard."

Street was in the Rockies' clubhouse Sunday in anticipation of being activated for Tuesday's series opener against the Boston Red Sox. He says he's completely healthy and topped out at 92 mph Saturday night.

Rockies manager Jim Tracy will "massage" Street in the early going until he's ready to return to the closer role. That probably means appearances in the seventh and eighth innings in one-sided games.

Said Tracy, when asked about Street's ejection: "We've run the gamut with Huston. Bullpen sessions, simulated games, rehab assignments. . . . I don't care how many times you do it, you can't get him as amped up as (he would be for a major-league game). So to a certain extent, maybe that ends up being a good thing, because that competitive edge is there.""