Colorado (41-36) at LA Dodgers (49-29)

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Rox happy with small ball in small parks

Thomas Harding / MLB.com
The Rockies have plenty of pop, but manager Jim Tracy likes his team to let the home runs come and focus on hitting the ball to the part of the ballpark, even when the park is a cozy one.
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Rockies probable pitcher

Jason Hammel

  • #46 RHP
  • (5-3) 4.21 ERA 51 SO
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum played big Friday night, and Hammel took advantage, forcing nine outs in the air. Most of them were off the end of bats. Dodger Stadium plays big usually, but the ball tends to travel during day games, so it remains to be seen if Hammel will use the same approach and if it'll work the same. But everything, it seems, is working for Hammel during a stretch where he is 5-0 with a 3.40 ERA in seven starts.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 12-18 5.46 280.0 115 191 .293
Season 5-3 4.21 72.2 19 51 .290
Vs. LA Dodgers 0-0 0.00 2.0 0 2 .143

Series at a Glance

Standings - 07/01/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Colorado Rockies (NL West) 41 36 .532 7.5 17-15 24-21
Los Angeles Dodgers (NL West) 49 29 .628 - 27-13 22-16
Stats - 07/01/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
COL .259 392 93 374 53 589 4.39 681.0 716 237 502
LAD .272 380 59 359 69 515 3.60 707.2 606 299 601
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Martin gets three-day respite from slump

David Ely / MLB.com
Dodgers starting catcher Russell Martin didn't start Tuesday night, and he will also sit Wednesday, which, combined with Thursday's off-day, offers a three-day breather for the struggling backstop.
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Dodgers probable pitcher

Clayton Kershaw

  • #22 LHP
  • (5-5) 3.70 ERA 83 SO
On Friday against the Seattle Mariners, Kershaw displayed more control over his pitches than in many of his other starts this season. In six innings, Kershaw walked just one batter (tied for his lowest total of the year.) Kershaw rarely got behind batters, and his superb location helped him strike out eight Mariners on the night. Kershaw did give up runs in the fourth and sixth innings, but he never allowed Seattle to mount a prolonged rally. Kershaw is 2-3 with a 7.30 ERA in five career starts against the Rockies.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 10-10 4.02 190.1 99 183 .244
Season 5-5 3.70 82.2 47 83 .214
Vs. Colorado 1-1 10.13 10.2 8 8 .316

Rockies hitters vs Clayton Kershaw

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Atkins, Garrett .400 5 0 0 .267 15 0 0
Barmes, Clint .333 3 1 2 .273 11 1 3
Fowler, Dexter .600 5 0 0 .375 8 0 0
Gomez, Hector - - - - - - - -
Gonzalez, Carlos - - - - .000 2 0 0
Hawpe, Brad .500 2 0 1 .364 11 2 4
Helton, Todd .000 3 0 0 .333 12 0 0
Iannetta, Chris .000 1 0 0 .300 10 0 2
McKenry, Michael - - - - - - - -
Murton, Matt .333 3 0 0 .333 3 0 0
Nelson, Chris - - - - - - - -
Smith, Seth - - - - - - - -
Spilborghs, Ryan .600 5 2 5 .286 14 2 5
Stewart, Ian - - - - .500 4 0 2
Tulowitzki, Troy .000 5 0 0 .063 16 0 0
Young, Eric - - - - .333 3 0 0

Dodgers hitters vs Jason Hammel

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Blake, Casey - - - - .364 11 1 4
De Jesus, Ivan - - - - - - - -
DeWitt, Blake .000 1 0 0 .500 2 0 0
Ellis, A.J. - - - - .000 1 0 0
Ethier, Andre - - - - .429 7 0 1
Furcal, Rafael - - - - .200 5 0 1
Hu, Chin-lung - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Kemp, Matt .000 1 0 0 .222 9 0 0
Loney, James .000 1 0 0 .267 15 1 2
Martin, Russell - - - - .000 5 0 0
May, Lucas - - - - - - - -
Paul, Xavier - - - - - - - -
Pierre, Juan - - - - .200 5 0 0
Ramirez, Manny - - - - .125 8 0 0
Repko, Jason - - - - - - - -
Robinson, Trayvon - - - - - - - -

Furcal gift wraps duel for Dodgers (41-37) (50-29)

Dodgers 1, Rockies 0

Hammel sparkles

Thomas Harding / MLB.com
On the heels of Jason Marquis' complete-game shutout, Jason Hammel did his best to emulate that performance, not allowing a hit through 4 1/3 innings en route to tossing eight innings of one-run ball. His supporting cast in the matinee wasn't quite as strong, however, offering no run support as the Rockies fell in the finale.

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Furcal the hero

David Ely / MLB.com
Wednesday featured a rubber match of all rubber matches, but when the dust settled, Rafael Furcal had rewarded Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers' staff -- which combined to toss nine shutout innings -- with his pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth to send Los Angeles past Colorado in a hotly contested finale duel.
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Dodgers 1, Rockies 0

Colorado AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Fowler, CF 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .250
Barmes, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .278
Hawpe, RF 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 .333
Atkins, G, 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .224
Tulowitzki, SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .249
Spilborghs, LF 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 .261
Stewart, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .215
Phillips, P, C 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .310
Hammel, P 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 .045
Totals 28 0 3 0 6 10 10  

BATTING
2B: Hawpe (25, Kershaw), Stewart (10, Belisario).
TB: Hawpe 3; Stewart 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Atkins, G; Hawpe; Hammel.
GIDP: Tulowitzki.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Spilborghs (4, 2nd base by Kershaw/Ausmus).
PO: Spilborghs (1st base by Kershaw).

FIELDING
E: Tulowitzki (4, fielding).
DP: (Barmes-Tulowitzki-Atkins, G).
 
LA Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Pierre, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .322
Kemp, CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .302
Hudson, O, 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .294
Ethier, RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .257
Loretta, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
  Broxton, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Loney, 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .279
Ausmus, C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .283
  1-Martin, PR-C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Castro, J, SS-3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .333
Kershaw, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174
  a-Blake, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286
  Belisario, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Troncoso, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Furcal, PH-SS 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .240
Totals 27 1 5 1 0 5 10  

a-Struck out for Kershaw in the 5th. b-Singled for Troncoso in the 8th.
1-Ran for Ausmus in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Loney (16, Hammel).
TB: Pierre; Loney 2; Ausmus 2; Furcal.
RBI: Furcal (17).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ethier; Blake.
S: Castro, J.
GIDP: Pierre.
Team RISP: 2-for-6.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Pierre (22, 2nd base off Hammel/Phillips, P).
CS: Pierre (7, 2nd base by Hammel/Phillips, P).

FIELDING
DP: (Loney-Castro, J-Kershaw).
Pickoffs: Kershaw (Spilborghs at 1st base).
 
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hammel (L, 5-4) 8.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 3.90
 
LA Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kershaw 5.0 1 0 0 5 5 0 3.49
Belisario 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1.89
Troncoso (W, 2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.94
Broxton (S, 19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.15

IBB: Phillips, P (by Belisario).
Pitches-strikes: Hammel 103-72, Kershaw 97-52, Belisario 33-20, Troncoso 11-7, Broxton 9-8.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hammel 7-11, Kershaw 4-5, Belisario 1-2, Troncoso 2-1, Broxton 0-1.
Batters faced: Hammel 28, Kershaw 19, Belisario 8, Troncoso 4, Broxton 3.
Umpires: HP: Gary Darling. 1B: Bill Hohn. 2B: Bruce Dreckman. 3B: Paul Emmel.
Weather: 78 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:28.
Att: 40,455.
July 1, 2009

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