Twins 4 - 2 Rockies
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Rockies look to snap five-game skid

May 16, 2008 - 2:29 PM Minnesota (20-20) at Colorado (15-26) 9:05 pm EDT

DENVER (Ticker) - The reigning National League champion Colorado Rockies need to turn things around if they hope to return to the World Series.

The Rockies will try to end their five-game losing streak in the opener of a three-game interleague series against the the Minnesota Twins on Friday.

After last season's magical run, which ended with its first trip to the "Fall Classic," Colorado has struggled this season and is just 7-10 here.

The Rockies send Ubaldo Jimenez (1-3, 5.53 ERA) to the mound with the hopes that the righthander can finally break through for his first win since April 8. He will be making his first start against the Rockies.

On Saturday, Jimenez allowed three runs and five hits with a season-best 11 strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings of a 3-2 loss at San Diego.

Minnesota rookie Nick Blackburn (3-2, 3.93) aims for back-to-back wins after giving up four runs through six innings of a 9-8 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.








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

    BATTERIES: MIN - NICK BLACKBURN, JUAN RINCON (8TH), DENNYS REYES (8TH), JOE
    NATHAN (9TH) AND JOE MAUER
    COL - UBALDO JIMENEZ, MANNY CORPAS (8TH), JASON GRILLI
    (9TH) AND YORVIT

    May 16 11:47 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ADAM EVERETT SCORED MICHAEL CUDDYER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M LAMB ON FIRST, D YOUNG ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 4
    COLORADO 2 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: N BLACKBURN (.333, 1-FOR-3)

    Twins 4, Rockies 2  Top 8, 0 OutsMay 16 11:06 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ADAM EVERETT SCORED DELMON YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 3
    COLORADO 2 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: N BLACKBURN (.500, 1-FOR-2)

    Twins 3, Rockies 2  Top 6, 0 OutsMay 16 10:33 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY RYAN SPILBORGHS SCORED CLINT BARMES.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 2
    COLORADO 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T HELTON (.275, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins 2, Rockies 2  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 16 10:05 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY CLINT BARMES SCORED WILLY TAVERAS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C BARMES ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 2
    COLORADO 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: R SPILBORGHS (.304, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins 2, Rockies 1  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 16 10:03 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE LAMB SCORED DELMON YOUNG.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M LAMB ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 2
    COLORADO 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: A EVERETT (.186, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins 2, Rockies 0  Top 4, 0 OutsMay 16 9:54 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOE MAUER SCORED CARLOS GOMEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J MAUER ON FIRST, B HARRIS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 1
    COLORADO 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J MORNEAU (.300, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins 1, Rockies 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 16 9:41 PM

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