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ARLINGTON, Texas—Colorado Rockies starter Josh Outman went to the mound for
the fifth inning with a 10-run lead. Haloti Ngata Womens Jersey . While the
Rockies held on for a much-needed 11-7 victory over the Texas Rangers, it ended
up being a no-decision for the right-hander who was the first to start on short
rest since manager Jim Tracys decision this week to go with a four-man rotation.
Even given extra pitches and another chance through the heart of the Texas
lineup, Outman fell one out short of the required five innings to be eligible
for his first victory with Colorado. “At the end of the day, the team won, and
thats the big picture,” a clearly disappointed Outman said. “We got a team win.
We came out and played. Besides one inning, we played a great game against the
best team in baseball.” Tyler Colvin and Chris Nelson had consecutive two-out,
two-run singles in the third to put Colorado up 5-0 against the two-time
defending AL champions, who had won seven in a row. Before Colorados four-run
third against Colby Lewis (6-6), the Rangers hadnt even allowed more than three
runs in a game during their winning streak. Wil Nieves and Dexter Fowler—the
Nos. 8 and 9 batters—homered on consecutive pitches in the fifth off reliever
Michael Kirkman for three more runs and an 11-1 lead. “I dont know that weve had
a better offensive game all year long,” Tracy said. Six players had at least two
hits for the Rockies, who won for only the third time in 16 games. They got
their first win in 11 games this season against AL West teams. Nelson Cruz
homered twice for two-time defending AL champion Texas (44-28), which lost for
only the third time in 14 games and still has the best record in the majors.
With a double-digit lead, and even though Outman was already past the 75-pitch
limit Tracy is trying to impose on his starters, the lefty had two outs in the
fifth before Adrian Beltre and Michael Young had consecutive RBI singles to make
it 11-3. Outman slammed his glove against his leg in frustration when he was
pulled from the game. “Nothing that Im going to repeat that went through my
head,” Outman said when asked what he was thinking. “Trying to give the kid the
opportunity to be involved in the decision,” Tracy said. “He had done very well,
and you know something, I gave him that rope and a little bit more. I gave him
Josh Hamilton, I gave him Adrian Beltre, I gave him Michael Young, and the
inning was still going.” Cruz, who had a solo shot an inning earlier off Outman,
hit the first pitch from reliever Adam Ottavino over the centre field wall for a
three-run homer. “I give him Nelson Cruz and he hits the ball in the bullpen off
that kid, then personally for me, Ive done it wrong,” Tracy said. “But I tried
to get him that fifth inning, really, really hard.” Outman allowed five runs and
eight hits with three strikeouts and a walk. He threw 92 pitches. When Cruz
homered deep into the Colorado bullpen on a hanging 0-2 slider in the fourth,
Outman slammed both of his hands to his knees. “Right pitch, obviously very bad
location,” Outman said. Rex Brothers (3-2), the third of five Colorado pitchers,
threw two scoreless innings despite allowing leadoff doubles in both. “They put
runs on the board. They hit the ball hard all day,” Rangers manager Ron
Washington said. “I dont know how you can say its a game we should have won. ...
They beat us. Ive got no excuses.” The Rockies loaded the bases with three
consecutive singles in the third before Colvin blooped a single to shallow left
just out of the reach of shortstop Elvis Andrus. Nelson followed with a single
up the middle for a 5-0 lead. Jonathan Herrera dropped to one knee on his swing
that resulted in an RBI double in the fourth before Michael Cuddyers two-run
double made it 8-0. Nelson had a leadoff double off Kirkman before the homers by
Nieves and Fowler. Lewis struck out six with no walks. The right-hander had two
complete games his previous three starts, and allowed only 11 earned runs over
44 innings his last six games. “Hard day at the office,” Lewis said. “They put
the bat on the ball and made key hits when they needed to. They took advantage
of mistakes. Thats the way it goes.” NOTES: The Rockies led 1-0 after Herrera
led off the game with a single and stole second and third bases—both steals
coming on strikeout pitches—before Jason Giambis RBI single. Before that,
Herrera had only seven stolen bases in 235 career games, and none this season.
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Italian football federation.(Sports Network) – The Blue Jays loss last night to
the Nationals was a frustrating one, but the bigger concern was the exit of
starter Brandon Morrow after just nine pitches. While Toronto awaits word on the
condition of its most consistent hurler this season, the club will look for
Henderson Alvarez to go deep in tonights middle contest of a three-game series
with Washington after having to get 27 outs from its bullpen on Monday. The Blue
Jays would love for Alvarez to duplicate his most recent outing, a seven-inning
effort versus the White Sox on Thursday. It was the right- handers longest
outing since his last win on May 10 as he has gone 0-3 with a 5.58 earned run
average in five starts since. Alvarez gave up three runs on seven hits and a
walk while not factoring into the decision of a 4-3 defeat. Toronto has lost
each game over the 22-year- olds winless drought. Alvarez is 3-5 with a 3.76 ERA
in 12 starts this season and will face the Nationals for the first time. The
Blue Jays lost for the fourth time in five games with last nights 6-3 defeat in
which Morrow took the loss after getting charged with a run. He gave up a
leadoff double to Steve Lombardozzi before being forced to exit with an injury
on his left side. Chad Beck came into the game—one of five relief pitchers
used by Toronto on the night—and served up a run-scoring single to
Bryce Harper. Torontos offense failed to step up after losing Morrow early,
logging just five hits in the game. Two of those were homers, a solo shot by
Colby Rasmus and a pinch-hit two-run homer off the bat of Yan Gomes. Now the
Blue Jays will hold their collective breaths on the status of Morrow. “He felt
something in the left oblique area. Well get a better read on his condition
after further tests are done [Tuesday], but I think at this point, its safe to
say its probably substantial in terms of what hes dealing with right now,” said
manager John Farrell. “Any kind of time length, theres really no read on that
yet until we get the further testing, but its unfortunnate given how well he has
been pitching and what he means to this rotation, this staff and, certainly,
this team. Haloti Ngata Youth Jersey. ” Washington took
advantage of Torontos bullpen and got homers from Adam LaRoche and Rick Ankiel,
while Harper went 3-for-4 and also scored a pair of runs in the Nationals fourth
straight win that increased their lead over the second-place Braves in the
National League East to three games. Edwin Jackson allowed two runs over
eight-plus innings in the victory, which moved Washington a season-high 13 games
over .500 (36-23) for the first time since July of 2005. “He pitched one heck of
a ball game,” Nationals manager Davey Johnson said of his starter. “He was
dominant. ... What a great effort.” Washington did lose outfielder
Roger Bernadina to a strained right hamstring suffered while going from first to
third on a wild pitch in the fourth inning. In just their fourth trip to Canada
since relocating from Montreal prior to the 2005 season, Washington won for just
the third time in its last 10 contests at Toronto. The Nats try to secure a
series victory tonight behind Chien-Ming Wang, who has lost both starts this
season after getting a win in relief in his season debut on May 25. The
32-year-old righty was making just his 13th start since 2010 due to a series of
injuries on Thursday versus the Mets and was in and out of trouble all game. He
managed to get out of bases-loaded jams in the second and third innings without
damage and only ended up allowing two runs over 5 1/3 frames despite eight hits
and three walks. Still, he took a 3-1 setback and is 1-2 with a 5.11 ERA on the
season. “I liked his arm strength and everything,” Johnson said of Wang. “Hes
having a little problem, he gets to the side of the ball. He doesnt stay on top
of it. Sometimes he gets out of the slot that he needs to be in. When he stays
in that slot, his stuff is outstanding. Its just a consistency thing with him.”
Wang is 4-2 with a 4.82 ERA in 10 career outings versus the Blue Jays. ’ ’ ’
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