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MLB: Colorado 7, Milwaukee 5 (11 innings)

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 10:39 by shalini.bahadur

Denver, Sept. 30: Chris Iannetta's 11th-inning two-run homer Tuesday gave Colorado a 7-5 win over Milwaukee and extended the Rockies' lead over Atlanta in the NL wild-card chase.

Iannetta hit the game-winner off David Weathers (4-6) with one out while pinch-hitting for reliever Matt Belisle (3-1).

Todd Helton had two hits and two RBI for Colorado, which leads the Braves by three games in the wild-card standings. The Rockies are on the brink of elimination in the NL West race, with the Los Angeles Dodgers needing just one win or one Colorado loss to clinch the division title.

The Dodgers fell to the San Diego Padres 3-1 Tuesday.

MLB: Milwaukee 3, Houston 2

Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:30 by shalini.bahadur

Milwaukee, Sept. 19: Casey McGehee singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning to complete a Milwaukee rally Friday and lift the Brewers to a 3-2 win over Houston.

Milwaukee won its third straight and has captured six of its last eight games.
Houston had a 2-1 lead going into the seventh inning, but the Brewers tied it in that frame on a two-out, RBI single by Felipe Lopez.

Milwaukee produced the winning run in the eighth on a double by Prince Fielder and McGehee's single.

David Weathers (4-5) got the win by working a scoreless eighth. Trevor Hoffman came on in the ninth to earn his 34th save.

Wesley Wright (3-4) gave up the double to Fielder in the eighth to take the loss.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International.

MLB: St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 6

Wed, 09/02/2009 - 09:55 by preet_20

St. Louis, Sept. 2: Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday homered for the St. Cardinals Tuesday in their 7-6 win over Milwaukee.

Holliday's three-run blast in the seventh inning proved to be the game-winner for the surging Cards, who have won eight of their last nine games and 15 of their last 18.

Holliday nailed a fast ball from Todd Coffey, who had come on to relieve David Weathers (3-5) with the score tied 4-4, after Weathers gave up a double to Skip Schumaker and then intentionally walked Pujols.

Joel Pineiro (14-9) won his eighth consecutive decision by holding the Brewers to four runs on seven hits in seven innings.

MLB: Cincinnati 10, San Francisco 5

Sat, 08/08/2009 - 12:12 by preet_20

San Francisco, Aug. 8: A bases-loaded walk to Brandon Phillips ignited a five-run ninth inning Friday that broke a tie and lifted Cincinnati to a 10-5 victory over San Francisco.

Cincinnati got only one ball, a sacrifice fly, out of the infield in the inning, and only one of the five runs was earned.

Drew Sutton reached on a bunt single to start the inning against Brian Wilson (3-5), then Alex Gonzalez and Joey Votto walked to load the bases.

Phillips walked on five pitches to bring in Sutton with the go-ahead run.

MLB: Colorado 5, Cincinnati 3

Sat, 08/01/2009 - 10:46 by preet_20

Cincinnati, July 31: Chris Iannetta and Carlos Gonzalez hit homers on consecutive pitches in the eighth inning Friday, lifting the Colorado Rockies to a 5-3 victory over Cincinnati.

The Reds, fast fading from contention in the National League Central, lost their fourth in a row.

Colorado never trailed, but saw the Reds rally to tie it in the sixth on solo homers by Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips. It was the 16th homer of the year for both players.

David Weathers (2-3) came on for Cincinnati with the score knotted at 3-3 in the eighth and he quickly got two strikes on Iannetta. After working the count full, Iannetta homered to left-center to give the Rockies the lead. He also contributed a sacrifice fly in the third.

MLB: Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 11:44 by preet_20

Philadelphia, July 7: Ramon Hernandez singled home the winning run in the top of the ninth Tuesday to give Cincinnati a 4-3 victory over Philadelphia.

After trailing 3-0, the Reds battled back with two home runs by Brandon Phillips.

Philadelphia went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position and left 12 men on base.

David Weathers (1-1) pitched one inning for the win. Francisco Cordero pitched a scoreless ninth for his 21st save.

Brad Lidge (0-4) took the loss after giving up two hits and a walk in the ninth.

Joey Votto doubled down the right-field line to begin the decisive inning, moved to third on a bunt and scored when Hernandez singled to center.

MLB: Cincinnati 1, Arizona 0

Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:40 by preet_20

Cincinnati, July 1: Johnny Cueto blanked Arizona for six innings and teamed with three relievers on a two-hitter Wednesday, bringing Cincinnati a 1-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

Cueto (8-4) struck out eight, walked four and allowed only a lead-off, infield single to Felipe Lopez in the third.

Arizona's other hit was a bunt single by Gerardo Parra to open the seventh off Arthur Rhodes.

David Weathers and Francisco Cordero each worked a perfect inning, with Cordero earning his 19th save.

The hard-luck loser was Jon Garland (4-8), who allowed a run on six hits in six innings. He has not won a start since May 19, going 0-6 in eight outings since then.