Rockies try to pin ninth straight loss on reeling Padres
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09/04/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Diego Padres try to avoid a ninth straight loss
this afternoon, when they play the middle test of their three-game series with
the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park.
San Diego's slide continued in the opener of this set on Friday, as Jason
Giambi and Troy Tulowitzki each hit two-run homers that lifted the Rockies to
a 4-3 win.
Aaron Cook (5-8), who was activated off the disabled list to make the start,
got the win after limiting the Padres to two runs on four hits and four walks
in 6 1/3 innings.
The Rockies, who snapped a three-game skid, now trail the Padres by 6 1/2
games in the National League West. San Diego, though, did not lose any ground
to second-place San Francisco, as the Giants lost to Los Angeles on Friday and
still sit three games behind the Padres.
"I think you saw [Friday] we played a good crisp game," said Padres skipper
Bud Black. The intensity is there, the focus is there, our guys want to win. I
don't see us pressing."
Cory Luebke (0-1) made his major league debut for San Diego and pitched five
innings in taking the loss. He walked two and allowed five hits, two of which
were Colorado home runs.
Heading to the hill for the Padres this evening will be righty Jon Garland,
who had a three-start winning streak stopped the last time he pitched. Garland
was defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies last Saturday, as he allowed three
runs and three hits in 6 1/3 innings of a 3-1 setback.
Garland lost to the Rockies the last time he faced them and is 1-1 with a 3.66
ERA in three starts against them.
Colorado will counter with righty Jason Hammel, who is 9-7 with a 4.32 ERA.
Hammel earned his first win since August 6 Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, holding them to a pair of runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 frames. He
struck out seven and walked three in the win.
Hammel defeated the Padres back on July 10 and is 2-0 lifetime against them
with a 4.84 ERA in eight games, seven of which have been starts.
Colorado has won nine of its 13 meetings with the Padres in 2010, including
wins in five of the seven matchups held in San Diego.
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