The Colorado Rockies finally ended their eight game losing streak as they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Tuesday night.  There was a benches clearing brawl in the game as well, and that just might be the little spark that the Rockies need at this point in the season.

Matt Kemp was upset with a tag by Yorvit Torrealba in the bottom of the eight inning and the two got into a wrestling match as the benches cleared.  Only Kemp and Torrealba were tossed from the game as the rest of the players kept the emotions under control.

Jeff Francis improved his record to 2-5 on the year as he tossed seven innings.  Francis only gave up four hits in his seven innings of action as he had great control and movement on the ball.  Taylor Buchholz pitched a scoreless eighth inning before Brian Fuentes came in and allowed two hits but zero runs and picked up his seventh save of the season.  Grea shutout by the three pitchers!

The Rockies got two of their three runs in the third inning as Scott Podsednik had a sac fly and then Todd Helton had a rbi single.  The Rockies would not score again until the ninth inning when Chris Iannetta hit a solo home run.

Will the Rockies go on a nice little win streak now that they finally snapped their losing streak?

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