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Rockies seek to secure rare winning road trip vs. Marlins

Aug 2, 2008 - 10:27 AM Colorado (50-61) at Florida (58-52) 7:10 pm. EDT

MIAMI (Ticker) -- Colorado has struggled on the road, but things are starting to look up. The Rockies can secure their first winning trip in over three months with a victory on Saturday against the Florida Marlins.

The Rockies had lost 25 of 31 away from home prior to the All-Star break, and their 39 losses away from home are the most in baseball.

However, they are 5-3 on this 10-game swing, and will try and beat up on Ricky Nolasco (10-6, 3.94 ERA). The righthander is 0-2 with a 5.50 ERA in his last three starts. He showed some signs of improving on Monday in a 7-3 win over the New York Mets, allowing two runs and seven hits in six innings.

Prior to this rough stretch, Nolasco had been the Marlins' best starter, going 9-1 with a 2.84 ERA in 13 outings before the All-Star break.

The Marlins, who trail the Philadelphia Phillies (59-50) by 1 1/2 games in the National League East, look to tee off on Valerio De Los Santos (0-0, 4.50). The 35-year-old lefthander made his first start since 2005 on Monday and alllowed two runs and two hits with six walks in four-plus innings of a 8-4 loss to Pittsburgh.








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

    BATTERIES: COL - VALERIO DE LOS SANTOS, JASON GRILLI (5TH), LUIS VIZCAINO
    (6TH), MATT HERGES (8TH) AND YORVIT TORREALBA
    FLA - RICKY NOLASCO, KEVIN GREGG (9TH) AND JOHN BAKER


    Aug 2 9:57 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOSH WILLINGHAM SCORED JEREMY HERMIDA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J WILLINGHAM ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3
    FLORIDA 5 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.270, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Rockies 3, Marlins 5  Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 2 9:11 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MATT HOLLIDAY (20) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF RICKY NOLASCO.
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3, FLORIDA 4
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: B HAWPE (.283, 0-FOR-1, SF, RBI)

    Rockies 3, Marlins 4  Top 6, 0 OutsAug 2 9:01 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY MIKE JACOBS SCORED JOSH WILLINGHAM.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M JACOBS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 2
    FLORIDA 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: C ROSS (.250, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Rockies 2, Marlins 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsAug 2 8:50 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MATT HOLLIDAY (19) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF RICKY NOLASCO.
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 2, FLORIDA 3
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: B HAWPE (.284, 0-FOR-0, SF, RBI)

    Rockies 2, Marlins 3  Top 4, 0 OutsAug 2 8:25 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY JOHN BAKER SCORED JOSH WILLINGHAM.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M JACOBS ON SECOND, D UGGLA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1
    FLORIDA 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: R NOLASCO (.083, 0-FOR-1)

    Rockies 1, Marlins 3  Bot 3, 0 OutsAug 2 8:20 PM


  • NL
    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JOHN BAKER (4) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF VALERIO DE LOS SANTOS SCORED CODY ROSS.
    CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1, FLORIDA 2
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: R NOLASCO (.086, 0 HR, 1 RBI)

    Rockies 1, Marlins 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsAug 2 7:49 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: COL - VALERIO DE LOS SANTOS
    FLA - RICKY NOLASCO

    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: H RAMIREZ (.295, 25 HR, 49 RBI)
    J HERMIDA (.258, 15 HR, 49 RBI)
    J CANTU (.291, 19 HR,

    Rockies 1, Marlins 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 2 7:24 PM

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