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RHP Young aims to rebound as Padres face Rockies

Apr 20, 2007 - 3:05 PM San Diego (9-7) at Colorado (7-9) 9:05 pm EDT

DENVER (Ticker) -- Chris Young would like to forget his last outing.

Young looks to help the San Diego Padres to back-to-back wins in the opener of a weekend series against the Colorado Rockies on Friday.

In his last start, Young (1-1, 4.30 ERA) was pounded for five runs and seven hits with five walks in just two innings of a 9-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers last Sunday.

However, the 6-10 righthander has excelled when facing the Rockies, going 3-0 with a respectable 2.97 ERA in five career starts.

Rob Bowen drove in three runs and homered and Marcus Giles added two more RBI as the Padres posted an 11-6 triumph over Arizona in the finale of a two-game series on Thursday.

Josh Fogg (0-0, 3.38) goes in search of his first win of the season when he takes the hill for Colorado. He made his first relief appearance since 2005 on Monday, throwing a pair of scoreless innings against San Francisco.

The righthanded Fogg is 2-1 with a 4.74 ERA lifetime against San Diego.

Garrett Atkins drove in Colorado's lone run in Thursday's 8-1 setback to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the finale of a two-game series here.