Extended Box
COLORADO (2) VS MONTREAL (0) - FINAL
COLORADO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
A Miles 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260
R Clayton ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .286
T Helton 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .340
V Castilla 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .323
J Burnitz cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .273
C Johnson c 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .281
M Holliday lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .373
D Hocking lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .243
B Hawpe rf 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 .615
S Chacon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J Kennedy p 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .182
a-M Sweeney ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .250
T Harikkala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Fuentes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
V Nunez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-K Pellow ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Totals 35 2 9 2 2 5 11
a-doubled to deep center for J Kennedy in the 7th; b-flied out to left for
V Nunez in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - M Holliday (5, Z Day); M Sweeney (3, Z Day). RBI - M Sweeney 2 (8).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Hocking 1, R Clayton 2.
GIDP - A Miles. Team LOB - 8.
FIELDING: E - A Miles (2, ground ball).
MONTREAL ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
E Chavez cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 .220
J Vidro 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250
O Cabrera ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .278
T Batista 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .220
C Bentz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Wilkerson 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 .225
J Rivera lf-rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .286
V Pascucci rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .071
a-T Sledge ph-lf 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 .218
E Diaz c 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .190
c-A Fox ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .267
Z Day p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
L Ayala p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
b-J Carroll ph-3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286
d-M Cepicky ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .172
Totals 30 0 5 0 5 9 21
a-struck out swinging for V Pascucci in the 7th; b-singled to left for L Ayala
in the 8th; c-struck out swinging for E Diaz in the 9th; d-struck out
swinging for J Carroll in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - J Vidro (6, B Fuentes). S - O Cabrera, J Vidro. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - B Wilkerson 2, E Chavez 1, E Diaz 1, T Batista 1.
Team LOB - 10.
BASERUNNING: Picked Off - B Wilkerson (1st base, J Kennedy).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (J Vidro-O Cabrera-B Wilkerson).
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COLORADO - 000 000 200 -- 2
MONTREAL - 000 000 000 -- 0
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COLORADO ip h r er bb so hr era
J Kennedy (W, 4-0) 6 1 0 0 2 6 0 2.23
T Harikkala (H, 2) 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
B Fuentes (H, 5) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.18
V Nunez (H, 2) 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.26
S Chacon (S, 7) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 4.35
MONTREAL ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Day (L, 2-3) 7 7 2 2 2 4 0 3.18
L Ayala 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.70
C Bentz 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.79
IBB - B Hawpe (by Z Day). Pitches-strikes: J Kennedy 80-54; T Harikkala 21-11;
B Fuentes 22-14; V Nunez 6-2; S Chacon 27-19; Z Day 79-56; L Ayala 14-10;
C Bentz 9-6. Ground balls-fly balls: J Kennedy 8-3; T Harikkala 0-1; B Fuentes 0-2;
V Nunez 0-2; S Chacon 0-1; Z Day 11-6; L Ayala 3-0; C Bentz 1-1.
Batters faced: J Kennedy 21; T Harikkala 3; B Fuentes 5; V Nunez 3; S Chacon 5;
Z Day 29; L Ayala 5; C Bentz 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Larry Young. 1B--Angel Hernandez. 2B--Mike Everitt. 3B--Mark Wegner.
T--2:35. Att--3,609.
Weather: INDOORS
How They Scored
COLORADO 7TH: C Johnson popped out to first. M Holliday doubled to right.
B Hawpe intentionally walked. M Sweeney hit for J Kennedy. M Sweeney doubled
to deep center, M Holliday and B Hawpe scored. A Miles grounded out to first,
M Sweeney to third. R Clayton struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
COLORADO 2, MONTREAL 0.
Game Story
MONTREAL (Ticker) -- After a rare offensive outburst, the
Montreal Expos ran into Joe Kennedy.
Kennedy allowed only one hit in six innings as the Colorado
Rockies posted a 2-0 win over the Expos, who were denied their
first three-game winning streak of the season.
Saddled with the worst record in the major leagues at 7-21,
Montreal routed the Rockies, 10-4, Tuesday in its biggest output
of the season.
"I felt strong and good and it showed," Kennedy said.
"Command-wise with the fastball and slider, it was my best game.
I kept them off balance and was able to throw the ball where I
wanted."
Pinch hitter Mark Sweeney provided all the offense Kennedy, the
Rockies' hottest pitcher, needed with a two-run double off Zach
Day in the seventh inning.
The hit made a winner of Kennedy (4-0), who gave up just a
single to Juan Rivera in the second. He walked two and struck
out six while lowering his ERA to 2.23.
"I knew he was pitching a great game, a one-hitter," Sweeney
said. "If no one's on, he's hitting there."
The Expos threatened after Kennedy left, stranding seven runners
in the last three innings. They loaded the bases with one out
in he eighth off Brian Fuentes, but Vladimir Nunez worked out of
trouble by getting Tony Batista to pop up and Brad Wilkerson to
fly out.
In the ninth, Shawn Chacon gave up singles to Rivera and rookie
Terrmel Sledge, but Andy Fox struck out after failing to get
down a bunt. Chacon also struck out pinch hitter Matt Cepicky,
then got Endy Chavez to line out to left fielder Matt Holliday,
securing his seventh save.
"We didn't take advantage of the opportunities we had," Expos
manager Frank Robinson said. "Kennedy had pretty good stuff out
there. He had a very good breaking ball and a sneaky fastball.
But we had opportunities and we just didn't get hits at the
right time."
Day (2-3) matched Kennedy until the seventh, when he gave up a
one-out double to Holliday. With the pitcher's spot up next, the
Expos intentionally walked fellow rookie Brad Hawpe.
Looking for offense, Rockies manager Clint Hurdle went to his
bench and the move paid off as Sweeney doubled to deep center
field.
"We've got a pitch count and our guy was pitching on three days'
rest," Hurdle said. "If we went three-up, three-down, we would
have sent him back out there and stretched one more inning out
of him."
"Day didn't give me too much to hit on that at-bat," Sweeney
added. "I was trying to see a strike and drive the ball. I was
hoping for something elevated."
Day pitched well enough to win, scattering seven hits in seven
innings.
"There's pressure," Day said. "You get one hit and you pitch
around a guy because one run might win the game. It's (lack of
offense) tough, but you try to battle through it."
