GAME THREAD: NL: SAN DIEGO (53-44) at COLORADO (49-49)

Eighth-inning heroics lift Rockies over Padres

<h3>COLORADO 7, SAN DIEGO 5</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- Matt Holliday tied it and Brad Hawpe put itaway.


Holliday and Hawpe both homered in a five-run eighth inning thatlifted the Colorado Rockies to a 7-5 victory over the San DiegoPadres on Monday.


Taylor Buchholz (5-3) and Manny Corpas combined for threeinnings of scoreless relief for the Rockies, who moved a gameabove .500 (50-49) after a brief two-game losing streak.

Colorado looked down and out in the eighth inning, facing aPadres bullpen that came into the game carrying a majorleague-best 2.89 ERA and had allowed just 19 homers in 311 1/3innings this season.


Scott Linebrink (3-3) opened the frame on the rubber for SanDiego and hit Cory Sullivan to lead off the inning. Kaz Matsuidrew a one-out walk before Holliday tied the game with his 17thhomer of the season, deep into the left field seats.

After getting Todd Helton top fly out for the second out of theframe, Linebrink surrendered a single to right to GarrettAtkins.


Sidewinding righthander Cla Meredith came on to face Hawpe, wholaunched an 0-1 pitch over the wall in left to give the Rockiesa 7-5 lead. It was Hawpe's 18th homer of the season and markedthe second straight appearence in which Meredith has gottenknocked around after yielding five runs in an inning Saturdayagainst Philadelphia.


The bullpen's collapse overshadowed a strong performance fromGreg Maddux, who was masterful in allowing just two runs in sixinnings. The future Hall-of-Famer struck out two and did notissue a walk in search of his 341st career victory.

Maddux allowed single runs in the second and the fifth, butcould not help the Padres avoid their fifth consecutive loss.

The 41-year old pitcher also had a single and stole the 10thbase of his career in the top of the fifth inning, his firstsince September 30, 2006.


Milton Bradley's third homer since being traded to San Diegogave the Padres a 4-1 lead in the fifth, and after Madduxallowed a run in the bottom half, rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff gotthe run back with a solo blast in the sixth.


Rockies starter Jeff Francis avoided his first loss since June 8at Baltimore when Holliday homered. The tall lefthander wentsix innings and allowed 10 hits and five runs. His two homeruns allowed were the second-most he's given up this season.

 

NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO

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SAN DIEGO (5) AT COLORADO (7) - HOW THEY SCORED
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SAN DIEGO 2ND: K Greene singled to center. J Bard singled to center,
K Greene to second. K Kouzmanoff flied out to left. M Giles singled to left
center, K Greene scored, J Bard to third. G Maddux grounded into double play,
second to shortstop to first, M Giles out at second.(1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN DIEGO 1, COLORADO 0.

COLORADO 2ND: T Helton doubled to deep right. G Atkins singled to center,
T Helton scored. B Hawpe flied into double play, left to second to pitcher to
first, G Atkins doubled off first. T Tulowitzki popped out to second. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, COLORADO 1.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: G Maddux singled to center. B Giles flied out to center.
G Maddux stole second. M Cameron walked. M Bradley homered to left, G Maddux and
M Cameron scored. A Gonzalez singled to left. K Greene grounded into double
play, third to second to first, A Gonzalez out at second.(3 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 4, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 5TH: B Hawpe doubled to deep right. T Tulowitzki singled to
center, B Hawpe to third. Y Torrealba grounded into fielder's choice to
second, B Hawpe scored, T Tulowitzki out at second. J Francis sacrificed to
first, Y Torrealba to second. W Taveras grounded out to second. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 4, COLORADO 2.

SAN DIEGO 6TH: J Bard flied out to left. K Kouzmanoff homered to left
center. M Giles flied out to center. G Maddux grounded out to shortstop.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 5, COLORADO 2.

COLORADO 8TH: S Linebrink relieved H Bell. C Sullivan hit for T Buchholz.
C Sullivan hit by pitch. W Taveras struck out swinging. K Matsui walked,
C Sullivan to second. M Holliday homered to left, C Sullivan and K Matsui
scored. T Helton flied out to right. G Atkins singled to right. C Meredith
relieved S Linebrink. M Barrett catching. B Hawpe homered to left, G Atkins
scored. T Tulowitzki grounded out to first. (5 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN DIEGO 5, COLORADO 7.</div>

 

NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO

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SAN DIEGO (5) AT COLORADO (7) - EVENT LOG
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San Diego Starting Lineups -- B Giles RF, M Cameron CF, M Bradley LF,
A Gonzalez 1B, K Greene SS, J Bard C, K Kouzmanoff 3B, M Giles 2B,
G Maddux RHP.

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.

Umpires -- Angel Hernandez (HP), Ted Barrett (1B), Brian Knight (2B),
Mark Carlson (3B).

Gametime Weather: 91 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to left at 7 mph.


SAN DIEGO 1ST: B Giles doubled to deep right center. M Cameron struck out
swinging. M Bradley popped out to second. A Gonzalez grounded out to
shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 0, COLORADO 0.

COLORADO 1ST: W Taveras grounded out to second. K Matsui grounded out to
pitcher. M Holliday grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN DIEGO 0, COLORADO 0.

SAN DIEGO 2ND: K Greene singled to center. J Bard singled to center,
K Greene to second. K Kouzmanoff flied out to left. M Giles singled to left
center, K Greene scored, J Bard to third. G Maddux grounded into double play,
second to shortstop to first, M Giles out at second.(1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN DIEGO 1, COLORADO 0.

COLORADO 2ND: T Helton doubled to deep right. G Atkins singled to center,
T Helton scored. B Hawpe flied into double play, left to second to pitcher to
first, G Atkins doubled off first. T Tulowitzki popped out to second. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, COLORADO 1.

SAN DIEGO 3RD: B Giles grounded out to first. M Cameron struck out
looking. M Bradley singled to right. A Gonzalez struck out swinging. (0 Runs,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 3RD: Y Torrealba singled to center. J Francis sacrificed to
first, Y Torrealba to second. W Taveras grounded out to second, Y Torrealba to
third. K Matsui grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1,
COLORADO 1.

SAN DIEGO 4TH: K Greene struck out swinging. J Bard singled to shallow
left. K Kouzmanoff flied out to right. M Giles grounded out to third.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 4TH: M Holliday struck out looking. T Helton struck out swinging.
G Atkins flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 1, COLORADO 1.

SAN DIEGO 5TH: G Maddux singled to center. B Giles flied out to center.
G Maddux stole second. M Cameron walked. M Bradley homered to left, G Maddux and
M Cameron scored. A Gonzalez singled to left. K Greene grounded into double
play, third to second to first, A Gonzalez out at second.(3 Runs, 3 Hits,
0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 4, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 5TH: B Hawpe doubled to deep right. T Tulowitzki singled to
center, B Hawpe to third. Y Torrealba grounded into fielder's choice to
second, B Hawpe scored, T Tulowitzki out at second. J Francis sacrificed to
first, Y Torrealba to second. W Taveras grounded out to second. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 4, COLORADO 2.

SAN DIEGO 6TH: J Bard flied out to left. K Kouzmanoff homered to left
center. M Giles flied out to center. G Maddux grounded out to shortstop.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 5, COLORADO 2.

COLORADO 6TH: K Matsui grounded out to shortstop. M Holliday flied out to
right. T Helton flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 5,
COLORADO 2.

SAN DIEGO 7TH: T Buchholz relieved J Francis. B Giles grounded out to
shortstop. M Cameron grounded out to second. M Bradley grounded out to first.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 5, COLORADO 2.

COLORADO 7TH: H Bell relieved G Maddux. G Atkins lined out to center.
B Hawpe struck out looking. T Tulowitzki walked. Y Torrealba grounded out to
second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 5, COLORADO 2.

SAN DIEGO 8TH: A Gonzalez singled to left. K Greene flied out to right.
J Bard grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, A Gonzalez out at
second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) SAN DIEGO 5, COLORADO 2.

COLORADO 8TH: S Linebrink relieved H Bell. C Sullivan hit for T Buchholz.
C Sullivan hit by pitch. W Taveras struck out swinging. K Matsui walked,
C Sullivan to second. M Holliday homered to left, C Sullivan and K Matsui
scored. T Helton flied out to right. G Atkins singled to right. C Meredith
relieved S Linebrink. M Barrett catching. B Hawpe homered to left, G Atkins
scored. T Tulowitzki grounded out to first. (5 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
SAN DIEGO 5, COLORADO 7.

SAN DIEGO 9TH: M Corpas relieved T Buchholz. K Kouzmanoff struck out
swinging. M Giles singled to right. M Barrett grounded out to shortstop,
M Giles to second. B Giles struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
SAN DIEGO 5, COLORADO 7.</div>

 

NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO

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SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Giles rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 .282
M Cameron cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 .253
M Bradley lf 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 .356
A Gonzalez 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .264
K Greene ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .236
J Bard c 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .266
C Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
K Kouzmanoff 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .231
M Giles 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .238
G Maddux p 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .083
H Bell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
S Linebrink p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M Barrett c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259

Totals 36 5 12 5 1 6 15

BATTING: 2B - B Giles (15, J Francis). HR - M Bradley (3, 5th inning off J
Francis 2 on, 1 Out), K Kouzmanoff (10, 6th inning off J Francis 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - M Giles (33), M Bradley 3 (9), K Kouzmanoff (40). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - A Gonzalez 1, B Giles 1. GIDP - G Maddux, K Greene, J Bard.
Team LOB - 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - G Maddux (1, 2nd base off J Francis/Y Torrealba).

FIELDING: Outfield assists - M Bradley (G Atkins at 1st base). DP: 1 (M
Bradley-M Giles-G Maddux-A Gonzalez).


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
W Taveras cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .310
K Matsui 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .282
M Holliday lf 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 .329
T Helton 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .307
G Atkins 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .255
B Hawpe rf 4 2 2 2 0 1 1 .301
T Tulowitzki ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .282
Y Torrealba c 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 .270
J Francis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147
T Buchholz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158
a-C Sullivan ph 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .351
M Corpas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 29 7 8 7 2 4 6

a-hit by pitch for T Buchholz in the 8th.

BATTING: 2B - T Helton (22, G Maddux); B Hawpe (21, G Maddux). HR - M Holliday
(17, 8th inning off S Linebrink 2 on, 1 Out), B Hawpe (18, 8th inning off C
Meredith 1 on, 2 Out). S - J Francis 2. RBI - G Atkins (57), Y Torrealba (29),
M Holliday 3 (77), B Hawpe 2 (66). 2-out RBI - B Hawpe 2. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - K Matsui 1, W Taveras 1. Team LOB - 3.

FIELDING: DP: 3 (K Matsui-T Tulowitzki-T Helton 2, G Atkins-K Matsui-T
Helton).


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SAN DIEGO - 010 031 000 -- 5
COLORADO - 010 010 05x -- 7
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SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era
G Maddux 6 5 2 2 0 2 0 4.11
H Bell (H, 19) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.11
S Linebrink (L, 3-3; B, 6) 2/3 2 4 4 1 1 1 3.80
C Meredith 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 4.31

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Francis 6 10 5 5 1 4 2 4.22
T Buchholz (W, 5-3) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.77
M Corpas (S, 5) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.39

HBP - C Sullivan (by S Linebrink). Pitches-strikes: G Maddux 81-59; H Bell
21-10; S Linebrink 29-15; C Meredith 3-3; J Francis 99-63; T Buchholz 14-10; M
Corpas 15-10. Ground balls-fly balls: G Maddux 10-5; H Bell 1-1; S Linebrink
0-1; C Meredith 1-0; J Francis 8-6; T Buchholz 5-1; M Corpas 1-0. Batters
faced: G Maddux 22; H Bell 4; S Linebrink 6; C Meredith 2; J Francis 27; T
Buchholz 6; M Corpas 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Angel Hernandez. 1B--Ted Barrett. 2B--Brian Knight. 3B--Mark
Carlson.

T--2:28. Att--31,047.
Weather: 91 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 7 mph, out to
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Eighth-inning heroics lift Rockies over Padres

<h3>COLORADO 7, SAN DIEGO 5</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- Matt Holliday tied it and Brad Hawpe put itaway.


Holliday and Hawpe both homered in a five-run eighth inning thatlifted the Colorado Rockies to a 7-5 victory over the San DiegoPadres on Monday.


Taylor Buchholz (5-3) and Manny Corpas combined for threeinnings of scoreless relief for the Rockies, who moved a gameabove .500 (50-49) after a brief two-game losing streak.

Colorado looked down and out in the eighth inning, facing aPadres bullpen that came into the game carrying a majorleague-best 2.89 ERA and had allowed just 19 homers in 311 1/3innings this season.


"They don't ever just cash it in," Rockies manager Clint Hurdlesaid. "They're definitely not going to stop playing until thegame is over."


Scott Linebrink (3-3) opened the frame on the rubber for SanDiego and hit Cory Sullivan to lead off the inning. Kaz Matsuidrew a one-out walk before Holliday tied the game with his 17thhomer of the season, deep into the left field seats.

"It was a changeup," Linebrink said. "He usually doesn't hitthem that well but he sure got that one."


"I was hoping he'd leave it up so I had time to see it and getthe barrel through," Holliday said. "It's nothing more than acome-from-behind win that helps us in the standings against ateam that's ahead of us."


After getting Todd Helton top fly out for the second out of theframe, Linebrink surrendered a single to right to GarrettAtkins.


Sidewinding righthander Cla Meredith came on to face Hawpe, wholaunched an 0-1 pitch over the wall in left to give the Rockiesa 7-5 lead. It was Hawpe's 18th homer of the season and markedthe second straight appearence in which Meredith has gottenknocked around after yielding five runs in an inning Saturdayagainst Philadelphia.


"I knew it was in the gap and if it didn't go out theoutfielders weren't close enough to catch it," Hawpe said. "Ilooked at their bullpen list in the fifth or sixth inning to seeall they had who could be coming in, just thinking ahead.They're tough. They can come at you with anything."

The bullpen's collapse overshadowed a strong performance fromGreg Maddux, who was masterful in allowing just two runs in sixinnings. The future Hall-of-Famer struck out two and did notissue a walk in search of his 341st career victory.

"He pitched great, that's what he expects," Padres manager BudBlack said. "He's doing a good job of location the last twostarts. It was good to see him back on track, repeating what hedid on his last start."


Maddux allowed single runs in the second and the fifth, butcould not help the Padres avoid their fifth consecutive loss.

"I just feel bad for (Linebrink) and Cla (Meredith) coming in,"Maddux said. "You know it happens, weird stuff happens in thisballpark from time to time. You just kind of feel bad for theguys and the team."


The 41-year old pitcher also had a single and stole the 10thbase of his career in the top of the fifth inning, his firstsince September 30, 2006.


Milton Bradley's third homer since being traded to San Diegogave the Padres a 4-1 lead in the fifth, and after Madduxallowed a run in the bottom half, rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff gotthe run back with a solo blast in the sixth.


Rockies starter Jeff Francis avoided his first loss since June 8at Baltimore when Holliday homered. The tall lefthander wentsix innings and allowed 10 hits and five runs. His two homeruns allowed were the second-most he's given up this season.

 

Eighth-inning heroics lift Rockies over Padres

<h3>COLORADO 7, SAN DIEGO 5</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- Matt Holliday tied it and Brad Hawpe put itaway.


Holliday and Hawpe both homered in a five-run eighth inning thatlifted the Colorado Rockies to a 7-5 victory over the San DiegoPadres on Monday.


Taylor Buchholz (5-3) and Manny Corpas combined for threeinnings of scoreless relief for the Rockies, who moved a gameabove .500 (50-49) after a brief two-game losing streak.

Colorado looked down and out in the eighth inning, facing aPadres bullpen that came into the game carrying a majorleague-best 2.89 ERA and had allowed just 19 homers in 311 1/3innings this season.


"They don't ever just cash it in," Rockies manager Clint Hurdlesaid. "They're definitely not going to stop playing until thegame is over."


Scott Linebrink (3-3) opened the frame on the rubber for SanDiego and hit Cory Sullivan to lead off the inning. Kaz Matsuidrew a one-out walk before Holliday tied the game with his 17thhomer of the season, deep into the left field seats.

"It was a changeup," Linebrink said. "He usually doesn't hitthem that well but he sure got that one."


"I was hoping he'd leave it up so I had time to see it and getthe barrel through," Holliday said. "It's nothing more than acome-from-behind win that helps us in the standings against ateam that's ahead of us."


After getting Todd Helton top fly out for the second out of theframe, Linebrink surrendered a single to right to GarrettAtkins.


Sidewinding righthander Cla Meredith came on to face Hawpe, wholaunched an 0-1 pitch over the wall in left to give the Rockiesa 7-5 lead. It was Hawpe's 18th homer of the season and markedthe second straight appearence in which Meredith has gottenknocked around after yielding five runs in an inning Saturdayagainst Philadelphia.


"I knew it was in the gap and if it didn't go out theoutfielders weren't close enough to catch it," Hawpe said. "Ilooked at their bullpen list in the fifth or sixth inning to seeall they had who could be coming in, just thinking ahead.They're tough. They can come at you with anything."

The bullpen's collapse overshadowed a strong performance fromGreg Maddux, who was masterful in allowing just two runs in sixinnings. The future Hall-of-Famer struck out two and did notissue a walk in search of his 341st career victory.

"He pitched great, that's what he expects," Padres manager BudBlack said. "He's doing a good job of location the last twostarts. It was good to see him back on track, repeating what hedid on his last start."


Maddux allowed single runs in the second and the fifth, butcould not help the Padres avoid their fifth consecutive loss.

"I just feel bad for (Linebrink) and Cla (Meredith) coming in,"Maddux said. "You know it happens, weird stuff happens in thisballpark from time to time. You just kind of feel bad for theguys and the team."


The 41-year old pitcher also had a single and stole the 10thbase of his career in the top of the fifth inning, his firstsince September 30, 2006.


Milton Bradley's third homer since being traded to San Diegogave the Padres a 4-1 lead in the fifth, and after Madduxallowed a run in the bottom half, rookie Kevin Kouzmanoff gotthe run back with a solo blast in the sixth.


Rockies starter Jeff Francis avoided his first loss since June 8at Baltimore when Holliday homered. The tall lefthander wentsix innings and allowed 10 hits and five runs. His two homeruns allowed were the second-most he's given up this season.