NL: SAN DIEGO (89-73) at COLORADO (89-73) <h3>Red-hot Rockies take on Peavy in one-game tiebreaker</h3> San Diego (89-73) at Colorado (89-73) 7:30 pm DENVER (Ticker) -- The Colorado Rockies' recent hot play hasthem on the verge of ending a 12-year postseason drought. Unfortunately, the Rockies may run into a brick wall when thethey face Jake Peavy and the San Diego Padres in a one-gameplayoff for the National League wild card on Monday. The Rockies, led by MVP candidate Matt Holliday, won 13 of theirfinal 14 games to pull even with San Diego, which simply neededto win Saturday or Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers toclinch the wild card. After San Diego dropped an 11-6 decision Sunday, the Rockiesscored three runs in the eighth inning to snap a 1-1 tie beforeholding on for a 4-3 victory against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Colorado won a coin toss this week and will host the seventhone-game playoff in baseball history, and the first since theNew York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds, 5-0, in 1999. "The craziness isn't over, we get to play 163," Rockies managerClint Hurdle said. "We're happy about it. We're very happyabout it." But the Rockies won't be happy about facing likely Cy YoungAward winner Peavy (19-6), who leads the league in wins,strikeouts and ERA. "Peavy is tough, he's obviously the front-runner for the CyYoung," said Colorado right fielder Brad Hawpe, who drove inthree runs Sunday and finished the season on fire, going21-for-45 with 20 RBI in his last 11 games. "We've got a goodchallenge in front of us. But we've had some success againsthim before, and you know he's going to bring his A game." The righthanded Peavy is 10-1 with a 2.20 ERA in his last 14starts, and he allowed eight of the 21 runs surrendered duringthat stretch in one start in which he pitched on three days'rest. Peavy is 0-0 with a 1.29 ERA in two starts vs. Colorado thisseason, the last outing coming last Friday when the 26-year-oldallowed one run and three hits in seven innings with eightstrikeouts. "It's going to be fun," Peavy said. "We're starting theplayoffs with Game Seven. I'm excited about the opportunity,and I think the boys will come out battling and fighting hard. "The season is on the line. You play 162 and you still need onemore to decide it. You're going home, or you're in." While San Diego is looking for its third straight trip to thepostseason, Colorado is counting on a strong performance fromJosh Fogg (10-9, 4.79) for its first and only trip to theplayoffs since 1995. Fogg is unbeaten in his last six starts and is 1-1 with a 6.28ERA in three starts vs. San Diego this season. For his career,Fogg is 3-2 with a 4.54 ERA in six starts against the Padres. "They know me and I know them. It's a matter of me making mypitches and they take bad swings," Fogg said. "We're glad it'sat home, that's for sure. We like playing here, we're alreadyhere and we don't have to worry about traveling anywhere. "There's probably a handful of people in the world that havepitched in a game of this magnitude. I'll go out there with thebest stuff I have, and we'll see what happens." The teams split the season series, 9-9, but the Rockies will betough to beat here since they tied for the best home mark in theNL at 51-30. "They're hot," Peavy said. "They're as good as anybody inbaseball, but they are a beatable team. They play toughbaseball at home, but if I go in there and execute and we scoreand have good at-bats, I think we'll come out victorious."
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">SAN DIEGO AT COLORADO -- LINEUPS SAN DIEGO COLORADO AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Brian Giles RF .272 13 50 Kaz Matsui 2B .287 4 36 Scott Hairston LF .242 10 34 Troy Tulowitzki SS .287 24 98 Kevin Kouzmanoff 3B .276 18 74 Matt Holliday LF .340 36 135 Adrian Gonzalez 1B .280 29 96 Todd Helton 1B .320 16 89 Khalil Greene SS .255 27 97 Garrett Atkins 3B .299 25 110 Josh Bard C .283 5 51 Brad Hawpe RF .292 29 116 Geoff Blum 2B .252 5 33 Ryan Spilborghs CF .304 11 51 Brady Clark CF .262 0 10 Yorvit Torrealba C .256 7 46 Jake Peavy RHP .229 0 7 Josh Fogg RHP .137 0 1 (19-6, 2.36) (10-9, 4.79)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO WARMUPS: SDG - JAKE PEAVY (19-6, 2.36) COL - JOSH FOGG (10-9, 4.79) UMPIRES: HP - TIM MCCLELLAND 1B - ED MONTAGUE 2B - TIM TSCHIDA 3B - CHUCK MERIWETHER WEATHER: 78 Degrees, partly cloudy WIND: 4 mph, out to center</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO STARTING BATS: SDG - JAKE PEAVY AND JOSH BARD COL - JOSH FOGG AND YORVIT TORREALBA DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: B GILES (.272, 13 HR, 50 RBI) S HAIRSTON (.242, 10 HR, 34 RBI) K KOUZMANOF (.276, 18 HR, 74 RBI)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN DIEGO 0 0 1 0 COLORADO 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: SDG - JAKE PEAVY COL - JOSH FOGG DUE UP FOR COLORADO: K MATSUI (.287, 4 HR, 36 RBI) T TULOWITZKI (.287, 24 HR, 98 RBI) M HOLLIDAY (.340, 36 HR, 135 RBI)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">SAN DIEGO (0) VS COLORADO (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Giles rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 S Hairston lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 K Kouzmanoff 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277 A Gonzalez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .279 K Greene ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 J Bard c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 G Blum 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 B Clark cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 J Peavy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Totals 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 BATTING: Team LOB - 1. COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Matsui 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 T Tulowitzki ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .340 T Helton 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320 G Atkins 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 B Hawpe rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 R Spilborghs cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 J Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .137 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO - 0 -- 0 COLORADO - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era J Peavy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.36 COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era J Fogg 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.76 Pitches-strikes: J Fogg 19-12. Ground balls-fly balls: J Fogg 1-0. Batters faced: J Fogg 4. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Ed Montague. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Chuck Meriwether. LF--Fieldin Culbreth. RF--Jim Wolf. Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 4 mph, out to center.</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO CONFIRMED STARTERS: SDG - JAKE PEAVY COL - JOSH FOGG</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE SACRIFICE FLY BY TODD HELTON SCORED KAZ MATSUI. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M HOLLIDAY ON SECOND, T TULOWITZKI ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 0 COLORADO 1 BOTTOM, 1ST DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G ATKINS (.299, 25 HR, 110 RBI)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY GARRETT ATKINS SCORED TROY TULOWITZKI. SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, G ATKINS ON FIRST, M HOLLIDAY ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 0 COLORADO 2 BOTTOM, 1ST DUE UP FOR COLORADO: B HAWPE (.292, 29 HR, 116 RBI)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN DIEGO 0 0 1 0 COLORADO 2 2 3 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: SDG - JAKE PEAVY COL - JOSH FOGG DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: K GREENE (.255, 27 HR, 97 RBI) J BARD (.283, 5 HR, 51 RBI) G BLUM (.252, 5 HR, 33 RBI)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">SAN DIEGO (0) VS COLORADO (2) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Giles rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 S Hairston lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 K Kouzmanoff 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277 A Gonzalez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .279 K Greene ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 J Bard c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 G Blum 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 B Clark cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 J Peavy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Totals 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 BATTING: Team LOB - 1. COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Matsui 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 T Tulowitzki ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .340 T Helton 1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .320 G Atkins 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .300 B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292 R Spilborghs cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .303 Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 J Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .137 Totals 5 2 3 2 1 0 4 BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (23, J Peavy). SF - T Helton. RBI - T Helton (90), G Atkins (111). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Spilborghs 1. Team LOB - 2. ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO - 0 -- 0 COLORADO - 2 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era J Peavy 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 2.44 COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era J Fogg 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.76 Pitches-strikes: J Peavy 25-16; J Fogg 19-12. Ground balls-fly balls: J Peavy 0-3; J Fogg 1-0. Batters faced: J Peavy 7; J Fogg 4. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Ed Montague. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Chuck Meriwether. LF--Fieldin Culbreth. RF--Jim Wolf. Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, out to center.</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN DIEGO 0 0 0 2 0 COLORADO 2 2 3 0 (BOT 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: SDG - JAKE PEAVY COL - JOSH FOGG DUE UP FOR COLORADO: Y TORREALBA (.256, 7 HR, 46 RBI) J FOGG (.137, 0 HR, 1 RBI) K MATSUI (.289, 1-FOR-1)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">SAN DIEGO (0) VS COLORADO (2) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Giles rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 S Hairston lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 K Kouzmanoff 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277 A Gonzalez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .279 K Greene ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 J Bard c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .285 G Blum 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .251 B Clark cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260 J Peavy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Totals 8 0 2 0 0 3 3 BATTING: Team LOB - 2. COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Matsui 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 T Tulowitzki ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .289 M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .340 T Helton 1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .320 G Atkins 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .300 B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292 R Spilborghs cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .303 Y Torrealba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 J Fogg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .137 Totals 5 2 3 2 1 0 4 BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (23, J Peavy). SF - T Helton. RBI - T Helton (90), G Atkins (111). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Spilborghs 1. Team LOB - 2. ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO - 00 -- 0 COLORADO - 2 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era J Peavy 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 2.44 COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era J Fogg 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 4.73 Pitches-strikes: J Peavy 25-16; J Fogg 37-24. Ground balls-fly balls: J Peavy 0-3; J Fogg 2-1. Batters faced: J Peavy 7; J Fogg 8. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Ed Montague. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Chuck Meriwether. LF--Fieldin Culbreth. RF--Jim Wolf. Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, out to center.</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE SOLO HOME RUN BY YORVIT TORREALBA (8) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE 2ND OFF JAKE PEAVY. CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 0, COLORADO 3 DUE UP FOR COLORADO: J FOGG (.137, 0 HR, 1 RBI)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN DIEGO 0 0 0 2 0 COLORADO 2 1 3 4 0 (TOP 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: SDG - JAKE PEAVY COL - JOSH FOGG DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: J PEAVY (.229, 0 HR, 7 RBI) B GILES (.271, 0-FOR-1) S HAIRSTON (.241, 0-FOR-1)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">SAN DIEGO (0) VS COLORADO (3) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Giles rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271 S Hairston lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241 K Kouzmanoff 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .277 A Gonzalez 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .279 K Greene ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 J Bard c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .285 G Blum 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .251 B Clark cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .260 J Peavy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Totals 8 0 2 0 0 3 3 BATTING: Team LOB - 2. COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Matsui 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .288 T Tulowitzki ss 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .288 M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .340 T Helton 1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .320 G Atkins 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .300 B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292 R Spilborghs cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .303 Y Torrealba c 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .258 J Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .135 Totals 9 3 4 3 1 2 4 BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (23, J Peavy). HR - Y Torrealba (8, 2nd inning off J Peavy 0 on, 0 Out). SF - T Helton. RBI - T Helton (90), G Atkins (111), Y Torrealba (47). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Spilborghs 1. Team LOB - 2. ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO - 00 -- 0 COLORADO - 21 -- 3 ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era J Peavy 2 4 3 3 1 2 1 2.47 COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era J Fogg 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 4.73 Pitches-strikes: J Peavy 40-26; J Fogg 37-24. Ground balls-fly balls: J Peavy 1-3; J Fogg 2-1. Batters faced: J Peavy 11; J Fogg 8. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Ed Montague. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Chuck Meriwether. LF--Fieldin Culbreth. RF--Jim Wolf. Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, out to center.</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE GRAND SLAM BY ADRIAN GONZALEZ (30) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN THE 3RD OFF JOSH FOGG SCORED JAKE PEAVY, BRIAN GILES AND SCOTT HAIRSTON. CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 4, COLORADO 3 DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: K GREENE (.255, 0-FOR-1)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE FIELDER'S CHOICE BY BRADY CLARK SCORED KHALIL GREENE. SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, B CLARK ON FIRST, J BARD ON THIRD, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 5 COLORADO 3 TOP, 3RD DUE UP FOR SAN DIEGO: J PEAVY (.239, 1-FOR-1)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">NL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - SAN DIEGO 0 0 5 5 7 0 COLORADO 2 1 3 4 0 (BOT 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: SDG - JAKE PEAVY COL - JOSH FOGG DUE UP FOR COLORADO: M HOLLIDAY (.340, 0-FOR-0, BB) T HELTON (.320, 0-FOR-0, SF, RBI) G ATKINS (.300, 1-FOR-1, RBI)</div>
NL: SAN DIEGO at COLORADO <div class="pre">SAN DIEGO (5) VS COLORADO (3) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS SAN DIEGO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg B Giles rf 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .271 S Hairston lf 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .244 K Kouzmanoff 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 .277 A Gonzalez 1b 2 1 1 4 0 1 1 .280 K Greene ss 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .256 J Bard c 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .287 G Blum 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .251 B Clark cf 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 .257 J Peavy p 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .236 Totals 16 5 7 5 2 3 9 BATTING: 2B - J Bard (27, J Fogg). HR - A Gonzalez (30, 3rd inning off J Fogg 3 on, 1 Out). RBI - A Gonzalez 4 (100), B Clark (11). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Peavy 1. Team LOB - 4. COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Matsui 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .288 T Tulowitzki ss 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .288 M Holliday lf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .340 T Helton 1b 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .320 G Atkins 3b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .300 B Hawpe rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .292 R Spilborghs cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .303 Y Torrealba c 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .258 J Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .135 Totals 9 3 4 3 1 2 4 BATTING: 2B - K Matsui (23, J Peavy). HR - Y Torrealba (8, 2nd inning off J Peavy 0 on, 0 Out). SF - T Helton. RBI - T Helton (90), G Atkins (111), Y Torrealba (47). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Spilborghs 1. Team LOB - 2. ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO - 005 -- 5 COLORADO - 21 -- 3 ---------------------------------------------------- SAN DIEGO ip h r er bb so hr era J Peavy 2 4 3 3 1 2 1 2.47 COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era J Fogg 3 7 5 5 2 3 1 4.97 IBB - G Blum (by J Fogg). Pitches-strikes: J Peavy 40-26; J Fogg 63-40. Ground balls-fly balls: J Peavy 1-3; J Fogg 3-3. Batters faced: J Peavy 11; J Fogg 18. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Mcclelland. 1B--Ed Montague. 2B--Tim Tschida. 3B--Chuck Meriwether. LF--Fieldin Culbreth. RF--Jim Wolf. Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, out to center.</div>
