GAME THREAD: NL: WASHINGTON (58-72) at COLORADO (66-63)

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
WASHINGTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 6 1
COLORADO 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 9 13 0 (BOT 8)

CURRENT PITCHERS: WAS - RAY KING
COL - MATT HERGES

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G ATKINS (.280, 1-FOR-4)
B HAWPE (.286, 0-FOR-4)
R SPILBORGHS (.309, 1-FOR-3, BB)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (5) VS COLORADO (9) - MID 8TH - IN PROGRESS

WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .239
R Belliard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .278
R Zimmerman 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .273
D Young 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .333
A Kearns rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .265
R Church cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .263
W Pena lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Flores c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .233
J Hanrahan p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-B Schneider ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
J Colome p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-D Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
R King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 30 5 6 5 3 3 6

a-grounded to first for S Rivera in the 5th; b-flied out to right for J Colome
in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - A Kearns (30, R Ortiz). HR - R Zimmerman (21, 1st inning off E
Dessens 0 on, 2 Out), R Church (11, 7th inning off R Ortiz 1 on, 0 Out). RBI -
R Zimmerman (76), R Church 2 (52), A Kearns 2 (54). 2-out RBI - R Zimmerman, A
Kearns 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Church 1. Team LOB - 4.


FIELDING: E - F Lopez (14, throw).


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .291
T Tulowitzki ss 5 1 2 3 0 2 1 .296
M Holliday lf 4 2 3 3 1 0 1 .338
T Helton 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 .303
a-I Stewart ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
G Atkins 3b-1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .280
B Hawpe rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .286
R Spilborghs cf 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .309
C Iannetta c 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .181
E Dessens p 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 .000
R Ortiz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
M Herges p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 35 9 13 9 5 5 14

a-lined out to right for T Helton in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - M Holliday (44, J Hanrahan); C Iannetta (7, J Hanrahan); K Matsui
2 (17, R King, J Hanrahan); G Atkins (31, S Rivera). HR - M Holliday (24, 3rd
inning off J Hanrahan 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - T Helton (69), T Tulowitzki 3 (72), M
Holliday 3 (103), C Iannetta (16), K Matsui (30). 2-out RBI - T Helton, T
Tulowitzki 3, M Holliday 3, C Iannetta, K Matsui. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - B Hawpe 4, T Helton 2, K Matsui 1, I Stewart 1. Team LOB -
10.


----------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON - 100 000 22 -- 5
COLORADO - 126 000 0 -- 9
----------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hanrahan 2 2/3 8 9 9 5 1 1 5.90
S Rivera 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.67
J Colome 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2.61
R King 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.78

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
E Dessens 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 5.64
R Ortiz 1 2/3 3 4 4 2 2 1 7.87
M Herges 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.08

WP - J Hanrahan. Pitches-strikes: J Hanrahan 89-48; S Rivera 28-19; J Colome
31-21; R King 9-8; E Dessens 74-46; R Ortiz 41-26; M Herges 2-1. Ground
balls-fly balls: J Hanrahan 1-6; S Rivera 3-0; J Colome 1-2; R King 1-2; E
Dessens 10-7; R Ortiz 2-1; M Herges 0-1. Batters faced: J Hanrahan 21; S Rivera
7; J Colome 8; R King 4; E Dessens 22; R Ortiz 10; M Herges 1.

UMPIRES: HP--Dana Demuth. 1B--Kerwin Danley. 2B--Doug Eddings. 3B--Mike
Everitt.

Weather: 91 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - PITCHING CHANGE
WAS: LUIS AYALA (0-2, 2.63) STARTING THE 8TH
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 9

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G ATKINS (.280, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: L Ayala relieved R King.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 5
COLORADO 9 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G Atkins (.280, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: N Logan in center field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 5
COLORADO 9 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G Atkins (.280, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY CHRIS IANNETTA SCORED RYAN SPILBORGHS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C IANNETTA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 5
COLORADO 10 BOTTOM, 8TH

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: M HERGES (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
WASHINGTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 6 1
COLORADO 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 10 15 0 (TOP 9)

CURRENT PITCHERS: WAS - LUIS AYALA
COL - MATT HERGES

DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: W PENA (.250, 0-FOR-3)
J FLORES (.233, 1-FOR-3)
N LOGAN (.278, 0 HR, 16 RBI)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (5) VS COLORADO (10) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS

WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .239
R Belliard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .278
R Zimmerman 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .273
D Young 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .333
A Kearns rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .265
R Church cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .263
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
W Pena lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Flores c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .233
J Hanrahan p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-B Schneider ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
J Colome p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-D Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
R King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
N Logan cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278

Totals 30 5 6 5 3 3 6

a-grounded to first for S Rivera in the 5th; b-flied out to right for J Colome
in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - A Kearns (30, R Ortiz). HR - R Zimmerman (21, 1st inning off E
Dessens 0 on, 2 Out), R Church (11, 7th inning off R Ortiz 1 on, 0 Out). RBI -
R Zimmerman (76), R Church 2 (52), A Kearns 2 (54). 2-out RBI - R Zimmerman, A
Kearns 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Church 1. Team LOB - 4.


FIELDING: E - F Lopez (14, throw).


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .291
T Tulowitzki ss 5 1 2 3 0 2 1 .296
M Holliday lf 4 2 3 3 1 0 1 .338
T Helton 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 .303
a-I Stewart ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
G Atkins 3b-1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .279
B Hawpe rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .285
R Spilborghs cf 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 .312
C Iannetta c 5 1 2 2 0 1 2 .186
E Dessens p 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 .000
R Ortiz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
M Herges p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000

Totals 40 10 15 10 5 6 15

a-lined out to right for T Helton in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - M Holliday (44, J Hanrahan); C Iannetta (7, J Hanrahan); K Matsui
2 (17, R King, J Hanrahan); G Atkins (31, S Rivera); R Spilborghs (11, L
Ayala). HR - M Holliday (24, 3rd inning off J Hanrahan 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - T
Helton (69), T Tulowitzki 3 (72), M Holliday 3 (103), C Iannetta 2 (17), K
Matsui (30). 2-out RBI - T Helton, T Tulowitzki 3, M Holliday 3, C Iannetta 2,
K Matsui. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Hawpe 4, T Helton 2, K
Matsui 1, I Stewart 1. Team LOB - 11.


----------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON - 100 000 22 -- 5
COLORADO - 126 000 01 -- 10
----------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hanrahan 2 2/3 8 9 9 5 1 1 5.90
S Rivera 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.67
J Colome 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2.61
R King 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.78
L Ayala 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.86

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
E Dessens 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 5.64
R Ortiz 1 2/3 3 4 4 2 2 1 7.87
M Herges 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.08

WP - J Hanrahan. Pitches-strikes: J Hanrahan 89-48; S Rivera 28-19; J Colome
31-21; R King 9-8; L Ayala 18-11; E Dessens 74-46; R Ortiz 41-26; M Herges 2-1.
Ground balls-fly balls: J Hanrahan 1-6; S Rivera 3-0; J Colome 1-2; R King 1-2;
L Ayala 0-2; E Dessens 10-7; R Ortiz 2-1; M Herges 0-1. Batters faced: J
Hanrahan 21; S Rivera 7; J Colome 8; R King 4; L Ayala 5; E Dessens 22; R Ortiz
10; M Herges 1.

UMPIRES: HP--Dana Demuth. 1B--Kerwin Danley. 2B--Doug Eddings. 3B--Mike
Everitt.

Weather: 91 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, right to left.</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
WASHINGTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 6 1
COLORADO 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 x 10 15 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN, SAUL RIVERA (3RD), JESUS COLOME (5TH), RAY KING
(7TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH) AND JESUS FLORES

COL - ELMER DESSENS, RAMON ORTIZ (7TH), MATT HERGES
(8TH) AND CHRIS IANNETTA

HOME RUNS: WAS - RYAN ZIMMERMAN (21) OFF ELMER DESSENS IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
RYAN CHURCH (11) OFF RAMON ORTIZ IN THE 7TH, 1 ON

COL - MATT HOLLIDAY (24) OFF JOEL HANRAHAN IN THE 3RD, 1 ON</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
WASHINGTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 6 1
COLORADO 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 x 10 15 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN, SAUL RIVERA (3RD), JESUS COLOME (5TH), RAY KING
(7TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH) AND JESUS FLORES

COL - ELMER DESSENS, RAMON ORTIZ (7TH), MATT HERGES
(8TH) AND CHRIS IANNETTA


WP - ELMER DESSENS (2-1)
LP - JOEL HANRAHAN (3-2)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: WAS - RYAN ZIMMERMAN (21) OFF ELMER DESSENS IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
RYAN CHURCH (11) OFF RAMON ORTIZ IN THE 7TH, 1 ON

COL - MATT HOLLIDAY (24) OFF JOEL HANRAHAN IN THE 3RD, 1 ON


TIME: 2:52 ATT: 24,086

PROBABLES: COL - JOSH FOGG (7-9, 5.27)
SFO - BARRY ZITO (9-11, 4.74)

PROBABLES: WAS - MIKE BACSIK (5-7, 4.61)
LOS - DEREK LOWE (10-11, 3.47)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (5) VS COLORADO (10) - FINAL

WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
F Lopez ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .239
R Belliard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .278
R Zimmerman 3b 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .273
D Young 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .333
A Kearns rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 .265
R Church cf 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 .263
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
W Pena lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242
J Flores c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .231
J Hanrahan p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300
S Rivera p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-B Schneider ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
J Colome p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-D Jimenez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
R King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
N Logan cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277

Totals 33 5 6 5 3 5 6

a-grounded to first for S Rivera in the 5th; b-flied out to right for J Colome
in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - A Kearns (30, R Ortiz). HR - R Zimmerman (21, 1st inning off E
Dessens 0 on, 2 Out), R Church (11, 7th inning off R Ortiz 1 on, 0 Out). RBI -
R Zimmerman (76), R Church 2 (52), A Kearns 2 (54). 2-out RBI - R Zimmerman, A
Kearns 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Church 1. Team LOB - 4.


FIELDING: E - F Lopez (14, throw).


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .291
T Tulowitzki ss 5 1 2 3 0 2 1 .296
M Holliday lf 4 2 3 3 1 0 1 .338
T Helton 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 3 .303
a-I Stewart ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278
G Atkins 3b-1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .279
B Hawpe rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 .285
R Spilborghs cf 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 .312
C Iannetta c 5 1 2 2 0 1 2 .186
E Dessens p 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 .000
R Ortiz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
M Herges p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000

Totals 40 10 15 10 5 6 15

a-lined out to right for T Helton in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - M Holliday (44, J Hanrahan); C Iannetta (7, J Hanrahan); K Matsui
2 (17, R King, J Hanrahan); G Atkins (31, S Rivera); R Spilborghs (11, L
Ayala). HR - M Holliday (24, 3rd inning off J Hanrahan 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - T
Helton (69), T Tulowitzki 3 (72), M Holliday 3 (103), C Iannetta 2 (17), K
Matsui (30). 2-out RBI - T Helton, T Tulowitzki 3, M Holliday 3, C Iannetta 2,
K Matsui. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Hawpe 4, T Helton 2, K
Matsui 1, I Stewart 1. Team LOB - 11.


----------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON - 100 000 220 -- 5
COLORADO - 126 000 01x -- 10
----------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Hanrahan (L, 3-2) 2 2/3 8 9 9 5 1 1 5.90
S Rivera 1 1/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.67
J Colome 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 2.61
R King 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.78
L Ayala 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.86

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
E Dessens (W, 2-1) 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 5.64
R Ortiz 1 2/3 3 4 4 2 2 1 7.87
M Herges 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.96

WP - J Hanrahan. Pitches-strikes: J Hanrahan 89-48; S Rivera 28-19; J Colome
31-21; R King 9-8; L Ayala 18-11; E Dessens 74-46; R Ortiz 41-26; M Herges
19-11. Ground balls-fly balls: J Hanrahan 1-6; S Rivera 3-0; J Colome 1-2; R
King 1-2; L Ayala 0-2; E Dessens 10-7; R Ortiz 2-1; M Herges 0-2. Batters
faced: J Hanrahan 21; S Rivera 7; J Colome 8; R King 4; L Ayala 5; E Dessens
22; R Ortiz 10; M Herges 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Dana Demuth. 1B--Kerwin Danley. 2B--Doug Eddings. 3B--Mike
Everitt.

T--2:52. Att--24,086.
Weather: 91 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, right
to left.</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
WASHINGTON 5
COLORADO 10 FINAL</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WASHINGTON (5) AT COLORADO (10) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WASHINGTON 1ST: F Lopez fouled out to shortstop. R Belliard grounded out
to third. R Zimmerman homered to left. D Young singled to right. A Kearns
lined out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 0.

COLORADO 1ST: K Matsui lined out to right. T Tulowitzki struck out
swinging. M Holliday doubled to deep left center. T Helton singled to left,
M Holliday scored. G Atkins grounded out to catcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 2ND: B Hawpe lined out to right. R Spilborghs walked. C Iannetta
flied out to right. E Dessens walked, R Spilborghs to second. K Matsui
walked, R Spilborghs to third, E Dessens to second. T Tulowitzki reached on
infield single to shortstop, R Spilborghs scored, E Dessens to third, K Matsui
to second. M Holliday walked, E Dessens scored, K Matsui to third,
T Tulowitzki to second. T Helton fouled out to third. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 3.

COLORADO 3RD: G Atkins flied out to right. B Hawpe flied out to right.
R Spilborghs singled to right. R Spilborghs to second on wild pitch by
J Hanrahan. C Iannetta doubled to left, R Spilborghs scored. E Dessens walked.
K Matsui doubled to deep right, C Iannetta scored, E Dessens to third.
T Tulowitzki singled to left center, E Dessens and K Matsui scored. M Holliday
homered to left, T Tulowitzki scored. S Rivera relieved J Hanrahan. T Helton
singled to left. G Atkins doubled to deep left, T Helton to third. B Hawpe
struck out swinging. (6 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 9.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Ortiz relieved E Dessens. A Kearns singled to center.
R Church homered to right center, A Kearns scored. W Pena grounded out to
second. J Flores grounded out to third. D Jimenez hit for J Colome. D Jimenez
flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, COLORADO 9.

WASHINGTON 8TH: I Stewart at third base. G Atkins at first base. F Lopez
walked. R Belliard struck out looking. R Zimmerman struck out swinging.
D Young walked, F Lopez to second. A Kearns doubled to deep right center,
F Lopez and D Young scored. M Herges relieved R Ortiz. R Church flied out to
right. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 9.

COLORADO 8TH: L Ayala relieved R King. N Logan in center field. G Atkins
lined out to shortstop. B Hawpe flied out to left. R Spilborghs doubled to
deep center. C Iannetta singled to right, R Spilborghs scored. M Herges
struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 10.</div>

 

Holliday, Dessens shine as Rockies sweep Nationals

<h3>COLORADO 10, WASHINGTON 5</h3>By Tony Desiere
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


DENVER (Ticker) - Matt Holliday had three hits, including a homerun, and drove in three runs as the Colorado Rockies completeda three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals, 10-5, on Sunday.

The Rockies also got an outstanding performance from starterElmer Dessens (2-1), who pitched six innings, allowing one runand three hits. He left the game having retired the final 10batters he faced.


Leading, 3-1, in the third inning, Colorado exploded for sixruns against starter Joel Hanrahan (3-2). Ryan Spilborghssingled with two outs and scored on Chris Ianetta's RBI doubledto left. After Dessens walked, Kaz Matsui hit a run-scoringdouble and Troy Tulowitzki followed with an RBI single beforeHolliday's 24th homer capped the uprising and chased Hanrahan.

Holliday extended his hitting streak to a team-best 16 games inthe first inning when he double and scored on Todd Helton's RBIsingle to tie the game at 1-1.


Hanrahan struggled with his control, allowing eight hits andnine runs with five walks in just 2 2/3 innings. Therighthander's control problems were evident throughout.

Tulowitzki also drove in three runs and Helton had three hits asthe Rockies moved within 3 1/2 games of the San Diego Padres inthe National league wild card race.


Colorado's Ramon Ortiz gave up three runs in relief of Dessens,allowing the Nationals to trim the lead to 9-5 in the eighth.But Matt Herges came on to quell the comeback.


Ryan Zimmerman recorded his 21st home run and Ryan Church alsohomered for Washington, which fell to 3-4 on its 10-game roadtrip.

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WASHINGTON (5) AT COLORADO (10) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Washington Starting Lineups -- F Lopez SS, R Belliard 2B, R Zimmerman 3B,
D Young 1B, A Kearns RF, R Church CF, W Pena LF, J Flores C, J Hanrahan RHP.

Colorado Starting Lineups -- K Matsui 2B, T Tulowitzki SS, M Holliday LF,
T Helton 1B, G Atkins 3B, B Hawpe RF, R Spilborghs CF, C Iannetta C, E Dessens RHP.

Umpires -- Dana Demuth (HP), Kerwin Danley (1B), Doug Eddings (2B),
Mike Everitt (3B).

Gametime Weather: 91 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind right to left at 3 mph.


WASHINGTON 1ST: F Lopez fouled out to shortstop. R Belliard grounded out
to third. R Zimmerman homered to left. D Young singled to right. A Kearns
lined out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 0.

COLORADO 1ST: K Matsui lined out to right. T Tulowitzki struck out
swinging. M Holliday doubled to deep left center. T Helton singled to left,
M Holliday scored. G Atkins grounded out to catcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 2ND: R Church struck out swinging. W Pena flied out to right.
J Flores singled to right. J Hanrahan grounded into fielder's choice to
shortstop, J Flores out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1,
COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 2ND: B Hawpe lined out to right. R Spilborghs walked. C Iannetta
flied out to right. E Dessens walked, R Spilborghs to second. K Matsui
walked, R Spilborghs to third, E Dessens to second. T Tulowitzki reached on
infield single to shortstop, R Spilborghs scored, E Dessens to third, K Matsui
to second. M Holliday walked, E Dessens scored, K Matsui to third,
T Tulowitzki to second. T Helton fouled out to third. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 3.

WASHINGTON 3RD: F Lopez lined out to left. R Belliard grounded out to
pitcher. R Zimmerman walked. D Young grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs,
0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 3.

COLORADO 3RD: G Atkins flied out to right. B Hawpe flied out to right.
R Spilborghs singled to right. R Spilborghs to second on wild pitch by
J Hanrahan. C Iannetta doubled to left, R Spilborghs scored. E Dessens walked.
K Matsui doubled to deep right, C Iannetta scored, E Dessens to third.
T Tulowitzki singled to left center, E Dessens and K Matsui scored. M Holliday
homered to left, T Tulowitzki scored. S Rivera relieved J Hanrahan. T Helton
singled to left. G Atkins doubled to deep left, T Helton to third. B Hawpe
struck out swinging. (6 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 9.

WASHINGTON 4TH: A Kearns grounded out to shortstop. R Church grounded out
to first. W Pena grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 9.

COLORADO 4TH: R Spilborghs safe at second on throwing error by shortstop
F Lopez. C Iannetta grounded out to pitcher. E Dessens grounded out to first,
R Spilborghs to third. K Matsui grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
1 Error) WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 9.

WASHINGTON 5TH: J Flores grounded out to shortstop. B Schneider hit for
S Rivera. B Schneider grounded out to first. F Lopez grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 9.

COLORADO 5TH: J Colome relieved S Rivera. T Tulowitzki struck out swinging.
M Holliday singled to left center. T Helton singled to center, M Holliday to
second. G Atkins grounded out to pitcher, M Holliday to third, T Helton to
second. B Hawpe flied out to right. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1,
COLORADO 9.

WASHINGTON 6TH: R Belliard popped out to second. R Zimmerman flied out to
right. D Young lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1,
COLORADO 9.

COLORADO 6TH: R Spilborghs flied out to right. C Iannetta struck out
swinging. E Dessens struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1,
COLORADO 9.

WASHINGTON 7TH: R Ortiz relieved E Dessens. A Kearns singled to center.
R Church homered to right center, A Kearns scored. W Pena grounded out to
second. J Flores grounded out to third. D Jimenez hit for J Colome. D Jimenez
flied out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, COLORADO 9.

COLORADO 7TH: R King relieved J Colome. K Matsui doubled to deep center.
T Tulowitzki grounded out to shortstop. M Holliday fouled out to first.
I Stewart hit for T Helton. I Stewart lined out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 3, COLORADO 9.

WASHINGTON 8TH: I Stewart at third base. G Atkins at first base. F Lopez
walked. R Belliard struck out looking. R Zimmerman struck out swinging.
D Young walked, F Lopez to second. A Kearns doubled to deep right center,
F Lopez and D Young scored. M Herges relieved R Ortiz. R Church flied out to
right. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 9.

COLORADO 8TH: L Ayala relieved R King. N Logan in center field. G Atkins
lined out to shortstop. B Hawpe flied out to left. R Spilborghs doubled to
deep center. C Iannetta singled to right, R Spilborghs scored. M Herges
struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 10.

WASHINGTON 9TH: W Pena struck out swinging. J Flores popped out to
shortstop. N Logan struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5,
COLORADO 10.</div>

 

Holliday, Dessens shine as Rockies sweep Nationals

<h3>COLORADO 10, WASHINGTON 5</h3>By Tony Desiere
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


DENVER (Ticker) - Matt Holliday had three hits, including a homerun, and drove in three runs as the Colorado Rockies completeda three-game sweep of the Washington Nationals, 10-5, on Sunday.

The Rockies also got an outstanding performance from starterElmer Dessens (2-1), who pitched six innings, allowing one runand three hits. He left the game having retired the final 10batters he faced.


"When you have a big lead, it's easy to relax," Dessens said."After the first inning, the guys helped me out and I was ableto keep my pitch count down and I tried to focus on throwingstrikes."


"It was a good ball game for Elmer," Rockies manager ClintHurdle said. "He stayed on line and repeated his delivery andgot the ball down. He changed speeds very effectively."

Leading, 3-1, in the third inning, Colorado exploded for sixruns against starter Joel Hanrahan (3-2). Ryan Spilborghssingled with two outs and scored on Chris Ianetta's RBI doubledto left. After Dessens walked, Kaz Matsui hit a run-scoringdouble and Troy Tulowitzki followed with an RBI single beforeHolliday's 24th homer capped the uprising and chased Hanrahan.

"They guys talked about putting together a big inning," Hurdlesaid. "That was big to get that kind of production, especiallywith two outs. All we are trying to do is be one run betterthan the other team. Those kind of innings help."

Holliday extended his hitting streak to a team-best 16 games inthe first inning when he double and scored on Todd Helton's RBIsingle to tie the game at 1-1.


"I felt good," Holliday said. "The more I help this team, thebetter I feel playing. We still have to win games and from hereon out, we have to keep winning. That's what we are focusingon."


Hanrahan struggled with his control, allowing eight hits andnine runs with five walks in just 2 2/3 innings. Therighthander's control problems were evident throughout.

"I tried to guide the ball in instead of throwing strikes,"Hanrahan said. "It was one of those days where nothing came outthe way I wanted to."


"He couldn't throw strikes," Washington manager Manuel Actasaid. "He completely lacked command. A lot of them with twoouts and couldn't throw strikes to the pitcher. If he couldhave gotten him both times, they might have scored only a coupleof runs."


Tulowitzki also drove in three runs and Helton had three hits asthe Rockies moved within 3 1/2 games of the San Diego Padres inthe National league wild card race.


"Anytime a pitcher is not throwing strikes, you are doing him afavor when you chase outside of the zone," Tulowitzki said. "Wedid a good job of that, especially in the second inning."

Colorado's Ramon Ortiz gave up three runs in relief of Dessens,allowing the Nationals to trim the lead to 9-5 in the eighth.But Matt Herges came on to quell the comeback.


Ryan Zimmerman recorded his 21st home run and Ryan Church alsohomered for Washington, which fell to 3-4 on its 10-game roadtrip.