The Chicago Cubs were just minding their own business, trailing by three runs with two outs in the eighth inning…
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Leading 5-2, the Colorado Rockies were looking for an insurance run with two outs in the eighth. Fourteen batters later they were comfortably ahead. Carlos Gonzalez, Ian Stewart and Dexter Fowler homered and Colorado used a record-setting 12-run eighth inning to rout the Chicago Cubs 17-2 on Friday night.
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The St. Louis Cardinals missed out on a trade for Roy Oswalt partially due to the fact that the Houston Astros…
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Ubaldo Jimenez was back to All-Star form and the Rockies found their groove at the plate. It all adds up to one thing: A return to the win column for Colorado. Jimenez rebounded from two rough starts to pitch seven effective innings and the Rockies snapped an eight-game skid with a 9-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.
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Colorado Rockies closer Huston Street is ready to pitch after recovering from an abdominal injury earlier this week. Street was hurt Tuesday when he was hit by a ball off the bat of teammate Ian Stewart during batting practice. Rockies manager Jim Tracy says Street worked out with trainer Keith Dugger on Thursday morning.
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Hit in the head by a line drive, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ross Ohlendorf considered himself fortunate. Ohlendorf left after being struck on the right side of the face by Troy Tulowitzki's line drive in the first inning Wednesday night. The bruised starter was checked at a hospital and returned to Coors Field before the Pirates sent the Colorado Rockies to their eighth straight loss, 6-2.
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Looks like Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryan Theriot could be moving to the Mile High City.
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The faltering Colorado Rockies were fed up and frustrated as their skid climbed to seven games. They're stranding runners, giving up late runs and, in a new twist, losing players to freak injuries. Zach Duke threw six solid innings to help the Pittsburgh Pirates snap a four-game skid Tuesday night with a 4-2 win over a struggling Rockies team that lost Huston Street to a bizarre injury before…
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Charlie Manuel declared the Philadelphia Phillies are strapped into the Brad Lidge roller coaster — no…
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Brad Lidge escaped another bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies held off the Colorado Rockies 5-4 Monday to complete a four-game sweep. Backup catcher Brian Schneider's two-run triple sent the Phillies toward their fifth straight win. The two-time NL champions, still minus injured All-Star second baseman Chase Utley, pulled within 4 1/2 games of idle East-leading…
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