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Struggling Hernandez takes the hill for Rockies
Sep 17, 2008 - 10:09 AM San Diego (58-94) at Colorado (69-83) 3:05 p.m. EDTDENVER (Ticker) -- After Colorado's pitching staff was rocked in the series opener, the Rockies' hitters returned the favor on Tuesday.
Righthander Livan Hernandez hopes to receive the same run support - which he may need - Wednesday when he meets the San Diego Padres.
Colorado dropped the opener, 11-5, before Chris Iannetta and Jeff Baker fueled a 10-2 rout with a grand slam and three-run blast, respectively.
Hernandez (1-3, 9.85 ERA) will be making his seventh start with Colorado since he was let go by the Minnesota Twins.
The righthander, who has eight strikeouts in 28 1/3 innings with Colorado, has not pitched well for the Rockies. Hernandez has failed to go past five innings in three of his starts and the 33-year-old gave up four runs in 4 1/3 innings against Atlanta on September 10.
The Padres will counter with rookie righthander Josh Geer (2-0, 3.18), who will make his fourth career start. The 25-year-old pitched a season-high seven innings on Thursday, giving up two runs in a victory against San Francisco.
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FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
SAN DIEGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
COLORADO 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x 1 8 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: SDG - JOSH GEER, JUSTIN HAMPSON (6TH), MICHAEL EKSTROM (6TH), MIKE
ADAMS (7TH), HEATH BELL (8TH) AND NICK HUNDLEY
COL - LIVAN HERNANDEZ, GLENDON RUSCH (6TH), RYAN S
Sep 17 5:41 PM - NL
AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY JOE KOSHANSKY (3) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
THE 4TH OFF JOSH GEER.
CURRENT SCORE: SAN DIEGO 0, COLORADO 1
DUE UP FOR COLORADO: C IANNETTA (.271, 1-FOR-1)
Padres 0, Rockies 1 Bot 4, 0 OutsSep 17 4:11 PM
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