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Holliday, Rockies continue wild card push

Sep 15, 2007 - 2:45 PM Florida (64-83) at Colorado (76-71) 8:05 pm EDT

DENVER (Ticker) - Matt Holliday hopes to continue crushing the ball when the Colorado Rockies host the Florida Marlins on Saturday in the second of a three-game series.

Holliday connected on his 31st homer and sixth in his last six games on Friday, but the Rockies absorbed a 7-6 loss.

It was the second straight loss for Colorado, which dropped 3 1/2 games behind the San Diego Padres (79-67) in the wild card race.

The Rockies will turn to the 23-year-old Ubaldo Jimenez (3-3, 4.04 ERA), who has not allowed more than three runs since August 9. The rookie righthander failed to factor in his last start, a 6-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday. He yielded two runs and four hits and three walks.

Sergio Mitre (5-8, 4.74) will get the start for the Marlins, who have won three straight contests. The righthander is winless since July 29 and Florida has lost the previous five contests in which he has taken the mound.








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

    BATTERIES: FLA - SERGIO MITRE, RENYEL PINTO (5TH), LOGAN KENSING (6TH), CHRIS
    SEDDON (8TH), DANIEL BARONE (9TH) AND MIGUEL OLIVO
    COL - UBALDO JIMENEZ, TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ (4TH), J

    Sep 15 11:19 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MIGUEL OLIVO SCORED ALFREDO AMEZAGA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M OLIVO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 10
    COLORADO 2 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: A DE AZA (.221, 0-FOR-2, 2 BB)

    Marlins vs. RockiesSep 15 11:17 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY YORVIT TORREALBA SCORED BRAD HAWPE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, Y TORREALBA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 9
    COLORADO 2 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: O QUINTANILLA (.237, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Marlins vs. RockiesSep 15 10:43 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    GRAND SLAM BY MIGUEL CABRERA (32) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF JUAN MORILLO SCORED REGGIE ABERCROMBIE, HANLEY RAMIREZ
    AND JEREMY HERMIDA.
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 9, COLORADO 1
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: J WILLINGHAM (.268, 1-FOR-3, RBI)

    Marlins vs. RockiesSep 15 10:08 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    WILD PITCH BY SERGIO MITRE ALLOWED CLINT BARMES TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T TULOWITZKI ON FIRST, C SULLIVAN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 5
    COLORADO 1 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: M HOLLIDAY (.331, 0-FOR-2)

    Marlins vs. RockiesSep 15 9:43 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MIGUEL OLIVO SCORED JOSH WILLINGHAM AND MIKE
    JACOBS.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, M OLIVO ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 5
    COLORADO 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: A DE AZA (.225, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Marlins vs. RockiesSep 15 8:52 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOSH WILLINGHAM SCORED JEREMY HERMIDA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J WILLINGHAM ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: FLORIDA 3
    COLORADO 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: M JACOBS (.273, 0-FOR-1)

    Marlins vs. RockiesSep 15 8:47 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: FLA - SERGIO MITRE
    COL - UBALDO JIMENEZ

    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: C SULLIVAN (.321, 2 HR, 13 RBI)
    T TULOWITZKI (.295, 21 HR, 86 RBI)
    M HOLLIDAY (.332, 31 HR,

    Marlins vs. RockiesSep 15 8:18 PM