NL: ARIZONA at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ARIZONA 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 9 0 COLORADO 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: ARI - BRANDON WEBB, BRANDON LYON (8TH), JOSE VALVERDE (9TH) AND CHRIS SNYDER COL - JEFF FRANCIS, RYAN SPEIER (7TH), TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ (8TH), MATT HERGES (9TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA HOME RUNS: ARI - CONOR JACKSON (15) OFF JEFF FRANCIS IN THE 3RD, 1 ON COL - NONE</div>
NL: ARIZONA at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - ARIZONA 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 9 0 COLORADO 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: ARI - BRANDON WEBB, BRANDON LYON (8TH), JOSE VALVERDE (9TH) AND CHRIS SNYDER COL - JEFF FRANCIS, RYAN SPEIER (7TH), TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ (8TH), MATT HERGES (9TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA WP - BRANDON WEBB (18-10) LP - JEFF FRANCIS (17-9) SAVE - JOSE VALVERDE (47) HOME RUNS: ARI - CONOR JACKSON (15) OFF JEFF FRANCIS IN THE 3RD, 1 ON COL - NONE TIME: 2:45 ATT: 48,190 PROBABLES: ARI - EDGAR GONZALEZ (8-3, 4.73) COL - MARK REDMAN (1-4, 8.67)</div>
NL: ARIZONA at COLORADO <div class="pre">ARIZONA (4) VS COLORADO (2) - FINAL ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg C Young cf 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 .235 J Upton rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .226 J Salazar rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 E Byrnes lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 .287 C Jackson 1b 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 .282 T Clark 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 M Reynolds 3b 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 .283 C Snyder c 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 .252 S Drew ss 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 .240 A Ojeda 2b 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .282 B Webb p 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .082 a-J Cirillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 B Lyon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 4 9 4 5 6 17 a-popped out to shortstop for B Webb in the 8th. BATTING: 2B - M Reynolds (20, J Francis); E Byrnes (30, R Speier); S Drew (28, T Buchholz). HR - C Jackson (15, 3rd inning off J Francis 1 on, 2 Out). S - A Ojeda. SF - A Ojeda. RBI - A Ojeda (11), C Jackson 2 (60), S Drew (60). 2-out RBI - C Jackson 2, S Drew. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Byrnes 1, B Webb 2, C Snyder 2, C Young 1. GIDP - E Byrnes. Team LOB - 9. BASERUNNING: SB - C Young (27, 2nd base off J Francis/Y Torrealba), E Byrnes (50, 3rd base off R Speier/Y Torrealba). FIELDING: DP: 2 (A Ojeda-S Drew-C Jackson, S Drew-A Ojeda-C Jackson). COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Matsui 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 .289 T Tulowitzki ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .290 M Holliday lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .339 T Helton 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .316 G Atkins 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .296 B Hawpe rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 .291 Y Torrealba c 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 .259 C Barmes pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 C Sullivan cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .296 b-R Spilborghs ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .300 J Francis p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .188 R Speier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 a-I Stewart ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .209 T Buchholz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 M Herges p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 c-J Koshansky ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .091 Totals 32 2 9 2 4 7 16 a-walked for R Speier in the 7th; b-walked for C Sullivan in the 9th; c-struck out swinging for M Herges in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (21, B Webb); B Hawpe (31, B Webb); M Holliday (49, B Lyon). S - Y Torrealba. RBI - M Holliday (133), B Hawpe (112). 2-out RBI - M Holliday. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Y Torrealba 1, T Helton 1, G Atkins 1, K Matsui 2. GIDP - B Hawpe, Y Torrealba. Team LOB - 8. BASERUNNING: CS - K Matsui (4, 2nd base by B Webb/C Snyder). FIELDING: DP: 1 (T Tulowitzki-K Matsui-T Helton). ---------------------------------------------------- ARIZONA - 012 001 000 -- 4 COLORADO - 001 000 100 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- ARIZONA ip h r er bb so hr era B Webb (W, 18-10) 7 8 2 2 2 2 0 3.01 B Lyon (H, 35) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.71 J Valverde (S, 47) 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 2.66 COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era J Francis (L, 17-9) 6 7 4 4 2 5 1 4.22 R Speier 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 4.08 T Buchholz 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.29 M Herges 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.22 IBB - A Ojeda (by J Francis). Pitches-strikes: B Webb 100-60; B Lyon 9-8; J Valverde 22-12; J Francis 86-56; R Speier 26-13; T Buchholz 12-9; M Herges 11-7. Ground balls-fly balls: B Webb 16-2; B Lyon 1-0; J Valverde 0-0; J Francis 6-7; R Speier 0-3; T Buchholz 1-1; M Herges 3-0. Batters faced: B Webb 28; B Lyon 4; J Valverde 5; J Francis 27; R Speier 6; T Buchholz 4; M Herges 3. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Jim Joyce. 2B--Jeff Nelson. 3B--Jim Wolf. T--2:45. Att--48,190. Weather: 73 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, out to center.</div>
NL: ARIZONA at COLORADO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARIZONA (4) AT COLORADO (2) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARIZONA 2ND: C Jackson walked. M Reynolds singled to left center, C Jackson to second. C Snyder bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, C Jackson out at third, M Reynolds to second. S Drew reached on infield single to second, M Reynolds to third, C Snyder to second. A Ojeda hit sacrifice fly to right, M Reynolds scored, C Snyder to third. B Webb struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, COLORADO 0. ARIZONA 3RD: C Young struck out swinging. J Upton singled to center. E Byrnes struck out swinging. C Jackson homered to left, J Upton scored. M Reynolds fouled out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, COLORADO 0. COLORADO 3RD: C Sullivan grounded out to second. J Francis singled to center. K Matsui doubled to deep left, J Francis to third. T Tulowitzki grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Francis out at home, K Matsui to third. M Holliday singled to center, K Matsui scored, T Tulowitzki to second. T Helton grounded out to first. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, COLORADO 1. ARIZONA 6TH: C Jackson grounded out to second. M Reynolds doubled to deep left center. C Snyder flied out to center. S Drew singled to right, M Reynolds scored, S Drew to second advancing on throw. A Ojeda intentionally walked. B Webb struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 7TH: T Clark at first base. G Atkins singled to left. B Hawpe doubled to deep left center, G Atkins scored. Y Torrealba sacrificed to third, B Hawpe to third. C Sullivan struck out swinging. I Stewart hit for R Speier. I Stewart walked. K Matsui grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 2.</div>
Webb pitches D-Backs to postseason <h3>ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 2</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- Brandon Webb and his sinker cooled off theColorado Rockies. Conor Jackson remained warm against JeffFrancis. Webb pitched seven stellar innings and Jackson homered as theArizona Diamondbacks clinched a postseason berth with a 4-2victory over the Rockies, who had their franchise-record 11-gamewinning streak and possible playoff bid come to an end. Behind Webb's performance, the Diamondbacks (90-70)clinched atleast the wild card and reduced their magic number to two toclinch the National League West. San Diego (88-71) is playingat Milwaukee. Meanwhile, Colorado (87-73) was eliminated from NL West titlecontention and fell 1 1/2 games behind the Padres in the wildcard race. Webb, the reigning Cy Young Award winner who earlier this seasonstrung together 42 consecutive scoreless innings, allowed tworuns and eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Therighthander recorded 16 ground-ball outs and just two fly-ballouts. Webb cruised through six innings with a 4-1 lead until runninginto a little trouble in the seventh. Garrett Atkins lined asingle to left and Brad Hawpe followed with a run-scoring doubleto center field to halve the deficit. After a sacrifice moved Hawpe to third, Webb recorded his secondstrikeout of the game - against Cory Sullivan. Pinch hitterIan Stewart drew a walk, but Webb got Kaz Matsui to beat theball into the ground to shortstop to escape. Brandon Lyon yielded a one-out double to Matt Holliday in ascoreless eighth and Jose Valverde worked around a pair of<div class="pre">ninth-inning walks to log his major league-best 47th save.</div> Francis (17-9) entered with 17 wins, tied for the single-seasonhigh in franchise history and 7-1 with a 3.35 ERA in 13 careerstarts against Arizona, but the lefthander was hurt by an oldnemesis, Jackson, in the third inning. The Diamondbacks first baseman blasted an 0-1 high fastball overthe left field wall for a 3-0 lead. The homer was the fourthin 22 career at-bats for Jackson off Francis. Stephen Drew capped the scoring for Arizona with an RBI singlein the sixth that provided a 4-1 lead. Jackson helped the D-Backs take a 1-0 lead when he drew aleadoff walk from Francis in the second. Arizona loaded thebases with one out and Augie Ojeda delivered a sacrifice fly toright field. Colorado got a run back in the bottom half when Hollidaygrounded a single up the middle to score Matsui. Francis allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings.
NL: ARIZONA at COLORADO <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARIZONA (4) AT COLORADO (2) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arizona Starting Lineups -- C Young CF, J Upton RF, E Byrnes LF, C Jackson 1B, M Reynolds 3B, C Snyder C, S Drew SS, A Ojeda 2B, B Webb RHP. Colorado Starting Lineups -- K Matsui 2B, T Tulowitzki SS, M Holliday LF, T Helton 1B, G Atkins 3B, B Hawpe RF, Y Torrealba C, C Sullivan CF, J Francis LHP. Umpires -- Tim Tschida (HP), Jim Joyce (1B), Jeff Nelson (2B), Jim Wolf (3B). Gametime Weather: 73 degrees, Cloudy, wind out to center at 4 mph. ARIZONA 1ST: C Young flied out to left. J Upton grounded out to second. E Byrnes popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, COLORADO 0. COLORADO 1ST: K Matsui singled to center. T Tulowitzki lined out to shortstop. K Matsui caught stealing second, catcher to second. M Holliday grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 0, COLORADO 0. ARIZONA 2ND: C Jackson walked. M Reynolds singled to left center, C Jackson to second. C Snyder bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, C Jackson out at third, M Reynolds to second. S Drew reached on infield single to second, M Reynolds to third, C Snyder to second. A Ojeda hit sacrifice fly to right, M Reynolds scored, C Snyder to third. B Webb struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, COLORADO 0. COLORADO 2ND: T Helton walked. G Atkins singled to left, T Helton to second. B Hawpe grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, G Atkins out at second, T Helton to third. Y Torrealba struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 1, COLORADO 0. ARIZONA 3RD: C Young struck out swinging. J Upton singled to center. E Byrnes struck out swinging. C Jackson homered to left, J Upton scored. M Reynolds fouled out to left. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, COLORADO 0. COLORADO 3RD: C Sullivan grounded out to second. J Francis singled to center. K Matsui doubled to deep left, J Francis to third. T Tulowitzki grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Francis out at home, K Matsui to third. M Holliday singled to center, K Matsui scored, T Tulowitzki to second. T Helton grounded out to first. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, COLORADO 1. ARIZONA 4TH: C Snyder grounded out to first. S Drew flied out to left. A Ojeda flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 4TH: G Atkins grounded out to third. B Hawpe singled to right center. Y Torrealba grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Hawpe out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, COLORADO 1. ARIZONA 5TH: B Webb grounded out to shortstop. C Young singled to left. J Upton struck out swinging, C Young stole second. E Byrnes grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 5TH: C Sullivan flied out to center. J Francis grounded out to second. K Matsui grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 3, COLORADO 1. ARIZONA 6TH: C Jackson grounded out to second. M Reynolds doubled to deep left center. C Snyder flied out to center. S Drew singled to right, M Reynolds scored, S Drew to second advancing on throw. A Ojeda intentionally walked. B Webb struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 6TH: T Tulowitzki grounded out to third. M Holliday grounded out to shortstop. T Helton grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 1. ARIZONA 7TH: R Speier relieved J Francis. C Young flied out to center. J Upton popped out to second. E Byrnes doubled to left. E Byrnes stole third. C Jackson walked. M Reynolds walked, C Jackson to second. C Snyder lined out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 1. COLORADO 7TH: T Clark at first base. G Atkins singled to left. B Hawpe doubled to deep left center, G Atkins scored. Y Torrealba sacrificed to third, B Hawpe to third. C Sullivan struck out swinging. I Stewart hit for R Speier. I Stewart walked. K Matsui grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 2. ARIZONA 8TH: T Buchholz relieved R Speier. S Drew doubled to deep right. A jeda sacrificed to catcher, S Drew to third. J Cirillo hit for B Webb. J Cirillo popped out to shortstop. C Young struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 2. COLORADO 8TH: J Salazar in right field. B Lyon relieved B Webb. T Tulowitzki struck out swinging. M Holliday doubled to deep left center. T Helton grounded out to pitcher. G Atkins struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 2. ARIZONA 9TH: M Herges relieved T Buchholz. J Salazar walked. E Byrnes grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J Salazar out at second. T Clark grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 2. COLORADO 9TH: J Valverde relieved B Lyon. B Hawpe struck out swinging. Y Torrealba walked. C Barmes ran for Y Torrealba. R Spilborghs hit for C Sullivan. R Spilborghs walked, C Barmes to second. J Koshansky hit for M Herges. J Koshansky struck out swinging. K Matsui struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 2.</div>
Webb pitches D-Backs to postseason <h3>ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 2</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- Brandon Webb and his sinker cooled off theColorado Rockies and put the Arizona Diamondabcks into thepostseason for the first time since 2002. Webb pitched seven stellar innings and Conor Jackson homered asthe Diamondbacks clinched a postseason berth with a 4-2 victoryover the Rockies, who had their franchise-record 11-game winningstreak and possible playoff bid come to an end. Behind Webb's performance, the Diamondbacks (90-70)clinched atleast the wild card and reduced their magic number to two forclinching the National League West. San Diego (89-71) remainedone game behind after a 6-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Meanwhile, Colorado (87-73) was eliminated from NL West titlecontention and fell two games behind the Padres in the wild cardwith two games left. Webb, who was slated to pitch Thursday at Pittsburgh but waspushed back due to soggy weather there, allowed two runs andeight hits with two walks and two strikeouts. The reigning CyYoung Award winner recorded 16 ground-ball outs and just twofly-ball outs. The righthander cruised through six innings with a 4-1 leaduntil running into a little trouble in the seventh. GarrettAtkins lined a single to left and Brad Hawpe followed with arun-scoring double to center field to halve the deficit. After a sacrifice moved Hawpe to third, Webb recorded his secondstrikeout of the game - against Cory Sullivan. Pinch hitterIan Stewart drew a walk, but Webb got Kaz Matsui to beat theball into the ground to shortstop to escape. Brandon Lyon yielded a one-out double to Matt Holliday in ascoreless eighth and Jose Valverde worked around a pair of<div class="pre">ninth-inning walks to log his major league-best 47th save.</div> Colorado starter Jeff Francis (17-9) entered with 17 wins, tiedfor the single-season high in franchise history and 7-1 with a3.35 ERA in 13 career starts against Arizona, but the lefthanderwas hurt by an old nemesis, Jackson, in the third inning. The Diamondbacks first baseman blasted an 0-1 high fastball overthe left field wall for a 3-0 lead. The homer was the fourthin 22 career at-bats for Jackson off Francis. Stephen Drew capped the scoring for Arizona with an RBI singlein the sixth that provided a 4-1 lead. Jackson helped the D-Backs take a 1-0 lead when he drew aleadoff walk from Francis in the second. Arizona loaded thebases with one out and Augie Ojeda delivered a sacrifice fly toright field. Colorado got a run back in the bottom half when Hollidaygrounded a single up the middle to score Matsui. Francis allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings.
Webb pitches D-Backs to postseason <h3>ARIZONA 4, COLORADO 2</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- Brandon Webb and his sinker cooled off theColorado Rockies and put the Arizona Diamondabcks into thepostseason for the first time since 2002. Webb pitched seven stellar innings and Conor Jackson homered asthe Diamondbacks clinched at least a wild card berth with a 4-2victory over the Rockies, who had their franchise-record 11-gamewinning streak and possible playoff bid come to an end. The Diamondbacks (90-70)reduced their magic number to two forclinching the National League West, as San Diego (89-71)remained one game behind after a 6-3 victory over the MilwaukeeBrewers. "I've been through a few of these with 2001 being the ultimate,but I don't think I've ever been around a team effort like thisone," Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin said. Meanwhile, Colorado (87-73) was eliminated from NL West titlecontention and fell two games behind the Padres in the wild cardwith two games left. "We have to come back and win two and we need a little help froma bunch of people, but we'll worry about that tomorrow,"Rockies third baseman Garrett Atkins said. "We still feel can we do it," Rockies starter Jeff Francis said."We still feel we have to run the table to do it, and we knowwe can." Webb, who was slated to pitch Thursday at Pittsburgh but waspushed back due to soggy weather there, allowed two runs andeight hits with two walks and two strikeouts. The reigning CyYoung Award winner recorded 16 ground-ball outs and just twofly-ball outs. "Talk about coming up big," Melvin said. "He's the only guy wewanted on the mound today. There was talk about him not beingable to beat the Rockies. If this was a playoff game, which itended up being for us, I don't care who the team is, we wantBrandon Webb on the mound." "They've been hot and had great at-bats all year," Webb said."It's one of the best lineups in the National League if not the<div class="pre">best. The run they were going on, I knew it was going to be</div>tough. To come out here and do this, it makes it really sweet," The righthander cruised through six innings with a 4-1 leaduntil running into a little trouble in the seventh. Atkinslined a single to left and Brad Hawpe followed with arun-scoring double to center field to halve the deficit. After a sacrifice moved Hawpe to third, Webb recorded his secondstrikeout of the game - against Cory Sullivan. Pinch hitterIan Stewart drew a walk, but Webb got Kaz Matsui to beat theball into the ground to shortstop to escape. "I labored a little bit and didn't locate well and I fell behinda couple of batters," Webb said. "They got a couple hits thereand Hawpe hit a great pitch. I battled and they ended upscoring one but I got through it." Brandon Lyon yielded a one-out double to Matt Holliday in ascoreless eighth and Jose Valverde worked around a pair of<div class="pre">ninth-inning walks to log his major league-best 47th save.</div> Francis (17-9) entered with 17 wins, tied for the single-seasonhigh in franchise history and 7-1 with a 3.35 ERA in 13 careerstarts against Arizona, but the lefthander was hurt by an oldnemesis, Jackson, in the third inning. The Diamondbacks first baseman blasted an 0-1 high fastball overthe left field wall for a 3-0 lead. The homer was the fourthin 22 career at-bats for Jackson off Francis. "I have no idea and I don't have an answer," Jackson said. "He'sone of those guys that I have good numbers off and I have noidea how. He's got dirty stuff and keeps the ball away.Luckily I got a good pitch in the middle of the plate." "I thought we could get in on him." Francis said. "Obviously hewas cheating a little bit in. I don't know. I don't knowexactly where the pitch was, but obviously we could have donesomething else." Jackson helped the D-Backs take a 1-0 lead when he drew aleadoff walk from Francis in the second. Arizona loaded thebases with one out and Augie Ojeda delivered a sacrifice fly toright field. Colorado got a run back in the bottom half when Hollidaygrounded a single up the middle to score Matsui. Stephen Drewcapped the scoring for Arizona with an RBI single in the sixththat provided a 4-1 lead. Francis allowed four runs and sevenhits in six innings. "We had a lot of Webb to deal with," Rockies manager ClintHurdle said. "We had a couple opportunities and we didn't getthat big barrel on the ball like we had been."
