GAME THREAD: NL: WASHINGTON (58-70) at COLORADO (64-63)

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: R Spilborghs hit for B Fuentes.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, Y TORREALBA ON SECOND, B HAWPE ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 5
COLORADO 5 BOTTOM, 9TH

DUE UP FOR COLORADO: R Spilborghs (.315, 10 HR, 45 RBI)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">NL AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY D'ANGELO JIMENEZ ALLOWED BRAD HAWPE TO SCORE.

FINAL SCORE: COLORADO 6, WASHINGTON 5</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 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 9 1
COLORADO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 9 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: WAS - SHAWN HILL, LUIS AYALA (8TH), CHAD CORDERO (9TH), JON RAUCH
(9TH) AND JESUS FLORES

COL - JEFF FRANCIS, TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ (7TH), BRIAN
FUENTES (9TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA

HOME RUNS: WAS - RYAN ZIMMERMAN (20) OFF JEFF FRANCIS IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
WILY MO PENA (3) OFF TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ IN THE 8TH, 0 ON

COL - MATT HOLLIDAY (23) OFF CHAD CORDERO IN THE 9TH, 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 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 5 9 1
COLORADO 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 9 2 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: WAS - SHAWN HILL, LUIS AYALA (8TH), CHAD CORDERO (9TH), JON RAUCH
(9TH) AND JESUS FLORES

COL - JEFF FRANCIS, TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ (7TH), BRIAN
FUENTES (9TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA


WP - BRIAN FUENTES (1-5)
LP - CHAD CORDERO (2-3)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: WAS - RYAN ZIMMERMAN (20) OFF JEFF FRANCIS IN THE 3RD, 0 ON
WILY MO PENA (3) OFF TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ IN THE 8TH, 0 ON

COL - MATT HOLLIDAY (23) OFF CHAD CORDERO IN THE 9TH, 1 ON


TIME: 2:45 ATT: 25,232

PROBABLES: WAS - TIM REDDING (3-3, 2.53)
COL - UBALDO JIMENEZ (2-2, 4.54)</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">WASHINGTON (5) VS COLORADO (6) - FINAL

WASHINGTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
N Logan cf 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 .283
D Jimenez ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 .145
R Zimmerman 3b 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 .275
D Young 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .333
R Fick 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203
A Kearns rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260
W Pena lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 .320
R Belliard 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .283
J Flores c 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .230
S Hill p 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .111
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-T Batista ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
C Cordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Rauch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Totals 36 5 9 5 1 6 13

a-grounded to shortstop for L Ayala in the 9th.

BATTING: HR - R Zimmerman (20, 3rd inning off J Francis 0 on, 1 Out), W Pena
(3, 8th inning off T Buchholz 0 on, 1 Out). S - S Hill. RBI - D Young (69), R
Zimmerman 3 (75), W Pena (5). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - N Logan
1, W Pena 1. GIDP - D Young. Team LOB - 6.

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

FIELDING: E - D Jimenez (2, ground ball).


COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Matsui 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 .289
T Tulowitzki ss 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .295
M Holliday lf 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 .334
T Helton 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .301
G Atkins 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .280
J Carroll pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222
B Hawpe rf 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 .287
Y Torrealba c 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 .268
C Sullivan cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295
J Francis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .149
T Buchholz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130
a-I Stewart ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-R Spilborghs ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .313

Totals 35 6 9 5 1 5 11

a-grounded to pitcher for T Buchholz in the 8th; b-grounded to first for B
Fuentes in the 9th.

BATTING: 2B - T Helton (29, S Hill); G Atkins (30, C Cordero). 3B - K Matsui
(6, S Hill). HR - M Holliday (23, 9th inning off C Cordero 1 on, 0 Out). S - C
Sullivan. RBI - T Tulowitzki (68), M Holliday 2 (99), Y Torrealba 2 (37).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Y Torrealba 1, M Holliday 1. Team LOB
- 5.

BASERUNNING: SB - K Matsui (28, 2nd base off S Hill/J Flores).

FIELDING: E - Y Torrealba (6, throw); K Matsui (3, throw). DP: 1 (K Matsui-T
Tulowitzki-T Helton).


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WASHINGTON - 101 000 210 -- 5
COLORADO - 100 000 005 -- 6

Two outs when winning run scored.
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WASHINGTON ip h r er bb so hr era
S Hill 7 4 1 1 0 5 0 2.31
L Ayala 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.63
C Cordero (L, 2-3) 0 4 5 4 1 0 1 3.39
J Rauch (B, 6) 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.09

COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Francis 6 1/3 7 4 2 1 4 1 4.32
T Buchholz 1 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 4.27
B Fuentes (W, 1-5) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.80

C Cordero pitched to 5 batters in the 9th.

Pitches-strikes: S Hill 94-68; L Ayala 11-8; C Cordero 15-8; J Rauch 13-8; J
Francis 119-77; T Buchholz 14-11; B Fuentes 18-13. Ground balls-fly balls: S
Hill 7-9; L Ayala 1-2; C Cordero 0-0; J Rauch 2-0; J Francis 10-7; T Buchholz
3-1; B Fuentes 1-1. Batters faced: S Hill 25; L Ayala 3; C Cordero 5; J Rauch
4; J Francis 29; T Buchholz 6; B Fuentes 3.

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

T--2:45. Att--25,232.
Weather: 77 degrees, clear. Wind: 8 mph, out to left.</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NL
WASHINGTON 5
COLORADO 6 FINAL</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

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WASHINGTON (5) AT COLORADO (6) - HOW THEY SCORED
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WASHINGTON 1ST: N Logan flied out to center. D Jimenez walked. D Jimenez
stole second. R Zimmerman singled to center, D Jimenez to third. D Young
singled to center, D Jimenez scored, R Zimmerman to second. A Kearns flied out
to left. W Pena struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1,
COLORADO 0.

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

WASHINGTON 3RD: D Jimenez grounded out to shortstop. R Zimmerman homered
to right. D Young grounded out to first. A Kearns lined out to third. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2, COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 7TH: J Flores singled to right. S Hill grounded into fielder's
choice to catcher, J Flores safe at second on throwing error by catcher
Y Torrealba. N Logan bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, J Flores out at
third, S Hill to second. D Jimenez grounded into fielder's choice to second,
S Hill to third, N Logan safe at second on error by shortstop T Tulowitzki.
T Buchholz relieved J Francis. R Zimmerman singled to left, S Hill and N Logan
scored, D Jimenez to second. D Young grounded into double play, second to
shortstop to first, R Zimmerman out at second.(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors)
WASHINGTON 4, COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 8TH: A Kearns grounded out to shortstop. W Pena homered to
right center. R Belliard flied out to right. J Flores struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 9TH: C Cordero relieved L Ayala. T Tulowitzki singled to center.
M Holliday homered to right, T Tulowitzki scored. T Helton reached on infield
single to shortstop. G Atkins doubled to deep left, T Helton to third.
J Carroll ran for G Atkins. B Hawpe walked. J Rauch relieved C Cordero.
Y Torrealba singled to right center, T Helton and J Carroll scored, B Hawpe to
second. C Sullivan sacrificed to catcher, B Hawpe to third, Y Torrealba to
second. R Spilborghs hit for B Fuentes. R Spilborghs grounded out to first.
K Matsui safe at first on error by shortstop D Jimenez, B Hawpe scored. (5 Runs,
5 Hits, 1 Error) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 6.</div>

 

NL: WASHINGTON at COLORADO

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WASHINGTON (5) AT COLORADO (6) - EVENT LOG
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Washington Starting Lineups -- N Logan CF, D Jimenez SS, R Zimmerman 3B,
D Young 1B, A Kearns RF, W Pena LF, R Belliard 2B, J Flores C, S Hill 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 -- Doug Eddings (HP), Mike Everitt (1B), Dana Demuth (2B),
Kerwin Danley (3B).

Gametime Weather: 77 degrees, Clear, wind out to left at 8 mph.


WASHINGTON 1ST: N Logan flied out to center. D Jimenez walked. D Jimenez
stole second. R Zimmerman singled to center, D Jimenez to third. D Young
singled to center, D Jimenez scored, R Zimmerman to second. A Kearns flied out
to left. W Pena struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1,
COLORADO 0.

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

WASHINGTON 2ND: R Belliard singled to right center. J Flores lined out to
shortstop. S Hill sacrificed to catcher, R Belliard to second. N Logan struck
out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 2ND: B Hawpe struck out looking. Y Torrealba grounded out to
third. C Sullivan flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 1,
COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 3RD: D Jimenez grounded out to shortstop. R Zimmerman homered
to right. D Young grounded out to first. A Kearns lined out to third. (1 Run,
1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 3RD: J Francis grounded out to shortstop. K Matsui tripled to
deep right. T Tulowitzki flied out to center. M Holliday flied out to center.
(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2, COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 4TH: W Pena grounded out to second. R Belliard reached on
infield single to shortstop. J Flores struck out swinging. S Hill grounded
out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 4TH: T Helton doubled to deep right. G Atkins flied out to right,
T Helton to third. B Hawpe struck out looking. Y Torrealba grounded out to
pitcher. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2, COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 5TH: N Logan grounded out to third. D Jimenez grounded out to
shortstop. R Zimmerman flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
WASHINGTON 2, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 5TH: C Sullivan grounded out to second. J Francis grounded out to
shortstop. K Matsui struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2,
COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 6TH: D Young struck out swinging. A Kearns lined out to left.
W Pena singled to center. R Belliard flied out to right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 6TH: T Tulowitzki struck out looking. M Holliday flied out to
center. T Helton grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 2,
COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 7TH: J Flores singled to right. S Hill grounded into fielder's
choice to catcher, J Flores safe at second on throwing error by catcher
Y Torrealba. N Logan bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, J Flores out at
third, S Hill to second. D Jimenez grounded into fielder's choice to second,
S Hill to third, N Logan safe at second on error by shortstop T Tulowitzki.
T Buchholz relieved J Francis. R Zimmerman singled to left, S Hill and N Logan
scored, D Jimenez to second. D Young grounded into double play, second to
shortstop to first, R Zimmerman out at second.(2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors)
WASHINGTON 4, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 7TH: G Atkins lined out to center. B Hawpe flied out to center.
Y Torrealba grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 4,
COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 8TH: A Kearns grounded out to shortstop. W Pena homered to
right center. R Belliard flied out to right. J Flores struck out swinging.
(1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 8TH: L Ayala relieved S Hill. C Sullivan flied out to left.
I Stewart hit for T Buchholz. I Stewart grounded out to pitcher. K Matsui flied
out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 1.

WASHINGTON 9TH: B Fuentes relieved T Buchholz. T Batista hit for L Ayala.
T Batista grounded out to shortstop. N Logan struck out looking. D Jimenez
lined out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 1.

COLORADO 9TH: C Cordero relieved L Ayala. T Tulowitzki singled to center.
M Holliday homered to right, T Tulowitzki scored. T Helton reached on infield
single to shortstop. G Atkins doubled to deep left, T Helton to third.
J Carroll ran for G Atkins. B Hawpe walked. J Rauch relieved C Cordero.
Y Torrealba singled to right center, T Helton and J Carroll scored, B Hawpe to
second. C Sullivan sacrificed to catcher, B Hawpe to third, Y Torrealba to
second. R Spilborghs hit for B Fuentes. R Spilborghs grounded out to first.
K Matsui safe at first on error by shortstop D Jimenez, B Hawpe scored. (5 Runs,
5 Hits, 1 Error) WASHINGTON 5, COLORADO 6.</div>

 

Ninth-inning rally lifts Rockies over Nationals

<h3>COLORADO 6, WASHINGTON 5</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- The Colorado Rockies scored five runs in theninth inning for a stunning 6-5 victory over the WashingtonNationals on Friday night.


The Nationals were in complete control until it all fell apartin the ninth inning.


Chad Cordero (2-3) came in close the game for the Nationals butdidn't even record an out. The Rockies rattled off fourstraight hits and a walk before Kazuo Matsui plated thegame-winning run with two outs on a broken-bat grounder on whichshortstop D'Angelo Jimenez was charged with an error.

Rookie Troy Tulowitzki triggered the rally with a leadoff singlebefore Matt Holiday hit his 23rd home run of the season tonarrow the deficit to 5-3.


Todd Helton followed with a single and advanced to third on adouble by Garrett Atkins. Brad Hawpe then drew a walk to loadthe bases and chase Cordero from the game.


Yorvit Torrealba came through in the clutch, tying the game witha bloop single to right field off Jon Rauch, plating Helton andpinch runner Jamey Carroll to tie it at 5-5.


After a sacrifice by Corey Sullivan, Ryan Spilborghs grounded tofirst for the second out of the inning as the runners held atsecond and third.


Matsui then hit a slow roller up the middle that Jimenez wasunable to field cleanly, plating the winning run and helping theRockies avoid their third straight loss and fourth in fivegames.


Brian Fuentes (1-5) picked up the win after pitching a perfectninth.


Ryan Zimmerman had three hits and three RBI and Shawn Hillpitched seven solid innings, allowing just one run on four hitswhile striking out five.


Zimmerman gave Washington a 2-1 lead in the third inning withhis team-leading 20th home run of the season and added a two-runsingle in the seventh to give the Nationals a 4-1 lead.Zimmerman is a career .388 (21-for-54) hitter against theRockies.


Wily Mo Pena added his third home run with the Nationals in theeighth to make it a 5-1 bulge.


Washington took the lead din the first inning when D'AngeloJimenez drew a one-out walk and promptly stole second base.Zimmerman followed with a single to move Jimenez to third andDmitri Young drove him in with a single for a 1-0 lead.

Colorado came right back in the bottom of the first, as Matsuiled off with a single and stole his 28th base of the season.Tulowitzki drove in Matsui with an RBI single to even the score.

Rockies starter Francis didn't have his best stuff but did pitchinto the seventh inning. He allowed four runs - two earned -and struck out four with one walk.

 

Ninth-inning rally lifts Rockies over Nationals

<h3>COLORADO 6, WASHINGTON 5</h3>DENVER (Ticker) -- The Colorado Rockies scored five runs in theninth inning for a stunning 6-5 victory over the WashingtonNationals on Friday night.


The Nationals were in complete control until it all fell apartin the ninth.


Chad Cordero (2-3) came in to close the game for the Nationalsbut did not even record an out. The Rockies rattled off fourstraight hits and a walk before Kaz Matsui plated thegame-winning run with two outs, hitting a broken-bat grounder onwhich shortstop D'Angelo Jimenez was charged with an error.

Rookie Troy Tulowitzki triggered the rally with a leadoff singlebefore Matt Holiday hit his 23rd home run of the season tonarrow the deficit to 5-3.


Todd Helton followed with a single and advanced to third on adouble by Garrett Atkins. Brad Hawpe then drew a walk to loadthe bases and chase Cordero from the game.


Yorvit Torrealba came through in the clutch, tying the game witha bloop single to right field off Jon Rauch, plating Helton andpinch runner Jamey Carroll to tie it at 5-5.


"This one means a lot because the Pittsburgh series was verytough," Torrealba said. "To come back and win tonight wasdefinitely huge. I broke my bat, but I tied the game."

After a sacrifice by Corey Sullivan, Ryan Spilborghs grounded tofirst for the second out of the inning as the runners held atsecond and third.


Matsui then hit a slow roller up the middle that Jimenez wasunable to field cleanly, plating the winning run and helping theRockies avoid their third straight loss and fourth in fivegames.


"We were able to get the barrel on some balls late after notbeing able to do a whole lot through the first eight (innings),"Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. "This was a very excitingwin for us."


"I still have to get three outs. Anything can happen like itdid tonight," Cordero said. "Four-run lead in this kind ofballpark, the ball flies and it's not safe. I just wasn't ableto get it done."


Brian Fuentes (1-5) picked up the win after pitching a perfectninth.


Nationals manager Manny Acta gave the Rockies credit for thecomeback against Cordero.


"It was surprising because he's our closer. But coming in inthe ninth inning and facing the heart of the order, they hit himaround," Acta said. "He was up and down the middle, and that'swhat happens."


Ryan Zimmerman had three hits and three RBI and Shawn Hillpitched seven solid innings, allowing just one run and four hitswhile striking out five.


"That was a great performance by him, he threw the ball verywell against a tough lineup," Acta said of Hill. "It's notwasted, as some people might think. He was able to show us whatwe think of him and what he's been doing for us."


Zimmerman gave Washington a 2-1 lead in the third inning withhis team-leading 20th home run of the season and added a two-runsingle in the seventh to open a 4-1 advantage. Zimmerman owns acareer average of .388 (21-for-54) against the Rockies.

Wily Mo Pena added his third home run with the Nationals in theeighth to make it a 5-1 bulge.


Washington took the lead in the first inning, when Jimenez drewa one-out walk and promptly stole second base. Zimmermanfollowed with a single to move Jimenez to third and Dmitri Youngdrove him in with a single.


Colorado came right back in the bottom of the first as Matsuiled off with a single and stole his 28th base of the season.Tulowitzki drove in Matsui with an RBI base hit, evening thecontest.


Rockies starter Jeff Francis did not have his best stuff but didpitch into the seventh inning. He allowed four runs - twoearned - and seven hits, striking out four and walking one.

"It's no secret as to what they're capable of doing, they showedit in the ninth," Francis said. "We just needed an opportunityto keep ourselves in the game, and we know that at any time wecan break out the way we did."


Friday marked the fourth time this season the Rockies haverallied from at least a four-run deficit, with all fourcomebacks taking place at Coors Field.