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Rockies beat Dodgers to end 7-game losing streak
2008-09-14
DENVER - Troy Tulowitzki singled home the winning run with one out in the 10th to help the Colorado Rockies end the Los Angeles Dodgers' four-game winning streak with a 1-0 win on Sunday. The Dodgers, who had won 12 of 13, began the day with a 4 1/2-game lead over Arizona in the NL West. The Rockies loaded the bases on reliever Hong-Chih Kuo (5-3) on singles by Matt Holliday, Garrett Atkins and Ryan Spilborghs, and Tulowitzki lined an 0-2 pitch down the right-field line to end Colorado's seven-game losing streak. The game was scoreless after nine innings because of outstanding efforts from both starters. Los Angeles starter Greg Maddux retired the first 13 batters and had a perfect game until Atkins singled through the hole at short with one out in the fifth. He threw 40 pitches through the first five innings and faced one batter over the minimum through six innings. He gave up a leadoff single to Clint Barmes in the seventh but Maddux stranded him at second by retiring the next three batters before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the top of the eighth. Maddux threw only 68 pitches in seven innings, struck out three and didn't walk a batter. Colorado's Aaron Cook allowed eight hits over eight innings, struck out two and walked none. His most troublesome inning was the second when he allowed three hits and the Dodgers had runners on first and second with two outs. Cook worked out of the jam by getting Maddux to ground out to second. From the third through the seventh inning, Cook was as tough as Maddux. He allowed two singles in that stretch, but both runners were wiped out by double plays, and he faced the minimum number of batters. Notes:@ Dodgers OF Andre Ethier left the Dodgers on Saturday to be with his wife in Chandler, Ariz., for the birth of their first child. Dodgers manager Joe Torre said he hopes Either will rejoin the team Monday in Pittsburgh. ... Dodgers 3B Casey Blake left the game in the sixth inning with what the club said was lower back tightness.
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