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DENVER —Todd Helton insisted the credit for Colorados comeback should go to
the Rockies brilliant bullpen and not his big bat. Tim Jennings Elite Jersey . Helton drove in
three runs, including a two-run single to erase the last remnants of an early
four-run deficit and a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, to rally the
Rockies past the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6 Friday night. He credited the
relievers—Esmil Rogers, Matt Belisle, Rex Brothers and Rafael Betancourt—
who allowed no runs on four harmless hits over the final 6 1-3 innings after
Juan Nicasio struggled in his first start at Coors Field since Aug. 5, when he
was hit in the head by a line drive and suffered a fractured skull and a broken
neck. “The bullpen was unbelievable. The bullpen won us the game,” Helton said.
“Rogers, Belisle, Brothers, Betancourt. They were fabulous, especially when they
had runners at second and third with nobody out. To get out of that, thats what
won us the game.” Rogers worked his way out of that particular jam in the
fourth, getting Miguel Montero on a comebacker and striking out Chris Young with
a nasty curve and Paul Goldschmidt with a wicked fastball. “Todd just told me Im
the reason we won,” Rogers said. “After I got the groundout, I said Im going to
strike out the next two guys. Thats the first time I ever said that in my life.”
“That was a character-building win,” Rockies manager Jim Tracy said after
watching his disciplined offence and shutdown relief corps engineer the comeback
following Nicasios poor start—he allowed six earned runs on five hits and
five walks in 2 2-3 innings and left trailing 6-2. “I think hes right,” Helton
said. “I think in the past, that game would have been over, falling behind that
quick. ... Now we know we can do it, so, no excuses.” Carlos Gonzalez singled
with one out in the eighth off Bryan Shaw, whose pickoff attempt scooted past
Goldschmidt for a two-base error on the young first baseman who hadnt made an
error in his first 425 attempts going back to his rookie season in 2011. The
throw “kind of took me up the line,” Goldschmidt said. “I tried to snag it and
it hit off my glove. I wasnt able to knock it down.” Shaw (0-1) struck out
Troy Tulowitzki, who had three hits, but Helton stroked a cutter into the
left-field corner. That made a winner of Brothers (1-1), who pitched a scoreless
eighth. Betancourt got three outs for his second save. He allowed only Monteros
one-out single. Helton finished with three hits, including a two-run single that
tied it at 6 in the fourth inning and chased Diamondbacks starter Daniel Hudson,
who failed to hold a 6-2 lead. “Terrible command tonight,” Hudson said. “Every
single pitch, just couldnt find a rhythm. Couldnt get a guy out with two outs.
Its frustrating, you get six runs in the first three innings and you want to get
out there and throw one zero just to get some momentum. Just chalk it up to a
bad night.” Nicasio laboured through a 44-pitch first inning that included three
walks, a wild pitch and a two-run single by Goldschmidt after hed walked the
bases full. Nicasio followed that with a 1-2-3 second inning but struggled again
in the third after the Rockies had tied it on solo homers by Dexter Fowler and
Ramon Hernandez, throwing 36 pitches and failing to get out of the inning. “I
wasnt nervous,” said Nicasio, who received a prolonged ovation from the crowd of
30,642 when he took the mound in the first. “I just couldnt locate my fastball.”
Montero restored Arizonas two-run lead when he turned on a slider and sent it
into the seats above the scoreboard in right for his first homer of the year
following Justin Uptons bunt single. Geoff Blums sacrifice fly and Ryan Roberts
RBI single made it 6-2. Nicasio then walked his counterpart and that was it. In
came Rogers. The Rockies got two runs back in the bottom half on Hernandezs
two-run double over Uptons outstretched glove in right and then tied it in the
fourth on Heltons two-run double that chased Hudson and brought in Brad Ziegler.
Nicasio earned a spot in the Rockies rotation this spring just eight months
after the accident that landed him in the hospital for 11 days and had doctors
—who usually see fractures of the C-1 vertebra in diving or auto accident
patients—wondering if hed ever walk again, much less return to the mound. “Im
very amazed and very glad to see Juan playing again and being on the field and
doing as well as hes doing. Its clearly amazing how fast he did get better,”
said his neurosurgeon, Dr. Peter Witt of Denver Health. NOTES: Rockies OF
Charlie Blackmon (turf toe) began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Colorado
Springs. ... Rockies minor league OF Tim Wheeler needs surgery for a hamate
injury in his right hand and will likely miss about a month. ... The series
continues Saturday with two pitchers looking to bounce back from bad outings:
Rockies RHP Jhoulys Chacin (0-1, 9.00 ERA) and Arizona RHP Josh Collmenter (0-0,
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New York on Sunday for another evaluation, and an MRI revealed a ruptured benign
cyst, the team said. Stoudemire had played in only one preseason game, sitting
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basketball team is too good for Spain. Carmelo Anthony came off the bench to
score 23 of his 27 points in the first half, and the Americans beat Spain 100-78
on Tuesday night in a rematch of the gold-medal game — and possible preview of
the next one.BOSTON—Mike Aviles wanted to take advantage of his second
chance, even though he wasnt entirely sure he earned it. After an umpires
mistake on what should have been the third strike, Aviles lined a single to
centre to spark a three-run second inning that gave the Boston Red Sox the lead
for good in a 7-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday. “I got another
swing, got another hit, one run scored there and we ended up scoring two more
right after that,” Aviles said. “It helped us out, gave us momentum and we kept
rolling from there.” Felix Doubront pitched six innings of four-hit ball,
Ryan Sweeney had three hits after being activated from the disabled list and
Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered for Boston. The victory was tainted by an injury
to 2008 AL MVP Dustin Pedroia, who left in the fifth inning with a jammed right
thumb. “Hell probably have some tests,” Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said.
“Right now I dont think he could play tomorrow, if I was a betting man. But dont
bet on it.” Detroit played most of the game without manager Jim Leyland and
third-base coach Gene Lamont, who were ejected after the umpires appeared to
blow the call on Aviles foul tip. Leyland argued with the umpires until they
tossed him from the game, then erupted in the visitors clubhouse after it was
over. “There shouldnt have been a second-inning rally,” he said, his voice
rising. “There were three outs. Ive been in the game a long time. ... You guys
need to write something and hold people accountable.” With two outs and a runner
on second, Aviles swung at what would have been strike three. It was ruled a
foul tip by plate umpire Jeff Nelson, and on appeal to first base ump Bill Welke
the ball was determined to hit the dirt before catcher Gerald Laird could glove
it. Replays appeared to show a clean swing and miss by Aviles, and Laird clearly
caught the ball before it could hit the ground, meaning Aviles should have been
out. Aviles lined an RBI single to centre. Daniel Nava doubled him home and
scored on Pedroias single to make it 4-1 before Adrian Gonzales hit an
inning-ending groundout to first base. “Im pretty sure he caught it, but Im not
sure,” said Aviles, who hadnt seen the replay. Devin Hester Elite Jersey. “The first thing I
said was bounce. I didnt want to strike out. I dont know anybody that wants to
strike out. I honestly dont know a hundred per cent but he might have caught
it.” Leyland came out to argue with third-base umpire Tim Tschida, joining an
already angry Lamont. The manager had retreated to the dugout but was apparently
still yelling at the crew when Welke tossed him. After making a “Who, me?”
expression, Leyland came back onto the field to argue some more. In the visiting
managers office afterward, Leyland held forth in a profane rant about holding
everyone in the game accountable, asking reporters, “Was that a ridiculous call?
Then write that it was a ridiculous … call!” “Im not going to sit here and rip
umpires,” Leyland said, alternating between enraged and merely agitated. “Im the
most protective person in the world of umpires. I protect them more than anybody
in the game.” Doubront (5-2) gave up home runs to Gerald Laird and Delmon Young
and just a pair of singles. He struck out six and walked one. Jhonny Peralta hit
a two-run homer in the ninth, and Doug Fister (0-3) allowed six runs and 11 hits
in five-plus innings. Saltalamacchia, Aviles and David Ortiz all had two hits
for Boston, which bounced back after blowing a ninth-inning lead against Tampa
Bay on Sunday. The Red Sox scored one in the first and then three more in the
second, taking advantage of a controversial call that led to the ejections.
Boston added one more in the third on Saltalamacchias homer, then solo runs on
Will Middlebrooks infield single in the sixth and Aviles RBI double in the
eighth. Laird had two hits for the Tigers. NOTES: The Red Sox honoured former
right fielder Trot Nixon before the game for his contributions to the 2004 team
that ended the franchises 86-year championship drought. Nixon was presented with
a No. 7 insert from the manual scoreboard and a mounted pine tar-stained helmet
like the one he used to wear. ... Pedroia was hurt diving for Danny Worths
grounder at the end of the fifth inning. He was replaced by Nick Punto. ..
Sweeney was activated from the DL before the game and OF Che-Hsuan Lin was
optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket. ’ ’ ’
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