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Tulowitzki, Rockies look for sweep of Nationals

Aug 26, 2007 - 3:22 PM Washington (58-72) at Colorado (66-63) 3:05 pm EDT

DENVER (Ticker) -- Troy Tulowitzki has not been playing like a 22 year old.

Tulowitzki will try to lead the Colorado Rockies to a sweep when they host the Washington Nationals on Sunday in the finale of a three-game series.

Tulowitzki is currently on a 10-game hitting streak, going 18-for-43 (.419) with three home runs and eight RBI over that stretch. The shortstop is batting .295 with 18 homers and 69 RBI on the season.

The second-year pro belted a solo shot in the Rockies' 5-1 triumph over the Nationals on Saturday. It was the second straight win for Colorado, which had dropped six of its previous eight games.

Tulowitzki will face Washington rookie Joel Hanrahan (3-1, 3.42 ERA) in this one. Hanrahan will be making just his sixth career start.

The 25-year-old righthander is off to an impressive start, working at least five innings in each of his five outings and not surrendering more than three runs in any of those contests.

In his last outing, Hanrahan allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings of an 11-6 victory at the Houston Astros on Tuesday.

He will be opposed by Elmer Dessens (1-1, 6.66), who will be making his third start of the season after spending most of the campaign coming out of the bullpen with the Milwaukee Brewers. Dessens has yet to pitch five innings this year.

The Mexican righthander surrendered two runs and six hits in 4 2/3 frames of a 9-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.








  • NL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 6 1
    COLORADO 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 x 10 15 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN, SAUL RIVERA (3RD), JESUS COLOME (5TH), RAY KING
    (7TH), LUIS AYALA (8TH) AND JESUS FLORES
    COL - ELMER DESSENS, RAMON ORTIZ (7TH), MATT HERGES
    (

    Aug 26 5:57 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CHRIS IANNETTA SCORED RYAN SPILBORGHS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C IANNETTA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 5
    COLORADO 10 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: M HERGES (.000, 0 HR, 0 RBI)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 5:47 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY AUSTIN KEARNS SCORED FELIPE LOPEZ AND DMITRI
    YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A KEARNS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 5
    COLORADO 9 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: R CHURCH (.263, 1-FOR-3, HR, 2 RBI)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 5:34 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY RYAN CHURCH (11) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 7TH OFF RAMON ORTIZ SCORED AUSTIN KEARNS.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 3, COLORADO 9
    DUE UP FOR WASHINGTON: W PENA (.258, 0-FOR-2)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 5:11 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MATT HOLLIDAY (24) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 3RD OFF JOEL HANRAHAN SCORED TROY TULOWITZKI.
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1, COLORADO 9
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T HELTON (.300, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 4:13 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TROY TULOWITZKI SCORED ELMER DESSENS AND KAZ
    MATSUI.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, T TULOWITZKI ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    COLORADO 7 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: M HOLLIDAY (.337, 1-FOR-1, BB, RBI)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 4:12 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KAZ MATSUI SCORED CHRIS IANNETTA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K MATSUI ON SECOND, E DESSENS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    COLORADO 5 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T TULOWITZKI (.296, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 4:09 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY CHRIS IANNETTA SCORED RYAN SPILBORGHS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C IANNETTA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    COLORADO 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: E DESSENS (.000, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 4:07 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO MATT HOLLIDAY SCORED ELMER DESSENS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M HOLLIDAY ON FIRST, T TULOWITZKI ON SECOND,
    K MATSUI ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    COLORADO 3 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T HELTON (.301, 1-FOR-1, RBI)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 3:45 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TROY TULOWITZKI SCORED RYAN SPILBORGHS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T TULOWITZKI ON FIRST, K MATSUI ON SECOND, E
    DESSENS ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    COLORADO 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: M HOLLIDAY (.337, 1-FOR-1)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 3:43 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TODD HELTON SCORED MATT HOLLIDAY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T HELTON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: WASHINGTON 1
    COLORADO 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G ATKINS (.280, 18 HR, 87 RBI)

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 3:21 PM


  • NL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    WASHINGTON 1 1 2 0
    COLORADO 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: WAS - JOEL HANRAHAN
    COL - ELMER DESSENS

    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: K MATSUI (.288, 3 HR, 29 RBI)
    T TULOWITZKI (.295, 18 HR, 69 RBI)
    M HOLLIDAY (.335, 23 HR,

    Nationals vs. RockiesAug 26 3:11 PM

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