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Feliz, Ortiz look to help Giants start a new winning streak

May 1, 2007 - 3:31 PM Colorado (10-16) at San Francisco (13-11) 10:15 pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- Pedro Feliz helped the San Francisco Giants snap a three-game losing streak. Now Russ Ortiz will look to start a new winning streak.

Ortiz (2-1, 4.50 ERA) takes the hill for the Giants in the middle game of a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.

Feliz hit a three-run homer in the first inning to help power San Francisco to a win in the series opener. The Giants had won a season-high eight in a row before they were swept in Arizona last weekend.

Feliz will need to keep producing as the red-hot Barry Bonds draws more and more intentional walks. Bonds, who hit homer No. 742 on Saturday, drew two intentional walks on Monday.

Meanwhile, Ortiz will look to build on two straight solid starts. The righthander has allowed just five runs in his last 12 1/3 innings. He received a no-decision in his last start, allowing three runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings in a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles on Thursday.

Colorado, which has lost five of six, will send Taylor Buchholz (1-1, 5.84) to the mound for just his second start. Buchholz threw a scorless ninth to close out Friday's 9-7 win over Atlanta.

In his only start of the season, Buchholz allowed four runs and four hits in five innings in the Rockies' 6-1 loss to New York on Monday.