Posada Has Until All-Star Game to Prove Himself

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Marlins skid hits 7 with 10-inning loss (AP)

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Derek Lowe took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, loaded the bases and departed with his team up by two runs. Then the real excitement began. The Atlanta Braves survived that scoring threat, gave up the lead one strike from victory, went ahead again in the 10th and escaped another jam to beat the Florida [...]

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Down 4 in 8th, Brewers rally by Mets 7-6 (AP)

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Nyjer Morgan drove in the winning run with two outs in the ninth, Prince Fielder hit two homers and the Milwaukee Brewers rallied with a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday night. Milwaukee trailed 6-2 before scoring four times in the eighth, capped by Fielder’s second two-run blast.

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2011 Braves Draft Recap Part 1

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This year?s draft was the fourth for Frank Wren as GM so lets take a quick look at the top picks from the three previous drafts for the Braves.2008- 9 of the first 11 picks in the Frank Wren era…[...]

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Brewers 7 Mets 6 June 8, 2011

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The Mets took a tough loss in the bottom of the ninth in this one. What’s worse, is that it was a well pitched game by Mike Pelfrey and Randy Wolf through the first 6 innings. The Mets were down 2-1 after the sixth on a Prince Fielder home run. The Mets scored 5 runs ... Continue Reading

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McCutchen HR in 12th brings Bucs to .500 (AP)

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Andrew McCutchen led off the 12th with a home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates reached .500 with a 3-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night. McCutchen took a 3-2 pitch from Zach Kroenke (0-1) high and just inside the left-field foul pole for his team-leading 10th home run — the second time he [...]

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Astros Norris carries no-no into 7th (AP)

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Bud Norris took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and teamed with Mark Melancon hold the St. Louis Cardinals to two hits in the Houston Astros’ 4-1 win Wednesday night. Norris (4-4) pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing only former Astro Lance Berkman’s solo homer with two outs. The blast on the fifth pitch of the [...]

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Ogando now 7-0 as Rangers avoid sweep (AP)

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Alexi Ogando scattered six hits over 7 2-3 innings to remain unbeaten, Adrian Beltre homered, and the Texas Rangers avoided a three-game sweep by Detroit with a 7-3 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday night. Detroit had 21 runs and 38 hits while winning the first two games of the series and had taken four [...]

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Game 62 Overflow thread

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The Royals were actually ahead for a while tonight

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Company Pride: Career Rockies lift team over
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SAN DIEGO, CA - JUNE 8: Todd Helton #17 of the Colorado Rockies is congratulated by Troy Tulowitzki #2 after Helton hit a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on June 8, 2011 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)

With the Rockies putting several newbies onto the production line over the past couple of weeks, they're likely looking for some company role models to step up and show them how the team manages to somehow win occasionally on the road, and on Wednesday afternoon they got those examples of good company behavior from the two likeliest of suspects.

Todd Helton (1st round, 1995 draft) hit a home run, two doubles and a single to lead the Rockies offense. Troy Tulowitzki (1st round, 2006 draft) wasn't far behind the Toddfather in production with three hits and three RBI, including the game winners on a ninth inning double off Padres closer Heath Bell. The pair of franchise faces combined to score four and drive in all five of the Rockies runs in the 5-3 victory over San Diego. Meanwhile, Aaron Cook (2nd round, 1997 draft) returned after missing the first two months of the season to injury and pitched effectively for five innings before running into some trouble in the sixth.

Carlos Gonzalez led off the top of the ninth with a single off Bell, was moved up to second with a bunt from Jonathan Herrera. Helton was intentionally walked to set up the double play, but both runners advanced on a wild pitch leading up to Tulowitzki's game winning double.

Helton tied Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby on the all-time career doubles list with 540, and passed former teammate Larry Walker on the list for career extra base hits. While he was collecting the milestones of a long and productive MLB career, Charlie Blackmon (2nd round, 2008 draft) collected one of a very fresh MLB career, getting his first major league hit.

The Rockies won a series for the first time since the middle of May, when they swept the Giants in two games (they've gone 0-5-1 in the six series since,) and this was the first road series win for the team since completing a two game sweep at Chicago on April 26th. The Rockies now return home to face the Dodgers, hoping to have gained some much needed momentum with this win.

29 - 32

Games Back: 5.5

Streak: Won 1

Games Left: 101

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