NL: ST LOUIS at COLORADO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ST LOUIS (3) AT COLORADO (8) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COLORADO 1ST: R Spilborghs grounded out to shortstop. K Matsui singled to left. M Holliday singled to left center, K Matsui to third. T Helton walked, M Holliday to second. G Atkins grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, K Matsui scored, T Helton out at second, M Holliday to third. B Hawpe walked, G Atkins to second. T Tulowitzki struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, COLORADO 1. ST LOUIS 4TH: A Miles doubled to center. S Spiezio flied out to right, A Miles to third. A Pujols hit sacrifice fly to center, A Miles scored. J Edmonds struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 4TH: G Atkins walked. B Hawpe walked, G Atkins to second. T Tulowitzki walked, G Atkins to third, B Hawpe to second. Y Torrealba homered to left, G Atkins, B Hawpe and T Tulowitzki scored. R Lopez singled to shallow right. R Spilborghs grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, R Lopez out at second. K Matsui tripled to deep right. M Holliday popped out to second. (4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, COLORADO 5. ST LOUIS 5TH: S Rolen homered to left. S Taguchi singled to left. G Bennett singled to right center, S Taguchi to second. A Kennedy grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, G Bennett out at second, S Taguchi to third. B Looper struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, COLORADO 5. COLORADO 6TH: T Tulowitzki singled to left. Y Torrealba grounded out to second, T Tulowitzki to second. R Lopez grounded out to third, T Tulowitzki to third. R Spilborghs doubled to deep center, T Tulowitzki scored. K Matsui struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, COLORADO 6. ST LOUIS 7TH: J Edmonds homered to center. S Rolen singled to left. S Taguchi grounded into double play, third to second to first, S Rolen out at second. G Bennett grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, COLORADO 6. COLORADO 7TH: M Holliday flied out to center. T Helton flied out to center. G Atkins singled to right. B Hawpe homered to right, G Atkins scored. T Tulowitzki flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, COLORADO 8.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at COLORADO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ST LOUIS (3) AT COLORADO (8) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ St Louis Starting Lineups -- A Miles SS, S Spiezio RF, A Pujols 1B, J Edmonds CF, S Rolen 3B, S Taguchi LF, Y Molina C, A Kennedy 2B, B Looper RHP. Colorado Starting Lineups -- R Spilborghs CF, K Matsui 2B, M Holliday LF, T Helton 1B, G Atkins 3B, B Hawpe RF, T Tulowitzki SS, Y Torrealba C, R Lopez RHP. Umpires -- Mike Everitt (HP), Paul Nauert (1B), Brian Gorman (2B), Gerry Davis (3B). Gametime Weather: 48 degrees, Cloudy, wind in from right at 6 mph. ST LOUIS 1ST: A Miles grounded out to second. S Spiezio struck out swinging. A Pujols struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, COLORADO 0. COLORADO 1ST: R Spilborghs grounded out to shortstop. K Matsui singled to left. M Holliday singled to left center, K Matsui to third. T Helton walked, M Holliday to second. G Atkins grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, K Matsui scored, T Helton out at second, M Holliday to third. B Hawpe walked, G Atkins to second. T Tulowitzki struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, COLORADO 1. ST LOUIS 2ND: J Edmonds grounded out to first. S Rolen struck out swinging. S Taguchi grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 2ND: Y Torrealba grounded out to second. R Lopez grounded out to first. R Spilborghs grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, COLORADO 1. ST LOUIS 3RD: Y Molina grounded out to second. A Kennedy struck out swinging. B Looper struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 3RD: K Matsui grounded out to second. M Holliday grounded out to shortstop. T Helton struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, COLORADO 1. ST LOUIS 4TH: A Miles doubled to center. S Spiezio flied out to right, A Miles to third. A Pujols hit sacrifice fly to center, A Miles scored. J Edmonds struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 4TH: G Atkins walked. B Hawpe walked, G Atkins to second. G Bennett to catcher. T Tulowitzki walked, G Atkins to third, B Hawpe to second. Y Torrealba homered to left, G Atkins, B Hawpe and T Tulowitzki scored. R Lopez singled to shallow right. R Spilborghs grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, R Lopez out at second. K Matsui tripled to deep right. M Holliday popped out to second. (4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, COLORADO 5. ST LOUIS 5TH: S Rolen homered to left. S Taguchi singled to left. G Bennett singled to right center, S Taguchi to second. A Kennedy grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, G Bennett out at second, S Taguchi to third. B Looper struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, COLORADO 5. COLORADO 5TH: T Helton flied out to left. G Atkins grounded out to shortstop. B Hawpe grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, COLORADO 5. ST LOUIS 6TH: A Miles flied out to left. J Encarnacion grounded out to third. A Pujols grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, COLORADO 5. COLORADO 6TH: T Tulowitzki singled to left. Y Torrealba grounded out to second, T Tulowitzki to second. R Lopez grounded out to third, T Tulowitzki to third. R Spilborghs doubled to deep center, T Tulowitzki scored. K Matsui struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, COLORADO 6. ST LOUIS 7TH: J Edmonds homered to center. S Rolen singled to left. S Taguchi grounded into double play, third to second to first, S Rolen out at second. G Bennett grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, COLORADO 6. COLORADO 7TH: M Holliday flied out to center. T Helton flied out to center. G Atkins singled to right. B Hawpe homered to right, G Atkins scored. T Tulowitzki flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, COLORADO 8. ST LOUIS 8TH: J Affeldt relieved J Julio. A Kennedy struck out swinging. R Ludwick hit for T Johnson. R Ludwick grounded out to shortstop. A Miles grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, COLORADO 8. COLORADO 8TH: R Springer relieved T Johnson. Y Torrealba flied out to center. J Baker hit for J Affeldt. J Baker struck out swinging. R Spilborghs lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, COLORADO 8. ST LOUIS 9TH: T Martin relieved J Affeldt. J Encarnacion grounded out to third. A Pujols grounded out to shortstop. J Edmonds walked. S Rolen singled to right, J Edmonds to second. S Taguchi lined out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, COLORADO 8.</div>
NL: ST LOUIS at COLORADO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ST LOUIS (3) AT COLORADO (8) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COLORADO 1ST: R Spilborghs grounded out to shortstop. K Matsui singled to left. M Holliday singled to left center, K Matsui to third. T Helton walked, M Holliday to second. G Atkins grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, K Matsui scored, T Helton out at second, M Holliday to third. B Hawpe walked, G Atkins to second. T Tulowitzki struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 0, COLORADO 1. ST LOUIS 4TH: A Miles doubled to center. S Spiezio flied out to right, A Miles to third. A Pujols hit sacrifice fly to center, A Miles scored. J Edmonds struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 4TH: G Atkins walked. B Hawpe walked, G Atkins to second. G Bennett to catcher. T Tulowitzki walked, G Atkins to third, B Hawpe to second. Y Torrealba homered to left, G Atkins, B Hawpe and T Tulowitzki scored. R Lopez singled to shallow right. R Spilborghs grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, R Lopez out at second. K Matsui tripled to deep right. M Holliday popped out to second. (4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 1, COLORADO 5. ST LOUIS 5TH: S Rolen homered to left. S Taguchi singled to left. G Bennett singled to right center, S Taguchi to second. A Kennedy grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, G Bennett out at second, S Taguchi to third. B Looper struck out swinging. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, COLORADO 5. COLORADO 6TH: T Tulowitzki singled to left. Y Torrealba grounded out to second, T Tulowitzki to second. R Lopez grounded out to third, T Tulowitzki to third. R Spilborghs doubled to deep center, T Tulowitzki scored. K Matsui struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 2, COLORADO 6. ST LOUIS 7TH: J Edmonds homered to center. S Rolen singled to left. S Taguchi grounded into double play, third to second to first, S Rolen out at second. G Bennett grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, COLORADO 6. COLORADO 7TH: M Holliday flied out to center. T Helton flied out to center. G Atkins singled to right. B Hawpe homered to right, G Atkins scored. T Tulowitzki flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ST LOUIS 3, COLORADO 8.</div>
Rockies top Cardials for seventh straight win <h3>COLORADO 8, ST LOUIS 3</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- The Colorado Rockies may play their games amile high, but right now they are in seventh heaven. Yorvit Torrealba hit his first home run of the season - a grandslam - to lead the Rockies to an 8-3 victory over the St. LouisCardinals on Tuesday. Brad Hawpe hit a two-run homer for Colorado, which has has wonseven straight games for the first time since September 1998. Activated from the disabled list before the game, Coloradostarter Rodrigo Lopez allowed three runs and six hits whilestriking out seven in six innings. Lopez (2-0) had been outsince April 19 with right elbow inflammation. Jorge Julio, Jeremy Affeldt and Tom Martin each pitched ascoreless inning in relief of Lopez to close out the game. Theycombined to allow one hit, by Martin in the ninth, in anotherstrong performance by the Colorado bullpen. During the Rockies' current winning streak, the bullpen has beennearly unhittable, boasting an ERA of 0.59 while opposingbatters are hitting just .163. It is a stark turnaround from the beginning of the season asRockies' relievers were allowing opponents to hit .299 and hadan ERA of 5.58 over the season's first 45 games. While Lopez was solid, St. Louis starter Braden Looper was hisown worst enemy. Looper walked the bases loaded to start thefourth and Torrealba made him pay, lofting a 2-2 pitch over thefence in left-center for his third career grand slam. Looper (6-4) yielded six runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.He also walked five. Jim Edmonds and Scott Rolen each hit solo shots for St. Louis.
NL: ST LOUIS at COLORADO <div class="pre">ST LOUIS (3) VS COLORADO (8) - FINAL ST LOUIS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Miles ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .292 S Spiezio rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269 J Encarnacion rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 A Pujols 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 .292 J Edmonds cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .232 S Rolen 3b 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 .247 S Taguchi lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .256 Y Molina c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 G Bennett c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .227 A Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .231 B Looper p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .167 T Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-R Ludwick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 R Springer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 7 3 1 8 5 a-grounded to shortstop for T Johnson in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - A Miles (5, R Lopez). HR - S Rolen (3, 5th inning off R Lopez 0 on, 0 Out), J Edmonds (4, 7th inning off R Lopez 0 on, 0 Out). SF - A Pujols. RBI - A Pujols (25), S Rolen (20), J Edmonds (17). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Looper 1, S Taguchi 1. GIDP - A Kennedy, S Taguchi. Team LOB - 3. FIELDING: DP: 1 (B Looper-A Miles-A Pujols). COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg R Spilborghs cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .294 K Matsui 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .328 M Holliday lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .340 T Helton 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .351 G Atkins 3b 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 .222 B Hawpe rf 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 .293 T Tulowitzki ss 3 2 1 0 1 1 3 .273 Y Torrealba c 4 1 1 4 0 0 0 .229 R Lopez p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 J Julio p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-J Baker ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .215 T Martin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 8 9 8 5 4 7 a-struck out swinging for J Affeldt in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - R Spilborghs (3, B Looper). 3B - K Matsui (2, B Looper). HR - Y Torrealba (1, 4th inning off B Looper 3 on, 0 Out), B Hawpe (7, 7th inning off T Johnson 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - G Atkins (20), Y Torrealba 4 (16), R Spilborghs (5), B Hawpe 2 (31). 2-out RBI - R Spilborghs, B Hawpe 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Holliday 1, K Matsui 1, T Tulowitzki 2. GIDP - R Spilborghs. Team LOB - 5. FIELDING: DP: 2 (T Tulowitzki-K Matsui-T Helton, G Atkins-K Matsui-T Helton). ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS - 000 110 100 -- 3 COLORADO - 100 401 20x -- 8 ---------------------------------------------------- ST LOUIS ip h r er bb so hr era B Looper (L, 6-4) 5 2/3 7 6 6 5 2 1 3.64 T Johnson 1 1/3 2 2 2 0 1 1 2.00 R Springer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.81 COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era R Lopez (W, 2-0) 6 6 3 3 0 7 2 2.35 J Julio (H, 2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.45 J Affeldt 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.32 T Martin 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.40 R Lopez pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Pitches-strikes: B Looper 106-64; T Johnson 18-12; R Springer 5-5; R Lopez 84-54; J Julio 5-3; J Affeldt 11-10; T Martin 19-9. Ground balls-fly balls: B Looper 13-2; T Johnson 0-3; R Springer 0-2; R Lopez 8-3; J Julio 3-0; J Affeldt 2-0; T Martin 2-1. Batters faced: B Looper 28; T Johnson 6; R Springer 3; R Lopez 23; J Julio 2; J Affeldt 3; T Martin 5. UMPIRES: HP--Mike Everitt. 1B--Paul Nauert. 2B--Brian Gorman. 3B--Gerry Davis. T--2:31. Att--18,213. Weather: 48 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 6 mph, in from right.</div>
Rockies top Cardials for seventh straight win <h3>COLORADO 8, ST LOUIS 3</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- The Colorado Rockies may play their games amile high, but right now they are in seventh heaven. Yorvit Torrealba hit his first home run of the season - a grandslam - to lead the Rockies to an 8-3 victory over the St. LouisCardinals on Tuesday. Brad Hawpe hit a two-run homer for Colorado, which has has wonseven straight games for the first time since September 1998. Torrealba's home run snapped a home run drought of 108 at-batsdating back to his last homer on Sept. 5, 2006 at San Diego. "It felt great. Any time a team has a winning streak, everyonehas to be part of it," Torrealba said. "Hopefully we cancontinue it and play good ball." "It's been a good stretch both personally and as a team, it'sjust we have to keep plugging along," Hawpe said. "We just hopeit keeps going and at the end of the year we look up and we arewhere we want to be." Activated from the disabled list before the game, Coloradostarter Rodrigo Lopez allowed three runs and six hits whilestriking out seven in six innings. Lopez (2-0) had been outsince April 19 with right elbow inflammation. "I was trying to get a win of course but I was trying to do myjob," Lopez said. "I think we had a good stretch at this time ofthe season and I was just trying to join the team and fit inagain." "He was very effective. Kind of picked up where he left off,"Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. "It was obviously a big firststep back for him." Jorge Julio, Jeremy Affeldt and Tom Martin each pitched ascoreless inning in relief of Lopez to close out the game. Theycombined to allow one hit, by Martin in the ninth, in anotherstrong performance by the Colorado bullpen. During the Rockies' current winning streak, the bullpen has beennearly unhittable, boasting an ERA of 0.59 while opposingbatters are hitting just .163. It is a stark turnaround from the beginning of the season asRockies' relievers were allowing opponents to hit .299 and hadan ERA of 5.58 over the season's first 45 games. "The starting pitching has been extremely good, the bullpen isstarting to mix and match very well and very effective," Hurdlesaid. While Lopez was solid, St. Louis starter Braden Looper was hisown worst enemy. Looper walked the bases loaded to start thefourth and Torrealba made him pay, lofting a 2-2 pitch over thefence in left-center for his third career grand slam. "For some reason I just couldn't make the adjustment tonight,"Looper said. "You can't walk the first three guys of any inningever and expect to be successful so that was pretty pathetic." Looper (6-4) yielded six runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.He also walked five. "They hit better, they pitched better, managed better, we werejust outplayed," Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa said. Jim Edmonds and Scott Rolen each hit solo shots for St. Louis,which has lost seven consecutive road games.
