GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NL: COLORADO (69-66) at ARIZONA (76-61)

NL: COLORADO at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - PITCHING CHANGE
COL: MANNY CORPAS (3-2, 2.05) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 3

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: O HUDSON (.291, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: M Corpas relieved B Fuentes.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 4
ARIZONA 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: O Hudson (.291, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">NL AT ARIZONA - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: J Carroll at third base.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 4
ARIZONA 3 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: O Hudson (.291, 1-FOR-3)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at ARIZONA

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

BATTERIES: COL - JOSH FOGG, LATROY HAWKINS (7TH), BRIAN FUENTES (8TH), MANNY
CORPAS (9TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA

ARI - BRANDON WEBB, JAILEN PEGUERO (8TH), DOUG SLATEN
(8TH), TONY PENA (9TH) AND CHRIS SNYDER, ROBBY HAMMOCK (9TH)

HOME RUNS: COL - MATT HOLLIDAY (25) OFF BRANDON WEBB IN THE 3RD, 0 ON

ARI - NONE</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at ARIZONA

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

BATTERIES: COL - JOSH FOGG, LATROY HAWKINS (7TH), BRIAN FUENTES (8TH), MANNY
CORPAS (9TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA

ARI - BRANDON WEBB, JAILEN PEGUERO (8TH), DOUG SLATEN
(8TH), TONY PENA (9TH) AND CHRIS SNYDER, ROBBY HAMMOCK (9TH)


WP - JOSH FOGG (8-9)
LP - BRANDON WEBB (14-10)
SAVE - MANNY CORPAS (12)

HOME RUNS: COL - MATT HOLLIDAY (25) OFF BRANDON WEBB IN THE 3RD, 0 ON

ARI - NONE


TIME: 2:47 ATT: 26,776

PROBABLES: SDG - GREG MADDUX (10-9, 3.79)
ARI - MICAH OWINGS (6-7, 4.51)

PROBABLES: SFO - MATT CAIN (7-13, 3.57)
COL - JEFF FRANCIS (14-6, 4.10)</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">COLORADO (4) VS ARIZONA (3) - FINAL

COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .313
K Matsui 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .294
M Holliday lf 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 .337
T Helton 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .304
B Hawpe rf 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 .284
T Tulowitzki ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .289
I Stewart 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .269
M Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Y Torrealba c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .258
J Fogg p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .136
a-C Sullivan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .326
L Hawkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Carroll 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218

Totals 31 4 5 4 2 8 9

a-struck out swinging for J Fogg in the 7th.

BATTING: 2B - I Stewart (3, B Webb). HR - M Holliday (25, 3rd inning off B Webb
0 on, 0 Out). SF - B Hawpe. RBI - M Holliday 2 (108), B Hawpe (91), I Stewart
(7). 2-out RBI - I Stewart. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Y
Torrealba 2, I Stewart 1. Team LOB - 4.

BASERUNNING: SB - W Taveras (30, 2nd base off B Webb/C Snyder).

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


ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Young cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 4 .236
O Hudson 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 .292
E Byrnes lf 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 .292
T Clark 1b 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 .237
S Drew ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .234
M Reynolds 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .275
C Snyder c 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .248
E Bonifacio pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
J Upton rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .239
B Webb p 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 .081
J Peguero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
D Slaten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-C Jackson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .281
R Hammock c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237

Totals 35 3 10 3 4 9 21

a-reached on infield single to second for D Slaten in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - J Upton (5, J Fogg). 3B - T Clark (1, J Fogg); O Hudson (8, L
Hawkins). RBI - T Clark (40), S Drew (47), E Byrnes (76). 2-out RBI - T Clark,
S Drew. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - O Hudson 2, C Young 1. GIDP -
T Clark. Team LOB - 10.


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COLORADO - 301 000 000 -- 4
ARIZONA - 200 000 100 -- 3
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Fogg (W, 8-9) 6 7 2 2 3 6 0 5.01
L Hawkins (H, 11) 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3.52
B Fuentes (H, 2) 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3.55
M Corpas (S, 12) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.02

ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era
B Webb (L, 14-10) 7 5 4 4 2 7 1 2.91
J Peguero 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.10
D Slaten 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.45
T Pena 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.78

WP - B Webb. HBP - B Hawpe (by B Webb); C Snyder (by J Fogg).
Pitches-strikes: J Fogg 96-58; L Hawkins 16-10; B Fuentes 32-20; M Corpas 7-5;
B Webb 104-69; J Peguero 5-3; D Slaten 6-4; T Pena 6-6. Ground balls-fly balls:
J Fogg 3-8; L Hawkins 2-0; B Fuentes 0-1; M Corpas 2-1; B Webb 7-7; J Peguero
0-0; D Slaten 1-1; T Pena 0-3. Batters faced: J Fogg 28; L Hawkins 4; B Fuentes
5; M Corpas 3; B Webb 29; J Peguero 1; D Slaten 2; T Pena 3.

UMPIRES: HP--Bill Miller. 1B--Marvin Hudson. 2B--Ed Montague. 3B--Jerry
Layne.

T--2:47. Att--26,776.
Weather: INDOORS</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at ARIZONA

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
COLORADO 4
ARIZONA 3 FINAL</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at ARIZONA

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COLORADO (4) AT ARIZONA (3) - HOW THEY SCORED
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COLORADO 1ST: W Taveras reached on bunt single to pitcher. W Taveras stole
second. K Matsui walked. M Holliday singled to right, W Taveras scored,
K Matsui to third. T Helton walked, M Holliday to second. B Hawpe hit sacrifice
fly to left, K Matsui scored. T Tulowitzki struck out swinging. I Stewart
singled to right center, M Holliday scored, T Helton to third. Y Torrealba
struck out looking. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 3, ARIZONA 0.

ARIZONA 1ST: C Young flied out to center. O Hudson walked. E Byrnes
fouled out to first. T Clark tripled to right, O Hudson scored. S Drew
singled to center, T Clark scored. M Reynolds struck out looking. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 3, ARIZONA 2.

COLORADO 3RD: M Holliday homered to center. T Helton grounded out to
first. B Hawpe hit by pitch. B Hawpe to second on wild pitch by B Webb.
T Tulowitzki grounded out to shortstop. I Stewart struck out swinging. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 2.

ARIZONA 7TH: L Hawkins relieved J Fogg. O Hudson tripled to left. E Byrnes
grounded out to second, O Hudson scored. T Clark struck out swinging. S Drew
grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 3.</div>

 

NL: COLORADO at ARIZONA

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COLORADO (4) AT ARIZONA (3) - EVENT LOG
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Colorado Starting Lineups -- W Taveras CF, K Matsui 2B, M Holliday LF,
T Helton 1B, B Hawpe RF, T Tulowitzki SS, I Stewart 3B, Y Torrealba C, J Fogg RHP.

Arizona Starting Lineups -- C Young CF, O Hudson 2B, E Byrnes LF, T Clark 1B,
S Drew SS, M Reynolds 3B, C Snyder C, J Upton RF, B Webb RHP.

Umpires -- Bill Miller (HP), Marvin Hudson (1B), Ed Montague (2B), Jerry Layne (3B).

Gametime Weather: INDOORS.


COLORADO 1ST: W Taveras reached on bunt single to pitcher. W Taveras stole
second. K Matsui walked. M Holliday singled to right, W Taveras scored,
K Matsui to third. T Helton walked, M Holliday to second. B Hawpe hit sacrifice
fly to left, K Matsui scored. T Tulowitzki struck out swinging. I Stewart
singled to right center, M Holliday scored, T Helton to third. Y Torrealba
struck out looking. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 3, ARIZONA 0.

ARIZONA 1ST: C Young flied out to center. O Hudson walked. E Byrnes
fouled out to first. T Clark tripled to right, O Hudson scored. S Drew
singled to center, T Clark scored. M Reynolds struck out looking. (2 Runs,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 3, ARIZONA 2.

COLORADO 2ND: J Fogg struck out looking. W Taveras flied out to center.
K Matsui grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 3,
ARIZONA 2.

ARIZONA 2ND: C Snyder walked. J Upton singled to left, C Snyder to second.
B Webb struck out swinging. C Young struck out looking. O Hudson flied out
to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 3, ARIZONA 2.

COLORADO 3RD: M Holliday homered to center. T Helton grounded out to
first. B Hawpe hit by pitch. B Hawpe to second on wild pitch by B Webb.
T Tulowitzki grounded out to shortstop. I Stewart struck out swinging. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 2.

ARIZONA 3RD: E Byrnes lined out to third. T Clark singled to center.
S Drew grounded into fielder's choice to second, T Clark out at second.
M Reynolds flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4,
ARIZONA 2.

COLORADO 4TH: Y Torrealba flied out to right. J Fogg grounded out to
pitcher. W Taveras grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 2.

ARIZONA 4TH: C Snyder hit by pitch. J Upton flied out to center. B Webb
struck out bunting foul. C Young walked, C Snyder to second. O Hudson
grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 2.

COLORADO 5TH: K Matsui grounded out to first. M Holliday lined out to
pitcher. T Helton lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4,
ARIZONA 2.

ARIZONA 5TH: E Byrnes flied out to left. T Clark grounded out to second.
S Drew singled to left center. M Reynolds lined out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 2.

COLORADO 6TH: B Hawpe struck out swinging. T Tulowitzki struck out
looking. I Stewart doubled to deep left. Y Torrealba grounded out to pitcher.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 2.

ARIZONA 6TH: C Snyder struck out swinging. J Upton doubled to deep left
center. B Webb struck out swinging. C Young reached on infield single to
shortstop, J Upton out at home. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 2.

COLORADO 7TH: C Sullivan hit for J Fogg. C Sullivan struck out swinging.
W Taveras flied out to left. K Matsui lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits,
0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 2.

ARIZONA 7TH: L Hawkins relieved J Fogg. O Hudson tripled to left. E Byrnes
grounded out to second, O Hudson scored. T Clark struck out swinging. S Drew
grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 3.

COLORADO 8TH: J Peguero relieved B Webb. M Holliday struck out swinging.
D Slaten relieved J Peguero. T Helton flied out to left. B Hawpe grounded out to
second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 3.

ARIZONA 8TH: B Fuentes relieved L Hawkins. M Reynolds flied out to left.
C Snyder walked. E Bonifacio ran for C Snyder. J Upton struck out swinging.
C Jackson hit for D Slaten. C Jackson reached on infield single to second,
E Bonifacio to third. C Young struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 3.

COLORADO 9TH: R Hammock catching. T Pena relieved D Slaten. T Tulowitzki
popped out to shortstop. I Stewart lined out to right. Y Torrealba flied out
to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 3.

ARIZONA 9TH: M Corpas relieved B Fuentes. J Carroll at third base. O Hudson
singled to center. E Byrnes fouled out to catcher. T Clark grounded into
double play, shortstop to second to first, O Hudson out at second.(0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 3.</div>

 

Rockies hit Webb early, edge Diamondbacks

<h3>COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 3</h3>By Bob Huhn
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHOENIX (Ticker) -- The Colorado Rockies wasted little timegetting to the Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb on Sunday.

Matt Holliday homered and had two RBI and the Rockies scoredthree runs in the first inning en route to a 4-3 victory overthe Diamondbacks.


Despite the loss, Arizona (76-62) remains in a virtual tie withthe San Diego Padres (75-61) atop the National League West.Colorado (70-66) is five games behind the leaders.

Rockies starter Josh Fogg (8-9), who was winless in his threeprevious starts, hurled six innings, allowing two runs on sevenhits. He walked two and struck out six as Colorado won therubber game of the three-game set.


Two relievers bridged the gap to closer Manny Corpas, who pickedup his 12th save despite allowing a single to Orlando Hudson tolead off the ninth. Corpas got Eric Byrnes to foul out andinduced Tony Clark to hit into a game-ending double play topreserve the win.


Webb (14-9), who recorded a string of 42 consecutive scorelessinnings from the end of July to the middle of August, was comingoff his worse outing of the season August 28 against thePadres, when he was pounded for six runs in 5 1/3 innings.

On Sunday, the Rockies jumped on the reigning Cy Young Awardwinner early, taking a 3-0 lead after one inning. Willy Taverasstarted the inning with a bunt single before Webb walked KazMatsui. Holliday followed with a single to right, scoringTaveras for the first run.


After Webb walked Todd Helton to load the bases, Matsui scoredon Brad Hawpe's sacrifice fly to left, and Ian Stewart knockedin the third run with a single.


Arizona came back in the bottom of the first with a two-outrally. Clark legged out a triple down the right field line offFogg, scoring Hudson, and Stephen Drew's RBI single brought homeClark to cut the deficit to 3-2.


Holliday extended Colorado's lead to 4-2 in the third with his25th homer, a 419-foot shot over the wall in left-center.However, the Rockies managed only one more hit - a double byStewart in the sixth - after Holliday's blast.


Webb did not allow a run in his final four innings, retiring 12of the 13 batters he faced. He went seven innings, giving upthe four runs and five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Arizona cut the lead to 4-3 in the seventh when Hudson tripledoff reliever LaTroy Hawkins and scored on Byrnes' groundout tosecond.

 

Rockies hit Webb early, edge Diamondbacks

<h3>COLORADO 4, ARIZONA 3</h3>By Bob Huhn
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


PHOENIX (Ticker) -- The Colorado Rockies wasted little timegetting to the Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb on Sunday.

Matt Holliday homered and had two RBI and the Rockies scoredthree runs in the first inning en route to a 4-3 victory overthe Diamondbacks.


Despite the loss, Arizona (76-62) remains in a virtual tie withthe San Diego Padres (75-61) atop the National League West.Colorado (70-66) is five games behind the leaders.

"We haven't played great as of late but we have been able to ekeout that one victory," Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin said."As long as you don't get swept, you kind of maintain, then wewill hit another patch where we will play better. There is alot of baseball left. Everybody thinks a three- or four-gameswing will decide it. It will not."


Rockies starter Josh Fogg (8-9), who was winless in his threeprevious starts, hurled six innings, allowing two runs on sevenhits. He walked two and struck out six as Colorado won therubber game of the three-game set.


"My command wasn't great by any means," Fogg said. "I had a fewleadoff walks that could have hurt me but I was able to makesome good pitches in the later part of innings and got enoughground balls to get out of the jams."


Two relievers bridged the gap to closer Manny Corpas, who pickedup his 12th save despite allowing a single to Orlando Hudson tolead off the ninth. Corpas got Eric Byrnes to foul out andinduced Tony Clark to hit into a game-ending double play topreserve the win.


Webb (14-9), who recorded a string of 42 consecutive scorelessinnings from the end of July to the middle of August, was comingoff his worse outing of the season August 28 against thePadres, when he was pounded for six runs in 5 1/3 innings.

On Sunday, the Rockies jumped on the reigning Cy Young Awardwinner early, taking a 3-0 lead after one inning. Willy Taverasstarted the inning with a bunt single before Webb walked KazMatsui. Holliday followed with a single to right, scoringTaveras for the first run.


After Webb walked Todd Helton to load the bases, Matsui scoredon Brad Hawpe's sacrifice fly to left, and Ian Stewart knockedin the third run with a single.


"The first inning was pretty much the game," Webb said. "Afterthe first inning I settled down but the first inning was thedifference. I was pretty frustrated after that because I didstruggle in the first but I was able to settled down."

Arizona came back in the bottom of the first with a two-outrally. Clark legged out a triple down the right field line offFogg, scoring Hudson, and Stephen Drew's RBI single brought homeClark to cut the deficit to 3-2.


"It was a real gutsy win," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said."Josh always battles and was able to stay away from the biginning. He got some key pitches and did damage control in thefirst."


Holliday extended Colorado's lead to 4-2 in the third with his25th homer, a 419-foot shot over the wall in left-center.However, the Rockies managed only one more hit - a double byStewart in the sixth - after Holliday's blast.


"I never come off his (Webb's) fastball. I try to hit hisfastball the other way and I feel that I can handle the breakingballs," Holliday said. "It was a first-pitch curveball and Iwas able to hit it. I don't know what the numbers are but I amdoing a better job against him this year."


Webb did not allow a run in his final four innings, retiring 12of the 13 batters he faced. He went seven innings, giving upthe four runs and five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.

Arizona cut the lead to 4-3 in the seventh when Hudson tripledoff reliever LaTroy Hawkins and scored on Byrnes' groundout tosecond.