Colorado (9-8) at Houston (6-12)

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Hawpe says focus is on winning ways

Thomas Harding / MLB.com
On Sunday afternoon, Ubaldo Jimenez can make it a clean sweep against the Astros at Minute Maid Park, as he goes for his second victory of the season.
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Rockies probable pitcher

Ubaldo Jimenez

  • RHP
  • (1-2) 4.60 ERA
Rockies: Jimenez pitched well for four innings at PETCO Park on Tuesday night, displaying top-shelf velocity and an effective slider. But in the fifth, he committed a throwing error and relied too heavily on his fastball. The result was a six-run Padres inning in a 6-0 loss for the Rockies. Jimenez has bordered on dominant at points in all his starts, but must learn how to quickly find his rhythm when things get tight.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 5-6 4.27 105.1 52 83 .237
Season 1-2 4.60 15.2 12 12 .302
April 1-2 4.60 15.2 12 12 .302

Series at a Glance

Standings - 04/20/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Colorado Rockies (NL West) 9 8 .529 4.0 3-3 6-5
Houston Astros (NL Central) 6 12 .333 6.0 3-5 3-7
Stats - 04/20/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
COL .244 72 11 70 14 138 3.89 162.0 148 73 106
HOU .228 67 20 62 17 111 4.64 155.1 181 57 118
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Astros count on Chacon to stop slide

Jim Molony / MLB.com
Shawn Chacon pitched eight scoreless innings in his last outing and has the task of shutting down the Rockies in the series finale at Minute Maid Park.
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Astros probable pitcher

Shawn Chacon

  • RHP
  • (0-0) 2.25 ERA
Astros: Chacon was brilliant in his last outing at Philadelphia, scattering four hits over eight scoreless innings. Despite lowering his ERA from 3.75 to 2.25, he didn't pick up the win as the Phillies rallied for four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to win, 4-3. Chacon struck out five and walked two and threw 68 of his 109 pitches for strikes. This was Chacon's second straight quality start.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 43-58 4.92 856.1 444 577 .259
Season 0-0 2.25 20.0 10 11 .197
April 0-0 2.25 20.0 10 11 .197

Rockies hitters vs Shawn Chacon

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Atkins, Garrett - - - - .333 6 1 1
Barmes, Clint - - - - - - - -
Fowler, Dexter - - - - - - - -
Gomez, Hector - - - - - - - -
Gonzalez, Carlos - - - - - - - -
Hawpe, Brad - - - - .750 4 0 1
Helton, Todd - - - - .333 3 0 1
Iannetta, Chris - - - - - - - -
McKenry, Michael - - - - - - - -
Murton, Matt - - - - .500 2 0 0
Nelson, Chris - - - - - - - -
Smith, Seth - - - - - - - -
Spilborghs, Ryan - - - - .000 2 0 0
Stewart, Ian - - - - - - - -
Tulowitzki, Troy - - - - .000 5 0 0
Young, Eric - - - - - - - -

Astros hitters vs Ubaldo Jimenez

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Berkman, Lance - - - - .200 5 0 0
Blum, Geoff - - - - .364 11 0 2
Bogusevic, Brian - - - - - - - -
Bourgeois, Jason - - - - - - - -
Bourn, Michael - - - - .000 5 0 0
Johnson, Chris - - - - - - - -
Keppinger, Jeff - - - - .000 3 0 0
Lee, Carlos - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Manzella, Tommy - - - - - - - -
Matsui, Kazuo - - - - .333 3 0 0
Maysonet, Edwin - - - - - - - -
Pence, Hunter - - - - .125 8 0 0
Quintero, Humberto - - - - .200 5 0 0
Ramirez, Yordany - - - - - - - -
Sutil, Wladimir - - - - - - - -
Towles, J.R. - - - - .000 2 0 0
Vallejo, Jose - - - - - - - -

Astros get up off the Mat (9-9) (7-12)

Astros 6, Rockies 4

'Pen can't close it out

Thomas Harding / MLB.com
Colorado was poised for its fifth straight win after Garrett Atkins' game-tying homer and Troy Tulowitzki's go-ahead single. But former Rox infielder Kazuo Matsui bit the hand that once fed him, delivering the game-winner with two outs in the eighth.

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Series at a Glance

 
Kazuo Matsui delivers the game-winning hit in the eighth inning. (Bob Levey/AP)

Kazuo comes through

Jim Molony / MLB.com
In his third game back from the DL, Kazuo Matsui showed the Astros what they were missing with a two-out, two-run single in the eighth to put them in front for good. Jose Valverde finished off the victory to pick up his 100th career save.
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Astros 6, Rockies 4

ColoradoABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Taveras, CF3110110.258
Tulowitzki, SS5011002.176
Helton, 1B4011102.271
Holliday, LF5130001.333
Atkins, 3B5111015.316
Hawpe, RF4031000.246
Torrealba, C4010013.217
Nix, 2B3000003.132
  Wells, P0000000.000
  a-Spilborghs, PH1000001.273
  Fuentes, P0000000.000
  Speier, P0000000.000
Jimenez, P2000000.000
  Barmes, 2B2110011.389
Totals3841242418 

a-Grounded out for Wells in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Holliday (4, Chacon), Taveras (3, Chacon), Hawpe (4, Chacon), Barmes (5, Borkowski), Torrealba (3, Wright).
HR: Atkins (3, 6th inning off Chacon, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Taveras 2; Tulowitzki; Helton; Holliday 4; Atkins 4; Hawpe 4; Torrealba 2; Barmes 2.
RBI: Hawpe (7), Helton (6), Atkins (11), Tulowitzki (7).
2-out RBI: Helton.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nix; Atkins 2; Barmes.
S: Taveras.
Team LOB: 10.
 
HoustonABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Bourn, CF4000122.211
Matsui, 2B5222002.273
Tejada, SS5122010.310
Berkman, 1B3110201.279
Lee, LF2010201.267
Blum, 3B4011004.212
Pence, RF3110121.212
Towles, C2000013.211
Chacon, P2000010.125
  a-Erstad, PH1000001.200
  Borkowski, P0000000.000
  Wright, P0000000.000
  b-Loretta, PH0100100.231
  Valverde, P0000000.000
Totals316857715 

a-Grounded into a forceout for Chacon in the 6th. b-Walked for Wright in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Tejada (5, Speier).
TB: Matsui 2; Tejada 3; Berkman; Lee; Blum; Pence.
RBI: Blum (7), Tejada 2 (13), Matsui 2 (2).
2-out RBI: Blum; Tejada 2; Matsui 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Towles 2; Blum; Matsui; Berkman.
S: Towles.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Matsui (1, 2nd base off Jimenez/Torrealba), Erstad (1, 2nd base off Jimenez/Torrealba).
 
ColoradoIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Jimenez 5.25335604.64
Wells 1.10001101.69
Fuentes (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)0.22331002.79
Speier 0.11000001.13
 
HoustonIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Chacon 6.07331312.77
Borkowski 1.03110002.89
Wright (W, 2-0)1.01000105.06
Valverde (S, 2)1.010010010.80

WP: Jimenez.
HBP: Towles (by Jimenez).
Pitches-strikes: Jimenez 95-54, Wells 23-14, Fuentes 20-11, Speier 9-5, Chacon 93-55, Borkowski 21-14, Wright 26-16, Valverde 23-16.
Groundouts-flyouts: Jimenez 9-2, Wells 1-2, Fuentes 2-0, Speier 0-1, Chacon 7-8, Borkowski 1-2, Wright 2-0, Valverde 1-2.
Batters faced: Jimenez 28, Wells 5, Fuentes 5, Speier 2, Chacon 26, Borkowski 6, Wright 4, Valverde 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Wells 2-0, Speier 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Jeff Kellogg. 1B: Mark Wegner. 2B: Chad Fairchild. 3B: Rick Reed.
Weather: 79 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, Out to LF.
T: 3:20.
Att: 35,286.
April 20, 2008

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