GAME THREAD: NL: COLORADO (75-69) at PHILADELPHIA (76-68)

NL: COLORADO (75-69) at PHILADELPHIA (76-68)

<h3>Phillies RHP Kendrick looks to stay unbeaten at home</h3>

<div class="pre">Colorado (75-69) at Philadelphia (76-68) 7:05 pm EDT</div>

<div class="pre">PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado</div>Rockies have endured long playoff droughts. It appears thatonly one team will end its drought as the teams continue tojockey for position in the wild card race on Wednesday.

Philadelphia, which trails the San Diego Padres (78-65) by 2 1/2games in the wild card, sends rookie Kyle Kendrick to the moundin the third game of a four-game series. Kendrick (8-3, 3.78ERA) gives the Phillies a rare advantage in the pitchingmatchup, considering he is 6-0 with a 3.26 ERA in nine startshere and 2-0 with a 2.50 ERA in his last three starts overall.

Philadelphia, which trails the New York Mets (82-62) by six gamesin the National League East, has not made the playoffs since1993 when it lost the World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays insix games.


Meanwhile, Colorado has not made the postseason since 1995, andtrails San Diego by 3 1/2 games in the wild card. T he LosAngeles Dodgers (75-69) also are 3 1/2 games back of the Padres.

Denny Bautista makes his first start of the season for theRockies. Bautista (2-1, 19.06) has not pitched since May 13when he allowed six runs and seven hits in 1/3 of an inning inrelief. The righthander has not started in exactly a year, havingallowed six runs - one earned - and three hits in 1 2/3 inningsof a 10-6 loss to San Francisco.


Matt Holliday homered twice and drove in three runs, whilerookie Troy Tulowitzki added a solo shot as the Rockies postedan 8-2 win on Tuesday.

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">COLORADO AT PHILADELPHIA -- LINEUPS

COLORADO PHILADELPHIA
AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI
Cory Sullivan CF .306 1 12 Jimmy Rollins SS .295 27 82
Troy Tulowitzki SS .292 21 82 Chase Utley 2B .338 18 92
Matt Holliday LF .335 29 116 Pat Burrell LF .267 28 90
Todd Helton 1B .314 13 73 Ryan Howard 1B .264 38 115
Garrett Atkins 3B .284 21 100 Aaron Rowand CF .312 23 80
Brad Hawpe RF .283 25 96 Greg Dobbs 3B .283 9 46
Yorvit Torrealba C .256 6 42 Jayson Werth RF .320 6 36
Omar Quintanilla 2B .229 0 2 Chris Coste C .304 5 22
Denny Bautista RHP .000 0 0 Kyle Kendrick RHP .171 0 2
(2-1, 19.06) (8-3, 3.78)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
WARMUPS: COL - DENNY BAUTISTA (2-1, 19.06)
PHI - KYLE KENDRICK (8-3, 3.78)

UMPIRES: HP - BILL WELKE
1B - JOHN HIRSCHBECK
2B - WALLY BELL
3B - MIKE DIMURO

WEATHER: 75 Degrees, partly cloudy
WIND: 15 mph, left to right</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
STARTING BATS: COL - DENNY BAUTISTA AND YORVIT TORREALBA
PHI - KYLE KENDRICK AND CHRIS COSTE

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: C SULLIVAN (.313, 1 HR, 12 RBI)
T TULOWITZK (.292, 21 HR, 82 RBI)
M HOLLIDAY (.335, 29 HR, 116 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
COLORADO 0 0 2 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - DENNY BAUTISTA
PHI - KYLE KENDRICK

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J ROLLINS (.295, 27 HR, 82 RBI)
C UTLEY (.338, 18 HR, 92 RBI)
P BURRELL (.267, 28 HR, 90 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">COLORADO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Sullivan cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .293
M Holliday lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .335
T Helton 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
G Atkins 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
B Hawpe rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
O Quintanilla 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
D Bautista p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 3 0 2 0 0 0 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
C Utley 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338
P Burrell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
R Howard 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
A Rowand cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312
G Dobbs 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
C Coste c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
K Kendrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171

Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.

FIELDING: TP: (G Dobbs-G Dobbs-C Utley).


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COLORADO - 0 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - -- 0
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bautista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.06

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Kendrick 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.74

Pitches-strikes: K Kendrick 4-4. Ground balls-fly balls: K Kendrick 0-1.
Batters faced: K Kendrick 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--John Hirschbeck. 2B--Wally Bell. 3B--Mike
Dimuro.

Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, left to right.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA
CONFIRMED STARTERS: COL - DENNY BAUTISTA
PHI - KYLE KENDRICK</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
COLORADO 0 0 2 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 1 0 (TOP 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - DENNY BAUTISTA
PHI - KYLE KENDRICK

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T HELTON (.314, 13 HR, 73 RBI)
G ATKINS (.284, 21 HR, 100 RBI)
B HAWPE (.283, 25 HR, 96 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">COLORADO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Sullivan cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .293
M Holliday lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .335
T Helton 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314
G Atkins 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
B Hawpe rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
O Quintanilla 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
D Bautista p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 3 0 2 0 0 0 2

BATTING: Team LOB - 0.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .295
C Utley 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .340
P Burrell lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .282
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
C Coste c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
K Kendrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171

Totals 4 0 1 0 2 1 9

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Dobbs 2. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Rollins (31, 2nd base off D Bautista/Y Torrealba).

FIELDING: TP: (G Dobbs-G Dobbs-C Utley).


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COLORADO - 0 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 0 -- 0
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bautista 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 16.20

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Kendrick 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.74

Pitches-strikes: D Bautista 28-9; K Kendrick 4-4. Ground balls-fly balls: D
Bautista 0-2; K Kendrick 0-1. Batters faced: D Bautista 6; K Kendrick 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--John Hirschbeck. 2B--Wally Bell. 3B--Mike
Dimuro.

Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, left to right.</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
COLORADO 0 0 0 3 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 1 0 (BOT 2)

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - DENNY BAUTISTA
PHI - KYLE KENDRICK

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J WERTH (.320, 6 HR, 36 RBI)
C COSTE (.304, 5 HR, 22 RBI)
K KENDRICK (.171, 0 HR, 2 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">COLORADO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Sullivan cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .293
M Holliday lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .335
T Helton 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315
G Atkins 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .284
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
Y Torrealba c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256
O Quintanilla 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
D Bautista p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 7 0 3 0 0 2 4

BATTING: 2B - T Helton (37, K Kendrick). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - Y Torrealba 1. Team LOB - 1.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .295
C Utley 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .340
P Burrell lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .282
J Werth rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
C Coste c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
K Kendrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171

Totals 4 0 1 0 2 1 9

BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Dobbs 2. Team LOB - 3.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Rollins (31, 2nd base off D Bautista/Y Torrealba).

FIELDING: TP: (G Dobbs-C Utley-G Dobbs).


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COLORADO - 00 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 0 -- 0
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bautista 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 16.20

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Kendrick 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 3.71

Pitches-strikes: D Bautista 28-9; K Kendrick 17-13. Ground balls-fly balls: D
Bautista 0-2; K Kendrick 1-1. Batters faced: D Bautista 6; K Kendrick 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--John Hirschbeck. 2B--Wally Bell. 3B--Mike
Dimuro.

Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, left to right.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: C Iannetta catching.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 BOTTOM, 2ND

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: J Werth (.320, 6 HR, 36 RBI)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL COLORADO AT PHILADELPHIA
NOTE: COLORADO'S YORVIT TORREALBA HAS BEEN EJECTED BY HOME
PLATE UMPIRE BILL WELKE IN THE TOP OF THE SECOND INNING FOR ARGUING
BALLS AND STRIKES.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
COLORADO 0 0 0 3 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 2 0 (TOP 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - DENNY BAUTISTA
PHI - KYLE KENDRICK

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: O QUINTANILLA (.229, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
D BAUTISTA (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
C SULLIVAN (.313, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">COLORADO (0) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Sullivan cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313
T Tulowitzki ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .293
M Holliday lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .335
T Helton 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .315
G Atkins 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .284
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
Y Torrealba c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256
C Iannetta c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
O Quintanilla 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229
D Bautista p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 7 0 3 0 0 2 4

BATTING: 2B - T Helton (37, K Kendrick). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - Y Torrealba 1. Team LOB - 1.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .295
C Utley 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .340
P Burrell lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .282
J Werth rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .323
C Coste c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .301
K Kendrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171

Totals 7 0 2 0 2 1 11

BATTING: S - K Kendrick. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Rollins 1,
G Dobbs 2. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Rollins (31, 2nd base off D Bautista/Y Torrealba).

FIELDING: TP: (G Dobbs-C Utley-G Dobbs).


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COLORADO - 00 -- 0
PHILADELPHIA - 00 -- 0
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bautista 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 14.09

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Kendrick 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 3.71

Pitches-strikes: D Bautista 41-18; K Kendrick 17-13. Ground balls-fly balls:
D Bautista 1-4; K Kendrick 1-1. Batters faced: D Bautista 10; K Kendrick 7.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--John Hirschbeck. 2B--Wally Bell. 3B--Mike
Dimuro.
EJECTIONS: COLORADO's Torrealba by Welke (2nd).
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, left to right.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Baker hit for D Bautista.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 TOP, 3RD

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: J Baker (.214, 3 HR, 10 RBI)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY MATT HOLLIDAY (30) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 3RD OFF KYLE KENDRICK SCORED CORY SULLIVAN AND TROY
TULOWITZKI.
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3, PHILADELPHIA 0

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T HELTON (.315, 1-FOR-1)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
COLORADO 0 0 3 3 6 0
PHILADELPHIA 0 0 0 2 0 (BOT 3)

CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - DENNY BAUTISTA (OUT)
PHI - KYLE KENDRICK

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPHIA: C UTLEY (.340, 1-FOR-1)
P BURRELL (.267, 0-FOR-0, BB)
R HOWARD (.263, 0-FOR-1)</div>

 

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<div class="pre">COLORADO (3) VS PHILADELPHIA (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Sullivan cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .320
T Tulowitzki ss 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .293
M Holliday lf 2 1 1 3 0 0 2 .336
T Helton 1b 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .317
G Atkins 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .284
B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
Y Torrealba c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256
C Iannetta c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
O Quintanilla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .224
D Bautista p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Baker ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213

Totals 12 3 6 3 1 3 4

a-lined out to right for D Bautista in the 3rd.

BATTING: 2B - T Helton (37, K Kendrick). HR - M Holliday (30, 3rd inning off K
Kendrick 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - M Holliday 3 (119). 2-out RBI - M Holliday 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Y Torrealba 1. Team LOB - 1.


PHILADELPHIA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Rollins ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .295
C Utley 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .340
P Burrell lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267
R Howard 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .263
A Rowand cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .311
G Dobbs 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .282
J Werth rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .323
C Coste c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .301
K Kendrick p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .171

Totals 7 0 2 0 2 1 11

BATTING: S - K Kendrick. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Rollins 1,
G Dobbs 2. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Rollins (31, 2nd base off D Bautista/Y Torrealba).

FIELDING: Outfield assists - P Burrell (T Helton at 2nd base). TP: (G
Dobbs-C Utley-G Dobbs).


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COLORADO - 003 -- 3
PHILADELPHIA - 00 -- 0
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
D Bautista 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 14.09

PHILADELPHIA ip h r er bb so hr era
K Kendrick 3 6 3 3 1 3 1 3.93

Pitches-strikes: D Bautista 41-18; K Kendrick 41-25. Ground balls-fly balls:
D Bautista 1-4; K Kendrick 1-2. Batters faced: D Bautista 10; K Kendrick 13.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--John Hirschbeck. 2B--Wally Bell. 3B--Mike
Dimuro.
EJECTIONS: COLORADO's Torrealba by Welke (2nd).
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, left to right.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at PHILADELPHIA

<div class="pre">NL AT PHILADELPHIA - PITCHING CHANGE
COL: MARK REDMAN (0-4, 11.86) STARTING THE 3RD
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3, PHILADELPHIA 0

DUE UP FOR PHILADELPH: C UTLEY (.340, 1-FOR-1)</div>