Jorge De La Rosa silences Diamondbacks before blister forces him out

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    Colorado manager Jim Tracy was joking before the game about the arid atmosphere in Denver.

    "A lot of us men, we don't carry our bottle of hand cream with us. Hey, I need a little lotion on our hands. They get dry," he said.

    Three hours later, he watched lefty Jorge De La Rosa have to leave his stellar start with a blood blister on the middle finger of his left hand.

    De La Rosa (1-0) stuck around long enough to lead the Rockies past the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 Saturday night. He scattered three harmless singles and drove in a run before leaving in the sixth inning.

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