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| Rockies place P Morales on DL |
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04/23/2009 |
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| Denver, CO (Sportsbooks) - The Colorado Rockies placed pitcher Franklin Morales on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a left shoulder strain. Morales started Tuesday's 9-6 victory for the Rockies over Arizona. He pitched two innings and allowed a pair of solo home runs. He was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Spring prior to the game. In two games this season, one start, Morales is 1-0 with a 3.38 earned run average. The team recalled Matt Daley from Colorado Springs, and the 26-year-old will make his m |
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| Haren hopes for a little support versus Rockies |
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04/22/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Dan Haren hopes his string of hard-luck starts comes to an end when the Arizona hurler takes the hill for the Diamondbacks in today's rubber match of a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies at Chase Field. Haren has allowed only four runs and 12 hits through 19 innings over his first three starts of 2009, but was saddled with the loss in all of those games due an unbelievable lack of offensive support. The Diamondbacks have scored a mere one run in Haren's three outings. One of Haren's |
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| Rockies place P Speier on DL, recall P Morales |
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04/22/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - The Colorado Rockies placed right-handed pitcher Ryan Speier on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring ,retroactive to April 19, on Tuesday. Additionally, the club recalled left- handed pitcher Franklin Morales from Triple-A Colorado Springs. Morales, who is 1-0 in two starts with a 3.38 ERA this season, pitched two innings versus the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Tuesday. Morales allowed two runs on three hits before leaving the tilt with a left shoulde |
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| Helton, Rockies edge D-Backs |
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04/22/2009 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Sportsbooks) - Todd Helton went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, as the Colorado Rockies hung on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 9-6, in the second game of a three-game set at Chase Field. Helton had three RBI and three runs scored for the Rockies, who snapped a four-game skid. Brad Hawpe added two RBI and scored once. "Yeah it is, you have to snap it someway, not one that anyone here would have drawn up, but here it is and sometimes the smaller things lead to bigger things," Colorado manager Cl |
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| Umpire Danley leaves game on stretcher |
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04/21/2009 |
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| veteran umpire as he laid motionless on the field. He was then strapped to a backboard with a neck brace in place and carted off the field. He was taken to a local hospital for further examination, but never lost consciousness. Hunter Wendelstedt, who was assigned second-base umpiring duties for the contest, then took over behind the plate. Danley has a history of taking hard hits as he was struck in the jaw by a Brad Penny fastball during a Los Angeles Dodgers-Colorado Rockies game on April 26 of last season. |
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| Dodgers hope to push win streak to nine in Houston |
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04/21/2009 |
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| . Geoff Geary (0-2) suffered the loss after surrendering the eventual game-winning run in the seventh. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the Dodgers continued to roll, as Matt Kemp belted a grand slam and hit a solo home run, as Joe Torre's crew routed the Colorado Rockies, 14-2, to sweep a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Kemp has now hit safely in all 13 games this season. Orlando Hudson and Andre Ethier each had three RBI for the Dodgers, who have won 10 of their first 13 games. Right-hander James McDonald allo |
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| Rockies aim to halt skid versus Diamondbacks |
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04/21/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Colorado Rockies will delve back into their farm system in hopes of halting a four-game losing streak in tonight's matchup with the Arizona Diamondbacks from Chase Field. Monday's 6-3 setback to Arizona in the opener of this three-game set was Colorado's seventh loss in eight games since a season-opening series win over the Diamondbacks in Phoenix. The Rockies were fresh off three straight defeats to the red-hot Los Angeles Dodgers in which they were outscored by a 27-10 margin by the de |
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| Rockies head to Arizona for rematch with Diamondbacks |
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04/20/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A pair of struggling National League West foes start up a three-game series tonight at Chase Field, where the Arizona Diamondbacks and the visiting Colorado Rockies face off in a rematch of a season-opening set. These teams played three times in Phoenix from April 6-8, with the Rockies winning two of those matchups. Colorado hasn't had the same success since, however, as the club has lost six times in a seven-game span following that series and was overmatched by the red-hot Los Angeles Dodg |
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| Kemp leads Dodgers in rout of Rockies |
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04/19/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Matt Kemp belted a grand slam and hit a solo home run, as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Colorado Rockies, 14-2, to sweep a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Orlando Hudson and Andre Ethier each had three RBI for the Dodgers, who have won eight straight games. Rafael Furcal, Hudson, and Casey Blake each scored twice. "When I am hitting the ball well to right field, I know I am doing good," Kemp said. "I am seeing the ball well and I know when I get a good pitch I won't |
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| Cubs send Lilly to hill to battle Cards |
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04/19/2009 |
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| series under the nationally televised lights at Wrigley Field. A 33-year-old from Torrance, California, Lilly began this, his 11th season in the majors, with an 11-6 defeat of the Houston Astros on April 8, then followed it with a 4-0 downing of the Colorado Rockies in April 13. He's given up nine hits and five runs in 11 2/3 innings, striking out 11 batters while walking only two. Lilly, who stands to make $13 million this season, won a career-high 17 games with the Cubs last season in his second year in Chica |
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