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RHP Cook looks for first win vs. Reds

May 5, 2007 - 3:02 PM Colorado (12-17) at Cincinnati (13-16) 7:10 pm EDT

CINCINNATI (Ticker) - Ohio native Aaron Cook will take the hill for the Colorado Rockies looking for his first win on Saturday vs. the Cincinnati Reds.

Cook (0-1, 3.83 ERA) is from nearby Hamilton, Ohio and would like to add to the Reds' misery by handing them to their fourth straight loss. Cook was hit hard in his last start, allowing five runs and nine hits in six innings against Atlanta and received a no-decision in a 9-7 win on Sunday.

Colorado won the first game, 6-5, on a RBI single by rookie Troy Tulowitzki in the 11th inning on Friday, and now aim for their first series win of the season. Colorado has alternated wins and losses in its last four games.

The Reds will be looking to spoil Cook's homecoming by sending their ace, Aaron Harang (4-0, 4.23) to the mound. Cincinnati has won five of Harang's six starts, and the righthander has pitched at least six innings in each outing.

Harang would like to forget his last start. He won despite allowing five runs and 10 hits in eight innings of a 9-5 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday.