GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: COLORADO (49-47) at WASHINGTON (40-56)

NL: COLORADO at WASHINGTON

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COLORADO 0
WASHINGTON 3 FINAL</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at WASHINGTON

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COLORADO (0) AT WASHINGTON (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
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WASHINGTON 6TH: M Bacsik struck out looking. F Lopez homered to right.
R Belliard flied out to center. R Zimmerman doubled to left. R Zimmerman picked
off second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Church doubled to deep right. A Kearns walked.
J Affeldt relieved R Lopez. D Jimenez hit for R Fick. D Jimenez sacrificed to
third, R Church to third, A Kearns to second. B Schneider grounded out to
second. D Young hit for N Logan. D Young intentionally walked. R Langerhans
ran for D Young. T Batista hit for L Ayala. T Batista singled to left, R Church
and A Kearns scored, R Langerhans to second. F Lopez struck out swinging.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 3.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at WASHINGTON

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COLORADO (0) AT WASHINGTON (3) - EVENT LOG
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Colorado Starting Lineups -- W Taveras CF, J Carroll 2B, M Holliday LF,
T Helton 1B, G Atkins 3B, R Spilborghs RF, T Tulowitzki SS, Y Torrealba C,
R Lopez RHP.

Washington Starting Lineups -- F Lopez SS, R Belliard 2B, R Zimmerman 3B,
R Church LF, A Kearns RF, R Fick 1B, B Schneider C, N Logan CF, M Bacsik LHP.

Umpires -- Adrian Johnson (HP), Jim Joyce (1B), Rob Drake (2B), Tim Tschida (3B).

Gametime Weather: 83 degrees, Sunny, wind swirling at 6 mph.


COLORADO 1ST: W Taveras reached on bunt single to third. J Carroll singled
to center, W Taveras to second. M Holliday grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, J Carroll out at second, W Taveras to third.
T Helton flied out to center. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 1ST: F Lopez fouled out to catcher. R Belliard popped out to
first. R Zimmerman struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

COLORADO 2ND: G Atkins grounded out to shortstop. R Spilborghs flied out
to left. T Tulowitzki grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 2ND: R Church popped out to second. A Kearns grounded out to
shortstop. R Fick lined out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

COLORADO 3RD: Y Torrealba singled to left center. R Lopez struck out
bunting foul. W Taveras grounded out to first, Y Torrealba to second.
J Carroll flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 3RD: B Schneider hit a ground rule double to deep center.
N Logan lined out to right. M Bacsik grounded out to shortstop, B Schneider to
third. F Lopez struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

COLORADO 4TH: M Holliday grounded out to shortstop. T Helton popped out to
shortstop. G Atkins flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 4TH: R Belliard flied out to center. R Zimmerman grounded out
to third. R Church flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

COLORADO 5TH: R Spilborghs walked. T Tulowitzki grounded into double play,
shortstop to second to first, R Spilborghs out at second. Y Torrealba grounded
out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 5TH: A Kearns flied out to left. R Fick grounded out to second.
B Schneider singled to right. N Logan grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, B Schneider out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

COLORADO 6TH: R Lopez grounded out to shortstop. W Taveras popped out to
second. J Carroll lined out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
WASHINGTON 0.

WASHINGTON 6TH: M Bacsik struck out looking. F Lopez homered to right.
R Belliard flied out to center. R Zimmerman doubled to left. R Zimmerman picked
off second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 1.

COLORADO 7TH: M Holliday lined out to right. T Helton walked. G Atkins
lined out to shortstop. R Spilborghs walked, T Helton to second. L Ayala
relieved M Bacsik. T Tulowitzki struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 1.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Church doubled to deep right. A Kearns walked.
J Affeldt relieved R Lopez. D Jimenez hit for R Fick. D Jimenez sacrificed to
third, R Church to third, A Kearns to second. B Schneider grounded out to
second. D Young hit for N Logan. D Young intentionally walked. R Langerhans
ran for D Young. T Batista hit for L Ayala. T Batista singled to left, R Church
and A Kearns scored, R Langerhans to second. F Lopez struck out swinging.
(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 3.

COLORADO 8TH: S Rivera relieved L Ayala. R Langerhans in center field.
T Batista at first base. Y Torrealba bunt grounded out to third. C Sullivan hit
for J Affeldt. C Sullivan struck out looking. W Taveras grounded out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 3.

WASHINGTON 8TH: R Ramirez relieved J Affeldt. R Belliard fouled out to
first. R Zimmerman flied out to left. R Church grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 3.

COLORADO 9TH: C Cordero relieved S Rivera. K Matsui hit for J Carroll.
K Matsui flied out to center. M Holliday struck out swinging. T Helton flied
out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, WASHINGTON 3.</div>

 

Nationals blank Rockies behind Bacsik, bullpen

<h3>WASHINGTON 3, COLORADO 0</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- When the Colorado Rockies' Rodrigo Lopezfaced off against the Washington Nationals' Mike Bacsik,something had to give.


Bacsik pitched six-plus stellar innings and Felipe Lopez broke ascoreless tie with a solo homer in the sixth inning as theNationals edged the Rockies, 3-0 on Saturday.


Brian Schneider had two hits and Tony Batista added a two-runpinch hit single in the seventh for Washington, which has wontwo of three against Colorado after dropping the previous eightvs. the Rockies.


Bacsik (3-6), who had been winless at home, was brilliant,yielding just three hits and three walks in 6 2/3 innings.

The lefthander won his first home game of 2007 after being 0-3with 5.06 ERA in six prior starts at RFK Stadium.


Rodrigo Lopez (5-3), who remained winless on the road, wasalmost as effective, allowing just two hits through the first 51/3 innings.


However, he surrendered Felipe Lopez's fifth homer on the nextat-bat and then was charged with two runs in the seventh inning.The righthander gave up a total of three runs, five hits and awalk in six-plus innings.


The seven-year veteran is now 0-3 in six road starts this seasonand has dropped seven straight road decisions dating to lastseason, when he pitched for Baltimore.


The 29-year-old Bacsik started the game by surrendering a buntsingle to Willy Taveras and a base hit to Jamey Carroll beforeinducing a double play and a flyout to end the first inning. Heallowed a leadoff infield single to Yorvit Torrealba in thethird before retiring 13 of the next 14 batters.


After Felipe Lopez belted a one-out homer off Rodrigo Lopez overthe right field wall to give Washington a 1-0 lead in thebottom of the sixth, Bacsik ran into minor trouble in theseventh.


Bacsik walked Todd Helton and Ryan Spilborghs to put runners onfirst and second with two outs. Nationals manager Manny Actareplaced Bacsik with Luis Ayala, who struck out Troy Tulowitzkito end the threat.


Reliever Saul Rivera pitched a hitless eighth before ChadCordero came on in the ninth to record his 18th save in 24opportunities.


Washington gave itself some breathing room in the seventh when,with the bases loaded, pinch hitter Tony Batista hit a two-runsingle to left field off reliever Jeremy Affeldt to make it 3-0.

 

Nationals blank Rockies behind Bacsik, bullpen

<h3>WASHINGTON 3, COLORADO 0</h3>WASHINGTON (Ticker) -- When the Colorado Rockies' Rodrigo Lopezfaced off against the Washington Nationals' Mike Bacsik,something had to give.


Bacsik pitched six-plus stellar innings and Felipe Lopez broke ascoreless tie with a solo homer in the sixth inning as theNationals edged the Rockies, 3-0 on Saturday.


Brian Schneider had two hits and Tony Batista added a two-runpinch hit single in the seventh for Washington, which has wontwo of three against Colorado after dropping the previous eightvs. the Rockies.


Bacsik (3-6), who had been winless at home, was brilliant,yielding just three hits and three walks in 6 2/3 innings.

"I had pretty good fastball-change up command," said Bacsik, whowas making his first career start against the Rockies. "Not mybest all year, but pretty good, and we then we made some reallynice plays in the field."


The lefthander won his first home game of 2007 after being 0-3with 5.06 ERA in six prior starts at RFK Stadium.


"Mike pitched ahead all day," said Nationals manager Manny Acta,whose squad has won three of their last four games. "He justwent out there, strike one, changed speeds. I'm sure they arenot very familiar with him. He did an outstanding job."

The Rockies, who still have won four out of six and are 5-4 ontheir current 10-game road trip, were 0-for-4 with runners inscoring position.


"Bacsik did a good job changing speeds on his fastball, makingthe pitches when he needed too," said Rockies second baseman andformer National Jamey Carroll.


Rodrigo Lopez (5-3), who remained winless on the road, wasalmost as effective, allowing just two hits through the first 51/3 innings.


However, he surrendered Felipe Lopez's fifth homer on the nextat-bat and then was charged with two runs in the seventh inning.

"I felt pretty good, I was attacking the strike zone early,"Rodrigo Lopez said. "I got a lot of outs early in the count.The last inning I gave up the double and the walk. That was mybad inning."


The righthander gave up a total of three runs, five hits and awalk in six-plus innings.


The seven-year veteran is now 0-3 in six road starts this seasonand has dropped seven straight road decisions dating to lastseason, when he pitched for Baltimore.


The 29-year-old Bacsik started the game by surrendering a buntsingle to Willy Taveras and a base hit to Jamey Carroll beforeinducing a double play and a flyout to end the first inning.

"The first inning was a big inning, first and second nobodyout," Bacsik said. "(Matt) Holliday hits into a groundballdouble play there and (Todd) Helton flies out deep. If the ballgoes toward the line it's probably a home run."


He allowed a leadoff infield single to Yorvit Torrealba in thethird before retiring 13 of the next 14 batters.


After Felipe Lopez belted a one-out homer off Rodrigo Lopez overthe right field wall to give Washington a 1-0 lead in thebottom of the sixth, Bacsik ran into minor trouble in theseventh.


Bacsik walked Helton and Ryan Spilborghs to put runners on firstand second with two outs. Acta replaced Bacsik with LuisAyala, who struck out Troy Tulowitzki to end the threat.

"A big out," said Acta of Ayala, who pitched two innings ofrelief two days ago.


Reliever Saul Rivera pitched a hitless eighth before ChadCordero came on in the ninth to record his 18th save in 24opportunities.


Washington gave itself some breathing room in the seventh when,with the bases loaded, pinch hitter Tony Batista hit a two-runsingle to left field off reliever Jeremy Affeldt to make it 3-0.