GAME THREAD: NL: COLORADO (61-56) at SAN DIEGO (63-54)

NL: COLORADO at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN DIEGO - PITCHING CHANGE
SDG: DOUG BROCAIL (4-1, 3.96) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 8

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: B HAWPE (.292, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">NL AT SAN DIEGO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: D Brocail relieved J Thatcher.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 0
SAN DIEGO 8 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: B Hawpe (.292, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">COLORADO (0) VS SAN DIEGO (8) - FINAL

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .311
C Sullivan cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .321
L Hawkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
I Stewart 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
K Matsui 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .299
M Holliday lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .338
T Helton 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 .302
G Atkins 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .279
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Hawpe rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .291
T Tulowitzki ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .286
Y Torrealba c 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277
J Francis p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .163
T Buchholz p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136
a-C Barmes ph-cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154

Totals 35 0 9 0 0 6 14

a-flied out to right for T Buchholz in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - M Holliday (41, G Maddux). Runners left in scoring position, 2
out - T Helton 2, G Atkins 1, T Tulowitzki 1. GIDP - Y Torrealba. Team LOB - 8.


FIELDING: DP: 1 (K Matsui-T Tulowitzki-T Helton).


SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Giles rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 .297
M Ensberg 1b 4 2 1 2 1 3 2 .237
M Cameron cf 3 2 1 2 2 2 0 .251
K Greene ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 .240
K Kouzmanoff 3b 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 .238
J Bard c 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 .267
G Blum lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 .257
M Giles 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 .223
G Maddux p 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .116
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-T Sledge ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .217
D Brocail p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

Totals 30 8 8 8 9 10 14

a-walked for J Thatcher in the 8th.

BATTING: HR - M Ensberg (11, 1st inning off J Francis 0 on, 1 Out), K
Kouzmanoff (13, 2nd inning off J Francis 0 on, 0 Out). S - G Maddux. RBI - M
Ensberg 2 (37), K Kouzmanoff 3 (50), M Cameron 2 (58), J Bard (33). 2-out RBI -
M Ensberg, M Cameron 2, K Kouzmanoff 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out
- J Bard 1, K Greene 2. GIDP - G Blum. Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - M Ensberg (13, dropped foul ball). DP: 1 (K Greene-M Giles-M
Ensberg).


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COLORADO - 000 000 000 -- 0
SAN DIEGO - 160 100 00x -- 8
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Francis (L, 13-6) 3 1/3 6 8 8 6 4 2 4.43
T Buchholz 2 2/3 1 0 0 1 3 0 4.54
L Hawkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.46
B Fuentes 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.99
J Affeldt 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.51

SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
G Maddux (W, 8-9) 5 2/3 8 0 0 0 4 0 4.00
C Meredith 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.18
J Thatcher 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
D Brocail 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.88

Pitches-strikes: J Francis 84-44; T Buchholz 32-19; L Hawkins 7-4; B Fuentes
21-13; J Affeldt 10-4; G Maddux 91-67; C Meredith 1-1; J Thatcher 25-16; D
Brocail 20-14. Ground balls-fly balls: J Francis 2-4; T Buchholz 4-1; L Hawkins
3-0; B Fuentes 0-0; J Affeldt 0-0; G Maddux 7-6; C Meredith 1-0; J Thatcher
2-3; D Brocail 0-2. Batters faced: J Francis 22; T Buchholz 9; L Hawkins 3; B
Fuentes 4; J Affeldt 2; G Maddux 24; C Meredith 1; J Thatcher 7; D Brocail 3.


UMPIRES: HP--Paul Emmel. 1B--Dan Iassogna. 2B--Dale Scott. 3B--Ron Kulpa.

T--2:42. Att--32,049.
Weather: 71 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 8 mph, left
to right.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at SAN DIEGO

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

BATTERIES: COL - JEFF FRANCIS, TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ (4TH), LATROY HAWKINS (7TH),
BRIAN FUENTES (8TH), JEREMY AFFELDT (8TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA

SDG - GREG MADDUX, CLA MEREDITH (6TH), JOE THATCHER
(7TH), DOUG BROCAIL (9TH) AND JOSH BARD

HOME RUNS: COL - NONE

SDG - MORGAN ENSBERG (11) OFF JEFF FRANCIS IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
KEVIN KOUZMANOFF (13) OFF JEFF FRANCIS IN THE 2ND, 0 ON</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at SAN DIEGO

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

BATTERIES: COL - JEFF FRANCIS, TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ (4TH), LATROY HAWKINS (7TH),
BRIAN FUENTES (8TH), JEREMY AFFELDT (8TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA

SDG - GREG MADDUX, CLA MEREDITH (6TH), JOE THATCHER
(7TH), DOUG BROCAIL (9TH) AND JOSH BARD


WP - GREG MADDUX (8-9)
LP - JEFF FRANCIS (13-6)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: COL - NONE

SDG - MORGAN ENSBERG (11) OFF JEFF FRANCIS IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
KEVIN KOUZMANOFF (13) OFF JEFF FRANCIS IN THE 2ND, 0 ON


TIME: 2:42 ATT: 32,049

PROBABLES: COL - UBALDO JIMENEZ (1-2, 6.57)
SDG - CHRIS YOUNG (9-4, 2.02)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at SAN DIEGO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
COLORADO 0
SAN DIEGO 8 FINAL</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at SAN DIEGO

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COLORADO (0) AT SAN DIEGO (8) - HOW THEY SCORED
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SAN DIEGO 1ST: B Giles flied out to center. M Ensberg homered to left.
M Cameron struck out looking. K Greene grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 2ND: K Kouzmanoff homered to center. J Bard walked. G Blum
walked, J Bard to second. M Giles struck out swinging. G Maddux sacrificed to
third, J Bard to third, G Blum to second. B Giles walked. M Ensberg walked,
J Bard scored, G Blum to third, B Giles to second. M Cameron singled to center,
G Blum and B Giles scored, M Ensberg to third, M Cameron to second advancing on
throw. K Greene walked. K Kouzmanoff singled to right, M Ensberg and
M Cameron scored, K Greene to third. J Bard popped out to second. (6 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

SAN DIEGO 4TH: C Sullivan in center field. M Ensberg struck out swinging.
M Cameron walked. K Greene singled to left, M Cameron to second. T Buchholz
relieved J Francis. K Kouzmanoff reached on infield single to third, M Cameron
to third, K Greene to second. J Bard walked, M Cameron scored, K Greene to
third, K Kouzmanoff to second. G Blum grounded into double play, second to
shortstop to first, J Bard out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
SAN DIEGO 8.</div>

 

Maddux sharp as Padres shut out Rockies

<h3>SAN DIEGO 8, COLORADO 0</h3>By Tim Powers
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer




San Diego (Ticker) -- Greg Maddux showed vintage form and the SanDiego Padres used a six-run second inning to cruise to an easy 8-0win over the Colorado Rockies in the series opener Tuesday.

Kevin Kouzmanoff homered and drove in three for the Padres, whowon for the third time in four games.


Maddux (8-9) tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings in picking up his341st career win, one shy of Tim Keefe for ninth place on theall-time list. The 41-year-old righthander struck out six anddid not walk a batter.


Cla Meredith retired the only batter he faced in the sixthbefore Joe Thatcher tossed two scoreless innings. Doug Brocailretired the side in the ninth as San Diego won its fifthstraight at home.


Colorado's best scoring chance against Maddux came in the thirdas they put runners on second and third with two outs, but theveteran Maddux got Todd Helton to fly out to left and escapedunscathed.


Riding a franchise-best eight-game winning streak, Coloradostarter Jeff Francis (13-6) was hit hard on Tuesday,surrendering eight runs in just 3 1/3 innings. The lankylefthander walked six and struck out four, throwing 84 pitches -just 44 for strikes.


San Diego took Francis apart in the second, drawing five walksen route to building a 7-0 advantage. Kouzmanoff led off theframe with his 13th home run and drove in two more with a singleas the Padres sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning.

Morgan Ensberg belted a solo shot in the first, rewarding Padresmanager Bud Black for going with the platoon advantage againstFrancis and slotting Ensberg - a long-time third baseman - atfirst base in place of regular Adrian Gonzalez, who batslefthanded.


The home run was Ensberg's third for San Diego - 11th overall -in 12 games since coming over via a trade with Houston on July31.


Helton had a pair of singles for the Rockies, who had won two ina row and were shut out for the seventh time this season.

 

NL: COLORADO at SAN DIEGO

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COLORADO (0) AT SAN DIEGO (8) - EVENT LOG
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Colorado Starting Lineups -- W Taveras CF, K Matsui 2B, M Holliday LF, T Helton 1B,
G Atkins 3B, B Hawpe RF, T Tulowitzki SS, Y Torrealba C, J Francis LHP.

San Diego Starting Lineups -- B Giles RF, M Ensberg 1B, M Cameron CF, K Greene SS,
K Kouzmanoff 3B, J Bard C, G Blum LF, M Giles 2B, G Maddux RHP.

Umpires -- Paul Emmel (HP), Dan Iassogna (1B), Dale Scott (2B), Ron Kulpa (3B).


Gametime Weather: 71 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind left to right at 8 mph.


COLORADO 1ST: W Taveras reached on infield single to shortstop. K Matsui
flied out to left. M Holliday struck out swinging. T Helton singled to
center, W Taveras to third. G Atkins struck out looking. (0 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 0.

SAN DIEGO 1ST: B Giles flied out to center. M Ensberg homered to left.
M Cameron struck out looking. K Greene grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

COLORADO 2ND: B Hawpe struck out looking. T Tulowitzki grounded out to
third. Y Torrealba grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 1.

SAN DIEGO 2ND: K Kouzmanoff homered to center. J Bard walked. G Blum
walked, J Bard to second. M Giles struck out swinging. G Maddux sacrificed to
third, J Bard to third, G Blum to second. B Giles walked. M Ensberg walked,
J Bard scored, G Blum to third, B Giles to second. M Cameron singled to center,
G Blum and B Giles scored, M Ensberg to third, M Cameron to second advancing on
throw. K Greene walked. K Kouzmanoff singled to right, M Ensberg and
M Cameron scored, K Greene to third. J Bard popped out to second. (6 Runs,
3 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

COLORADO 3RD: J Francis singled to left. W Taveras grounded into fielder's
choice to third, J Francis out at second. K Matsui struck out swinging.
M Holliday continues to bat after dropped foul ball by first baseman M Ensberg.
M Holliday doubled to deep right, W Taveras to third. T Helton flied out to
left. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

SAN DIEGO 3RD: G Blum flied out to left. M Giles singled to center.
G Maddux struck out bunting foul. B Giles flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

COLORADO 4TH: G Atkins lined out to shortstop. B Hawpe singled to right.
T Tulowitzki singled to right, B Hawpe to second. Y Torrealba grounded into
double play, shortstop to second to first, T Tulowitzki out at second.(0 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 7.

SAN DIEGO 4TH: C Sullivan in center field. M Ensberg struck out swinging.
M Cameron walked. K Greene singled to left, M Cameron to second. T Buchholz
relieved J Francis. K Kouzmanoff reached on infield single to third, M Cameron
to third, K Greene to second. J Bard walked, M Cameron scored, K Greene to
third, K Kouzmanoff to second. G Blum grounded into double play, second to
shortstop to first, J Bard out at second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
SAN DIEGO 8.

COLORADO 5TH: T Buchholz grounded out to pitcher. C Sullivan flied out to
left. K Matsui fouled out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
SAN DIEGO 8.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: M Giles struck out looking. G Maddux popped out to
shortstop. B Giles grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 8.

COLORADO 6TH: M Holliday fouled out to right. T Helton reached on infield
single to pitcher. G Atkins singled to right, T Helton to second. B Hawpe
grounded into fielder's choice to first, G Atkins out at second, T Helton to
third. C Meredith relieved G Maddux. T Tulowitzki grounded out to third.
(0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 8.

SAN DIEGO 6TH: M Ensberg struck out swinging. M Cameron struck out
swinging. K Greene grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
SAN DIEGO 8.

COLORADO 7TH: J Thatcher relieved C Meredith. Y Torrealba grounded out to
shortstop. C Barmes hit for T Buchholz. C Barmes flied out to right.
C Sullivan struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 8.

SAN DIEGO 7TH: L Hawkins relieved T Buchholz. C Barmes in center field.
K Kouzmanoff grounded out to shortstop. J Bard grounded out to first. G Blum
grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 8.

COLORADO 8TH: K Matsui flied out to center. M Holliday popped out to
second. T Helton reached on infield single to shortstop. G Atkins grounded
out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 8.

SAN DIEGO 8TH: I Stewart at third base. B Fuentes relieved L Hawkins.
M Giles struck out looking. T Sledge hit for J Thatcher. T Sledge walked.
B Giles singled to center, T Sledge to second. M Ensberg struck out swinging.
J Affeldt relieved B Fuentes. M Cameron walked, T Sledge to third, B Giles to
second. K Greene struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0,
SAN DIEGO 8.

COLORADO 9TH: D Brocail relieved J Thatcher. B Hawpe fouled out to third.
T Tulowitzki struck out looking. Y Torrealba flied out to left. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 0, SAN DIEGO 8.</div>

 

Maddux sharp as Padres shut out Rockies

<h3>SAN DIEGO 8, COLORADO 0</h3>By Tim Powers
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer




San Diego (Ticker) -- Greg Maddux showed vintage form and the San DiegoPadres used a six-run second inning to cruise to an easy 8-0 win overthe Colorado Rockies in the series opener Tuesday.

Kevin Kouzmanoff homered and drove in three for the Padres, whowon for the third time in four games.


Maddux (8-9) tossed 5 2/3 shutout innings in picking up his341st career win, one shy of Tim Keefe for ninth place on theall-time list. The 41-year-old righthander struck out six anddid not walk a batter.


"The mistakes I made, they hit at somebody," Maddux said. "Wegot a lot of runs and that changes things when you get a lot ofruns. We got a couple of bounces and they didn't. It's justone of those things."


Cla Meredith retired the only batter he faced in the sixthbefore Joe Thatcher tossed two scoreless innings. Doug Brocailretired the side in the ninth as San Diego won its fifthstraight at home.


"I think it's good momentum going into the rest of the series,"Kouzmanoff said. "It's a big win for us tonight. Definitely,some positive things happened for us."


Colorado's best scoring chance against Maddux came in the thirdas they put runners on second and third with two outs, but theveteran Maddux got Todd Helton to fly out to left and escapedunscathed.


Riding a franchise-best eight-game winning streak, Coloradostarter Jeff Francis (13-6) was hit hard on Tuesday,surrendering eight runs in just 3 1/3 innings. The lankylefthander walked six and struck out four, throwing 84 pitches -just 44 for strikes.


"Mechanically I felt good, and physically I felt strong,"Francis said. "I let it get piled up on me pretty quick. Istarted walking a couple of guys, and instead of taking a stepback, I tried to force it and it just made things worse."

San Diego took Francis apart in the second, drawing five walksen route to building a 7-0 advantage. Kouzmanoff led off theframe with his 13th home run and drove in two more with a singleas the Padres sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning.

"We're just going to wash it off," Rockies manager Clint Hurdlesaid. "I'm going to wash it off, he's going to go wash it off.We're all going to wash it off and show up tomorrow."

Morgan Ensberg belted a solo shot in the first, rewarding Padresmanager Bud Black for going with the platoon advantage againstFrancis and slotting Ensberg - a long-time third baseman - atfirst base in place of regular Adrian Gonzalez, who batslefthanded.


"I've said it 1,000 times - it's going to take everyone on theroster," Black said. "We talked about it as a staff, aboutgiving (Gonzalez) a day here and there and using Morgan at firstbase. We just thought tonight was a good night to do it."

The home run was Ensberg's third for San Diego - 11th overall -in 12 games since coming over via a trade with Houston on July31.


"I feel good," Ensberg said. "If I hit a ball to left,generally it's going to go out. If I get a good pitch to hitand can drive it, it's going to go out of here."


Helton had a pair of singles for the Rockies, who had won two ina row and were shut out for the seventh time this season.