Rockies down Padres, gain ground in NL wild card

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09/08/2007 - Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kaz Matsui hit a two-run home run as the Colorado Rockies beat up the San Diego Padres, 10-4, in the opener of a three- game set at Coors Field.

Troy Tulowitzki went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored and Yorvit Torrealba added a pair of RBI for the Rockies, who have won four of their last five games.

Elmer Dessens started the game on the mound, but left after 2 1/3 innings with a left hamstring strain. Matt Herges (4-0) got the win for pitching 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

Adrian Gonzalez drove in three runs and Mike Cameron scored a pair of runs for the Padres, who have lost four of their last five games.

Justin Germano (7-9) got the loss for giving up five runs on six hits in just three innings of work.

Colorado moved to within three games of San Diego for the wild card, while the Padres fell two games behind Arizona for first place in the NL West.

Colorado took a 2-0 lead in the first as Willy Taveras led off the inning with a bunt single and Matsui followed with a shot over the right field wall.

The Rockies made it a 4-0 game in the second. Brad Hawpe led off with a double and scored when Tulowitzki followed with a two-bagger. Tulowitzki then moved to third on a passed ball and scored when Torrealba grounded out.

The Padres got two runs back in the third as Gonzalez's single plated Germano and Cameron to make it a 4-2 contest.

Colorado got one of the runs back in the bottom of the third as Garret Atkins' single scored Matt Holliday, who led off the frame with a double.

San Diego again made it a two-run game in the fourth as Geoff Blum hit a two- out double and Brian Myrow followed with a double to right to plate Blum and make it a 5-3 game.

The Padres cut their deficit to one run in the seventh as Gonzalez's fielder's choice scored Cameron to make it a 5-4 contest.

Colorado, though, got some insurance in the eighth. Todd Helton and Atkins hit back-to-back one-out singles and Hawpe followed with a single to score Helton. Tulowitzki then punched a single to left to score Jamey Carroll, who was running for Atkins.

After Cla Meredith took the mound, Torrealba punched a single to center to score Hawpe and Ian Stewart followed with a groundout to plate Tulowitzki. Taveras then hit a single to center to score Torrealba for a 10-4 advantage.

Game Notes

San Diego left fielder Milton Bradley left the game in the seventh inning with an undisclosed injury...Matsui has four home runs on the season...San Diego stranded nine men on base...Kouzmanoff committed his 20th error of the season...Attendance was 27,247.

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