Rockies complete road sweep
ST. LOUIS - Jason Marquis took the NL lead with his eighth win yesterday, and Troy Tulowitzki homered for the first time in nearly a month, helping the Colorado Rockies complete their first sweep in St. Louis with a 5-2 win over the Cardinals.
ST. LOUIS - Jason Marquis took the NL lead with his eighth win yesterday, and Troy Tulowitzki homered for the first time in nearly a month, helping the Colorado Rockies complete their first sweep in St. Louis with a 5-2 win over the Cardinals.
The last-place Rockies won their fifth in a row - four at Busch Stadium - under new manager Jim Tracy. St. Louis has lost four straight.
Clint Barmes had two RBI singles for his sixth consecutive multihit game, and Brad Hawpe doubled and hit a sacrifice fly in the Rockies' first sweep of the year.
The Rockies improved to 7-4 since Tracy took over when Clint Hurdle was fired.
Colorado 001 021 010 – 5 11 0
St. Louis 001 000 100 – 2 6 1
Colorado AB R H BI Avg. St. Louis AB R H BI Avg.
Fowler cf 3 2 1 0 .257 Schumaker 2b 3 0 0 0 .289
Barmes 2b 4 0 2 2 .290 Rasmus cf 4 0 1 0 .259
Helton 1b 4 0 2 1 .314 Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 .327
Hawpe rf 4 0 1 1 .337 Ludwick rf 4 0 0 0 .234
Street p 0 0 0 0 --- Duncan lf 4 0 1 0 .249
Stewart 3b 5 0 0 0 .229 Y.Molina c 4 1 2 0 .264
Tulowitzki ss 3 1 1 1 .223 T.Greene 3b 2 0 0 0 .261
C.Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0 .154 a-Thursto ph-3b 2 0 0 0 .245
P.Phillips c 4 0 1 0 .346 B.Thompson p 2 0 0 0 .200
Marquis p 3 1 1 0 .200 D.Reyes p 0 0 0 0 ---
R.Flores p 0 0 0 0 --- Motte p 0 0 0 0 ---
c-S.Smith ph 1 1 1 0 .280 T.Miller p 0 0 0 0 ---
Corpas p 0 0 0 0 --- b-Ankiel ph 1 0 0 0 .220
Spilborghs rf 0 0 0 0 .259 C.Perez p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 35 5 11 5 Hawksworth p 0 0 0 0 ---
Br.Ryan ss 3 1 2 1 .297
Totals 33 2 6 1
a-grounded out for T.Greene in the 7th. b-struck out for T.Miller in the 7th. c-singled for R.Flores in the 8th. E: Schumaker (3). LOB: Colorado 9, St. Louis 5. 2B: Hawpe (17), Y.Molina (5). 3B: Br.Ryan (2). HR: Tulowitzki (6), off Motte. RBIs: Barmes 2 (28), Helton (41), Hawpe (43), Tulowitzki (18), Br.Ryan (5). SB: S.Smith (3), Br.Ryan (5). CS: Barmes (4). SF: Hawpe. RLSP: Colorado 3 (Stewart, Barmes, C.Gonzalez); St. Louis 3 (Pujols, B.Thompson, Schumaker). RA: Thurston.
Colorado walks (4): Fowler 2, Helton, Tulowitzki.
St. Louis walk (1): Schumaker.
Colorado strikeouts (6): Fowler, Barmes, Hawpe, Stewart 2, C.Gonzalez.
St. Louis strikeouts (6): Pujols, Ludwick, Duncan, T.Greene, Ankiel, Br.Ryan.
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Marquis (W) 62/3 6 2 2 1 4 87 3.98
R.Flores (H) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00
Corpas (H) 1 0 0 0 0 1 13 5.74
Street (S) 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 3.09
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
B.Thompson (L) 41/3 5 3 3 3 2 67 4.50
D.Reyes 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 10 5.28
Motte 1 3 1 1 0 1 20 4.18
T.Miller 1 1 0 0 1 2 17 3.24
C.Perez 1 2 1 1 0 1 17 3.66
Hawksworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 12.00
W: Marquis, 8-4. L: Thompson, 0-2. S: Street, 9. H: Corpas, 4. H: Flores, 4.
IR-S: R.Flores 1-0, D.Reyes 3-1. IBB: off T.Miller (Tulowitzki). HBP: by B.Thompson (Barmes). WP: Marquis, B.Thompson. Umpires: Home, Bill Welke; first, Tim Welke; second, Jim Reynolds; third, Angel Hernandez.
T: 2:36. A: 36,748 (43,975).
Marlins 4, Giants 0
MIAMI - Sean West did not allow a hit until the seventh inning in his fourth career start, and Brett Carroll hit his first career home run to help Florida beat Randy Johnson and San Francisco.
West (1-1) allowed one baserunner - Andres Torres' walk in the third - through six innings. Edgar Renteria then lined a single on West's first pitch of the seventh.
West gave up two hits and a walk and struck out six in eight innings.
Johnson (5-5), pitching four days after he earned career win No. 300 at Washington, allowed three runs, seven hits and three walks and struck out five in five innings.
San Francisco 000 000 000 – 0 3 0
Florida 030 001 00x – 4 9 0
San Fran AB R H BI Avg. Florida AB R H BI Avg.
Rowand cf 4 0 0 0 .303 Coghlan lf 4 0 1 0 .225
Renteria ss 4 0 2 0 .244 Nunez p 0 0 0 0 ---
Winn rf 4 0 0 0 .277 Helms 3b 4 0 0 0 .222
B.Molina c 4 0 0 0 .252 Ha.Ramirez ss 4 0 1 1 .330
Sandoval 1b 3 0 1 0 .305 Cantu 1b 4 0 2 0 .279
Uribe 3b-2b 3 0 0 0 .297 Uggla 2b 2 1 1 0 .224
Torres lf 2 0 0 0 .227 C.Ross cf 3 0 0 0 .248
Burriss 2b 2 0 0 0 .254 R.Paulino c 3 1 1 0 .253
b-Aurilia ph-3b 1 0 0 0 .211 B.Carroll rf 4 2 3 3 .270
Ra.Johnson p 1 0 0 0 .056 West p 3 0 0 0 .000
a-Schrholtz ph 1 0 0 0 .242 d-De Aza ph-lf 0 0 0 0 .286
J.Miller p 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 4 9 4
c-Whiteside ph 1 0 0 0 .273
M.Valdez p 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 30 0 3 0
a-lined out for Ra.Johnson in the 6th. b-fouled out for Burriss in the 8th. c-struck out for J.Miller in the 8th. d-walked for West in the 8th. LOB: San Francisco 4, Florida 11. 3B: B.Carroll (1). HR: B.Carroll (1), off Ra.Johnson. RBIs: Ha.Ramirez (27), B.Carroll 3 (3). SB: Torres (3), Coghlan (3). SF: Ha.Ramirez. RLSP: San Francisco 3 (Rowand, Uribe, B.Molina); Florida 6 (Cantu 2, C.Ross, Coghlan, R.Paulino 2). RA: Uggla. GIDP: C.Ross. DP: San Francisco 1 (Uribe, Burriss, Sandoval).
San Francisco walk (1): Torres.
Florida walks (6): Coghlan, Helms, Uggla, C.Ross, R.Paulino, De.
San Francisco strikeouts (7): Rowand, Winn 2, Torres, Burriss, Ra.Johnson, Whiteside.
Florida strikeouts (7): Coghlan, Helms 2, C.Ross, R.Paulino, West 2.
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Ra.Johnson (L) 5 7 3 3 3 5 90 5.14
J.Miller 2 2 1 1 2 1 38 2.39
M.Valdez 1 0 0 0 1 1 16 4.08
Florida IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
West (W) 8 2 0 0 1 6 104 2.22
Nunez 1 1 0 0 0 1 20 3.10
W: West, 1-1. L: Johnson, 5-5.
HBP: by J.Miller (Uggla). WP: Ra.Johnson. Umpires: Home, Fieldin Culbreth; first, Gary Cederstrom; second, Jim Wolf; third, Brian O'Nora.
T: 2:32. A: 12,068 (38,560).
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Braves 7, Pirates 6
Pittsburgh 000 102 300 000 000 – 6 13 0
Atlanta 200 031 000 000 001 – 7 16 1
Pittsburgh AB R H BI Avg. Atlanta AB R H BI Avg.
McCutchen cf 7 2 4 1 .400 McLouth cf 7 2 3 1 .258
Morgan lf 5 0 0 1 .262 Y.Escobar ss 7 1 1 1 .289
F.Sanchez 2b 6 1 2 1 .311 C.Jones 3b 5 2 2 2 .331
Ad.LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 1 .246 McCann c 5 1 2 2 .310
An.LaRoche 3b 6 0 2 0 .302 2-Jurrjens pr 0 0 0 0 .130
Moss rf 5 0 0 0 .255 Medlen p 1 0 0 0 .000
S.Jackson p 0 0 0 0 --- G.Anderson lf 4 0 2 0 .254
J.Chavez p 0 0 0 0 --- 1-G.Blanco pr-lf 1 0 0 0 .000
e-R.Vazquez ph 1 0 0 0 .263 Francoeur rf 5 1 1 0 .243
Meek p 0 0 0 0 --- Prado 1b 6 0 2 0 .273
f-Snell ph 0 0 0 0 .182 K.Johnson 2b 6 0 1 0 .241
Karstens p 0 0 0 0 .071 Kawakami p 2 0 0 0 .143
Jaramillo c 7 1 1 0 .267 a-M.Diaz ph 1 0 1 0 .277
Ja.Wilson ss 7 1 2 0 .274 Moylan p 0 0 0 0 .000
Duke p 2 0 0 0 .217 O'Flaherty p 0 0 0 0 ---
b-Hinske ph 1 1 1 2 .284 Bennett p 0 0 0 0 .000
Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 ---
Grabow p 0 0 0 0 --- c-Norton ph 1 0 0 0 .121
d-DlwYoung ph 1 0 0 0 .313 R.Soriano p 0 0 0 0 ---
S.Burnett p 0 0 0 0 .000 Acosta p 1 0 0 0 .000
Monroe rf 1 0 0 0 .225 D.Ross c 2 0 1 1 .284
Totals 53 6 13 6 Totals 54 7 16 7
One out when winning run scored.a-singled for Kawakami in the 6th. b-singled for Duke in the 7th. c-grounded out for M.Gonzalez in the 8th. d-flied out for Grabow in the 9th. e-popped out for J.Chavez in the 12th. f-sacrificed for Meek in the 15th.1-ran for G.Anderson in the 10th. 2-ran for McCann in the 12th. E: G.Blanco (1). LOB: Pittsburgh 11, Atlanta 13. 2B: McCutchen (1), F.Sanchez (20), Ja.Wilson (12). 3B: McCutchen 2 (2), F.Sanchez (3). HR: C.Jones (8), off Duke; McLouth (10), off Duke; McCann (6), off Duke. RBIs: McCutchen (5), Morgan (21), F.Sanchez (19), Ad.LaRoche (25), Hinske 2 (9), McLouth (36), Y.Escobar (29), C.Jones 2 (30), McCann 2 (22), D.Ross (12). SB: Ad.LaRoche (1), McLouth (9), G.Blanco (1). CS: Morgan (7). S: Snell, Prado. SF: Morgan, Ad.LaRoche. RLSP: Pittsburgh 6 (Moss 2, F.Sanchez, R.Vazquez, Ad.LaRoche, Ja.Wilson); Atlanta 4 (Prado 2, G.Blanco, D.Ross). RA: Morgan, Francoeur. GIDP: Ad.LaRoche, Prado 2. DP: Pittsburgh 2 (Ja.Wilson, F.Sanchez, Ad.LaRoche), (Ja.Wilson, F.Sanchez, Ad.LaRoche); Atlanta 1 (K.Johnson, Y.Escobar, Prado).
Pittsburgh walks (5): F.Sanchez, Ad.LaRoche 2, An.LaRoche, Monroe.
Atlanta walks (7): C.Jones 2, G.Anderson, G.Blanco, Francoeur 2, K.Johnson.
Pittsburgh strikeouts (14): McCutchen 2, Morgan, Ad.LaRoche, An.LaRoche 2, Moss, Jaramillo 4, Ja.Wilson 2, Monroe.
Atlanta strikeouts (9): McLouth 2, G.Anderson, Prado, K.Johnson 3, Acosta, D.Ross.
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Duke 6 11 6 6 2 2 90 3.07
Gorzelanny 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 5.87
Grabow 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 3.96
S.Burnett 11/3 1 0 0 0 0 21 2.77
S.Jackson 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 9 5.40
J.Chavez 1 0 0 0 0 3 15 2.81
Meek 3 1 0 0 2 3 50 3.48
Karstens (L) 1/3 2 1 1 2 0 18 5.43
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Kawakami 6 4 3 3 1 5 95 4.62
Moylan (BS) 1/3 4 3 3 0 0 14 5.40
O'Flaherty 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.95
Bennett 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.77
M.Gonzalez 1 1 0 0 0 1 15 2.77
R.Soriano 2 2 0 0 0 3 24 1.01
Acosta 2 1 0 0 3 2 29 2.08
Medlen (W) 3 1 0 0 1 3 40 5.19
W: Medlen, 2-2. L: Karstens, 2-4. BS: Moylan, 1.