News - Ryan Spilborghs
Jason Hammel held Arizona to three runs and four hits Saturday, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 10-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Hammel (9-8) threw 110 pitches with two walks and five strikeouts before relievers Rafael Betancourt and Franklin Morales completed the six-hitter. Jason Giambi hit a pinch-hit
Chase Headley knocked in two runs and Will Venable hit a solo homer Sunday in San Diego's 7-3 win over Colorado. Headley hit an RBI single and a sacrifice fly. Venable had two hits and his homer started the scoring with one out in the bottom of the second. Nick Hundley had two hits and one RBI. Edgar
Ryan Spilborghs ended a bizarre 14th inning with a grand slam homer Monday, giving the Colorado Rockies a 6-4 victory over San Francisco. Neither side could score after the fifth inning until they combined to tally eight times in the 14th. Colorado won its third straight over the Giants and expanded its lead over San Francisco to four games in the National League wild-card chase. San Francisco appeared to have wrapped up the win in the top of the 14th with a three-run inning, keyed by triples from Edgar Renteria and Eugenio Velez. Brandon Medders then came on for his third inning of work in hopes of nailing down a San Francisco victory. Medders walked Dexter Fowler to open the inning and, one out later, Justin Miller (2-3) relieved Medders. Chris Iannetta singled Fowler to second and Troy Tulowitzki walked to load the bases.
Garrett Atkins had a two-run homer and four RBI Tuesday to lead the Colorado Rockies to an 8-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Chris Iannetta drove in two runs, and Ryan Spilborghs scored two for the Rockies. Winning pitcher Jason Hammel (6-6) gave up three runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings in the Rockies' fifth straight win. Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run homer for the Phillies, who have lost three straight and five of six. Losing pitcher Jamie Moyer (10-8) gave up six runs on six hits with four walks over five-plus innings.
Miguel Montero's two-run homer in the top of the eighth provided the decisive runs in Arizona's 6-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies Tuesday. Montero broke a 4-4 tie with a shot to deep center field off Juan Rincon (2-1) after Mark Reynolds had singled. The Rockies struck back with a run in the bottom of the eighth on a two-out pinch-hit triple by Ryan Spilborghs, but Chad Qualls came in from the bullpen to record the final out. Juan Gutierrez (2-2) pitched a scoreless seventh for the win, although he walked two batters. Colorado took a 3-0 lead in the second on a lead-off home run by Troy Tulowitzki, an RBI single by Dexter Fowler and a wild pitch that scored Ian Stewart from third. Arizona scored a run in the fourth and two more in the sixth on a triple by Justin Upton.
