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Rockies seek third straight win vs. rival Giants

May 19, 2008 - 1:49 PM San Francisco (17-28) at Colorado (17-27) 8:35 pm EDT

DENVER (Ticker) - The Colorado Rockies aim for a third straight win on Monday when they host their National League West rival San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series.

Jeff Francis threw 6 1/3 effective innings and Todd Helton homered and drove in three runs as the Rockies posted a 6-2 victory over Minnesota on Sunday.

Colorado has struggled mightily this season, and the main reason has been its pitching. Francis won 17 games last season, but Sunday marked his first win this campaign.

Jorge De La Rosa (1-2, 9.42 ERA) is part of the problem. The lefthander has been a burden on the Rockies' bullpen in his three starts since being acquired from Kansas City on April 30. De La Rosa has allowed 15 runs and 21 hits in 14 1/3 innings.

De La Rosa will try and turn his season around against the Giants, who have lost five straight. Bengie Molina, Jose Castillo and Ray Durham each drove in a pair of runs in a 13-8 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

Pat Misch (0-0, 5.32) turned in a solid performance his last time out, but is still in search of his first career win. The lefthander allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings of a 6-3 loss to Houston on Wednesday.








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

    BATTERIES: SFO - PAT MISCH, VINNIE CHULK (6TH), BILLY SADLER (7TH), ALEX
    HINSHAW (8TH) AND BENGIE MOLINA, STEVE HOLM (8TH)
    COL - JORGE DE LA ROSA, JASON GRILLI (6TH), MATT HER

    May 19 11:46 PM
  • 45
    roots
    RUWTbot Added 35 roots (Close Finish)

    Giants 3, Rockies 4  Top 9, 0 OutsMay 19 11:35 PM
  • 10
    roots
    alamowx Added 5 roots

    Giants 3, Rockies 4  Bot 8, 0 OutsMay 19 11:31 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY YORVIT TORREALBA SCORED GARRETT ATKINS AND RYAN
    SPILBORGHS.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, 0 LEFT ON, 3 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 3
    COLORADO 4 END BOTTOM, 6TH

    Giants 3, Rockies 4  Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 19 10:54 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GARRETT ATKINS SCORED MATT HOLLIDAY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G ATKINS ON FIRST, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 3
    COLORADO 2 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T HELTON (.271, 0-FOR-2)

    Giants 3, Rockies 2  Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 19 10:36 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RICH AURILIA SCORED RANDY WINN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R AURILIA ON FIRST, A ROWAND ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 3
    COLORADO 1 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: J CASTILLO (.265, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Giants 3, Rockies 1  Top 6, 0 OutsMay 19 10:27 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY CLINT BARMES (4) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    4TH OFF PAT MISCH.
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 2, COLORADO 1
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: M HOLLIDAY (.315, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Giants 2, Rockies 1  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 19 9:40 PM


  • NL
    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY RANDY WINN SCORED FRED LEWIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: SAN FRANCISCO 2
    COLORADO 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR SAN FRANCISCO: B MOLINA (.280, 1-FOR-1)

    Giants 2, Rockies 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 19 9:23 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: SFO - PAT MISCH
    COL - JORGE DE LA ROSA

    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: W TAVERAS (.234, 0 HR, 6 RBI)
    C BARMES (.357, 3 HR, 15 RBI)
    M HOLLIDAY (.315, 6 HR, 22 RB

    Giants 1, Rockies 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsMay 19 8:47 PM

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