Archive for September, 2006
Giants 10, Rockies 6 (AP)
The San Francisco Giants are officially scoreboard watching these days. In fact, Omar Vizquel glances up every couple of innings to check on the Dodgers, Padres and other NL teams in the thick of things. Vizquel and Pedro Feliz each hit two-run doubles to rally San Francisco from a four-run deficit, Randy Winn homered and [...]
Posted: September 13th, 2006.
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Rockies 13, Nationals 9 (AP)
Todd Helton was due. Hitless in his 10 previous plate appearances, Helton connected for a tiebreaking grand slam in the seventh inning Sunday to lead the Colorado Rockies to a 13-9 victory over the Washington Nationals and a sweep of their season series. “It felt like a long time since I put a good swing [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2006.
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Torrealba moved to 60-day DL (AP)
The Colorado Rockies placed catcher Yorvit Torrealba on the 60-day disabled list Sunday. The move came one day after the team announced that Torrealba’s season had ended because of a strained right shoulder. He hit .247 with seven home runs and 43 RBIs in 65 games with the Rockies. The Rockies have purchased the contract [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2006.
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Rockies 9, Nationals 5 (AP)
Matt Holliday doesn’t mind when opposing teams walk Garrett Atkins to pitch to him. “I don’t take it personally,” the Colorado Rockies’ left fielder said. “I see it as an opportunity to be productive and drive in runs.” Holliday homered and hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning to lead the Rockies to [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2006.
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Soriano sets Nationals franchise home run mark (AP)
Alfonso Soriano hit his 45th home run of the season Saturday night to set the Washington Nationals’ single-season franchise record. The homer came with one out on the fourth inning on a 1-2 pitch from Colorado Rockies starter Josh Fogg. Soriano, having his first career 40-homer season, broke the previous record set by Vladimir Guerrero [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2006.
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Rockies shut down catcher (AP)
Rockies catcher Yorvit Torrealba will miss the rest of the season with a strained right shoulder. Torrealba left Thursday’s game against Washington in the top of the eighth inning. He had an MRI exam and Colorado manager Clint Hurdle said Saturday that he was shut down for the year. Torrealba hit .247 with seven home [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2006.
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Rockies 11, Nationals 8 (AP)
Chris Iannetta needed something to go his way. With every failed at-bat, the Colorado Rockies catcher was pressing more and more. But his two-out RBI single in the eighth to send the Colorado Rockies on their way to an 11-8 win Friday over the Washington Nationals will definitely help his confidence. “It’s finally nice to [...]
Posted: September 9th, 2006.
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Rockies 10, Nationals 5 (AP)
Infield hits by the Colorado Rockies did in the Washington Nationals on Thursday night. Jamey Carroll got the go-ahead hit, one of three straight infield singles in a five-run eighth inning that led the Rockies to a 10-5 victory. “We couldn’t make plays,” Nationals manager Frank Robinson said. “We couldn’t make routine plays.” Washington overcame [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2006.
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Padres 2, Rockies 0, 11 innings (AP)
Rookie Paul McAnulty acted like he’d been there before, even though he hadn’t. With his parents in the stands, McAnulty hit his first career homer, a two-run shot with one out in the 11th inning, to lift San Diego to a 2-0 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night that kept the Padres within [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2006.
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Padres 5, Rockies 4 (AP)
The San Diego Padres are getting things right these days. Mike Piazza homered, Cla Meredith extended his scoreless streak to 27 1-3 innings and the San Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Tuesday night to pull within one game of the NL West lead. “Finally, we’re able to get contributions from a lot of different [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2006.
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