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				<title><![CDATA[Rockies power up to beat A's]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[OAKLAND, Calif.(AP) -- The Colorado Rockies have been the hottest
team in baseball the past three weeks, and Brad Hawpe isn't
surprised.

"Everybody's taking good at-bats and nobody's giving at-bats
away," Hawpe said after hitting his 100th career home run in the
Rockies' 11-9 win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night.

"We had talent," he added. "We just weren't putting it together
(earlier) and we weren't playing to our potential."

Hawpe's two-run homer in the first inning was one of four hit by
Colorado's surging offense against the struggling A's, all off
Oakland starter Trevor Cahill. The Rockies are 19-3 since June
4.

Ian Stewart, Clint Barmes and Seth Smith all hit solo shots for
the Rockies, who homered for the ninth time in 10 games.
Colorado has 20 homers overall during that stretch.

The power surge helped the Rockies build an 11-2 lead after six
innings before the A's rallied for seven runs off three Colorado
relievers over the final three innings to make it close.

"We obviously made it interesting at the end, but I don't know
that you can play better baseball than we played the first
six-plus innings of that game," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said.
"Through the first six innings, there was not a phase of our
game we didn't excel at."

Every Colorado starter had at least one hit and all but two
drove in at least one run. Barmes went 3-for-5 and scored twice
while five other players had two hits apiece to help the
Rockies.

Colorado also improved to 21-7 since Tracy replaced Clint Hurdle
as manager.

Jorge De La Rosa (4-7) gave up two runs and five hits to earn
his fourth win in his last five starts after going winless in
his first 10 games. The left-hander struck out five and retired
11 of the last 13 batters he faced.

Huston Street worked the ninth for his 18th save after
Colorado's bullpen blew most of an 11-2 lead.

Kurt Suzuki went 2-for-5 with two RBIs for the A's, who have
lost four straight and 12 of 17 overall. Oakland scored seven
runs off three Colorado relievers over the final three innings
to make it close, but dropped to 5-12 in interleague play.

"We've seen it a lot, but, obviously, it was too little too
late, but I thought that the way they came back right at the end
just shows the heart," Oakland manager Bob Geren said.
"Unfortunately we gave up four home runs and we were down 11-2
at one time and it's pretty tough coming back from that kind of
deficit."

Hawpe hit his 12th homer of the season off Cahill (5-6) in the
first, a two-run shot that landed in the second deck of the
Coliseum. Stewart then homered leading off the second before
Barmes' homer in the third made it 4-0. Todd Helton walked
following Barmes' homer and later scored on a wild pitch.

After Oakland cut the lead to 5-2 in the third on Suzuki's
two-run single, Colorado scored twice more in the fourth to
chase Cahill. Carlos Gonzalez tripled and scored on a sacrifice
fly, then Smith lined a homer over the wall in right-center.

That was sufficient for De La Rosa, who retired nine straight
after Suzuki's hit in the third.

"What he did early in the game, which is what makes him very,
very effective, he was very good locating his fastball for
strikes early in the game," Tracy said. "He did start to pitch
behind a little bit, but he was able to get back into some
counts and make some pitches."

Cahill, who won his previous three decisions, lasted just 3 2-3
innings and gave up seven runs on eight hits. It's the rookie
right-hander's first loss since May 27. He's the first Oakland
pitcher to give up four home runs in one game since Barry Zito
allowed four in a 14-0 loss to Texas on Aug. 9, 2006.

The Rockies batted around and scored four times in the sixth to
go up 11-2 when Tracy handed the game over to his bullpen. But
Colorado's relievers struggled to hold on, giving up one run in
the seventh, two in the eighth and four in the ninth before
Street retired three of the four batters he faced to end the
uprising.

NOTES: Oakland 2B Mark Ellis is scheduled to come off the
disabled list and be in the A's lineup Sunday. Ellis has been on
the DL with a strained left calf since April 29. ... A's DH
Nomar Garciaparra went 1-for-3 in his first start since coming
off the DL on June 12.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:58:27 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Rockies-Athletics Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By ALAN FERGUSON
STATS Writer

Colorado (38-35) at Oakland (31-41), 9:05 p.m. EDT

While wins in Oakland have been rare for the Colorado Rockies,
victories this month have been plentiful.

After a brief hiccup, the Rockies look to continue their strong
play in June on Saturday night when they continue a three-game
series with the Athletics.

Colorado (38-35) snapped a seven-game road losing streak to the
A's with Friday night's 4-2 victory - winning for the 18th time
in their last 21 games - and ended a brief two-game slide as
Garrett Atkins and Todd Helton each drove in two runs.

The Rockies hit .305 while winning 17 of 18 but averaged seven
hits in consecutive defeats to the Los Angeles Angels. Atkins
had three of Colorado's six hits, and while the Rockies failed
to hit a home run for the ninth consecutive game, they moved
within two victories of tying the franchise record of 20
victories in a single month established in September 2007.

"We're getting the timely hitting, and it's helping me win some
ballgames," said Friday's starter Jason Hammel, who finished
this month 4-0.

Colorado, which is three games above .500 for the first time
since finishing the 2007 season with a 90-73 record, try to get
consecutive victories for the first time ever at Oakland behind
Jorge De La Rosa (3-7, 5.85 ERA).

After starting 0-6 with a 5.43 ERA in his first 10 starts, De La
Rosa is 3-1 in his last four despite a 6.97 ERA. He got the
victory in Sunday's 5-4 win over visiting Pittsburgh despite
allowing four runs in 5 2-3 innings.

He is 0-1 with a 5.79 ERA in two career starts against the A's
but has never pitched in Oakland.

The A's (31-41), who have lost 11 of their last 16, have been
outscored 14-6 in their three straight defeats.

Oakland outfielder Matt Holliday, however, has four doubles
during that skid - two coming Friday in his first meeting with
the Rockies since he was traded in November as part of a
four-player deal that included current Colorado closer Huston
Street, who earned his 17th save in 18 attempts.

Kurt Suzuki homered for the second time in as many games with a
solo shot in the seventh. The A's also committed two errors
Friday and have six during their skid.

"We've just got to go out there and start playing good
baseball," third baseman Jack Hannahan said. "We started slow,
but if we start to get some big hits and play good defense,
we'll see what happens."

Rookie right-hander Trevor Cahill (5-5, 3.68) will try to change
his team's fortunes with his fourth win in June. Cahill is 3-0
with a 2.13 ERA in his last four starts after going 2-5 with a
4.33 ERA in his first 11 outings.

He earned the victory in Monday night's 5-1 win over visiting
San Francisco by allowing one run over seven innings.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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