Surging Arizona drops Rockies under .500 (AP)

Micah Owings pitched five effective innings for his first win in more than a year and Miguel Montero hit a three-run homer, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the slumping Colorado Rockies 6-3 on Thursday night. Owings (1-0) bottled up the Rockies’ struggling offense, allowing just four hits and striking out three.

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Lady Loves Pinstripes: Interview On Blogs Dont
Lie A Blog On Sports Blogging

Blog Don’t Lie was created by Jay Acunzo and it is a sports blog about sports blogging. It was created to celebrate and strengthen the sports blogger community. Recently, Jay asked if I would answer some questions about LadyLovesPinstripes.com and[...]

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Punchless, Posey-less Giants fall to Marlins 1-0

The Giants did a lot of stumblin', fumblin', and bumblin' Thursday.Hours after learning star catcher Buster Posey could be out for the season, the San Francisco Giants depleted lineup managed just five hits in a 1-0 loss to the visiting Florida Marlins on Thursday.

Anibal Sanchez (4-1) threw his fifth career complete game, while striking out eight with two walks for the Marlins, who recorded their first three-game sweep of the Giants in San Francisco since 1995.

Sanchez has allowed just three runs over his last four starts.

The Giants placed Darren Ford, Mike Fontenot and Posey on the disabled list prior to Thursdays game and called up three players from Triple-A Fresno, including top prospect Brandon Belt. Posey suffered a fractured left ankle in a collision with Scott Cousins in the 12th inning of Wednesdays contest and is out indefinitely.

The Marlins scored their lone run in the sixth when Chris Coghlan doubled and scored on Logan Morrison's single off Ryan Vogelsong (3-1), who allowed eight hits and one walk over eight innings.

San Francisco starter Ryan Vogelsong's 23 inning scoreless streak ended with Coghlan's double. The Giants righty struck out three batters in eight strong innings in his first loss of the season, allowing just the one run on eight hits and a walk.

The Giants had runners on first and second with one out in the first, setting the stage for Huff to do some damage. But he grounded into a double play to end the inning, a familiar theme throughout the day.

Aaron Rowand doubled with one out in the second but was stranded when Miguel Tejada struck out swinging and Eli Whiteside -- filling in for Posey at catcher -- grounded out. Huff, who replaced Posey in the cleanup spot, went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, a double play and a groundout with the tying run at second in the ninth.

Notes:

• The Giants announced a crowd of 41,472 Thursday, their 21st consecutive sellout to start the season and their 31st straight game at AT&T Park dating back to last season.
• Promising prospect Brandon Belt was recalled from Triple-A Fresno, one of a series of moves the Giants made before the game. Giants manager Bruce Bochy said he expected Belt to play primarily in the outfield.

GAME SUMMARY
Final score:FLA 1, SF 0 [view box score] [video highlights]Winning pitcher: A.Sanchez (4-1)Losing pitcher:Vogelsong (3-1)Save: noneGame ball: A.Sanchez (9 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 0 R, 8 K)Top play: Morrison's RBI single in the 6th inning [watch video]Giant homers: noneGiants' record: 27-22, 1st place, 2.0 games ahead [full standings]Streak: Lost 3Next up: SF at MIL, Friday, 5:10 p.m. PDT [download press pass]TV/Radio/Web: CSN Bay Area, KNBR 680 AM, sfgiants.comStarters: Tim Lincecum (4-4, 2.06) vs. Shaun Marcum (6-1, 2.37)Venue: Miller Park

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Hello Rodrigo

In a move that's sure to put Ramon Ortiz into a deep funk, the Cubs sent Ryan Buchter to Atlanta[...]

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White Sox win for 13th time in 19 games (AP)

Juan Pierre’s ninth-inning infield single drove in the tiebreaking run and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Thursday night. The White Sox, who had won just two of their previous 12 games in Toronto, posted their 13th victory in the last 19 overall. Pierre went 2 for 4 with two [...]

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The Amazing Pitches of the Phillies 19th-Inning
Pitcher: Wilson Valdez

In the 19th inning of yesterday's long Phillies-Reds game, the Phils decided to roll the dice and try out a brand new reliever: Wilson Valdez.  Valdez had never pitched a single major league inning; in fact he had never pitched a single[...]

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High & Inside: 5/26/11

Baseball links from around the sabersphere...Buster Posey Breaks Leg, Potentially Out For Season; Brandon Belt Up | MLB Daily DishWhen a team gets that much production out of what is typically a number 7 or 8 hitter, losing him for the season can be[...]

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Sweeping The San Francisco Giants Feels Oh, So
Good!!!

Sweeping The San Francisco Giants Feels Oh, So Good!!! After an amazing outing by Anibal Sanchez that completes a sweep of the defending World Series champions, the Florida Marlins’ confidence has to be at a season high. And we still don’t … Continue reading →

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I Want To Be Like Mike

Going into the desert with a four game winning streak I was riding high.  I was so confident we could tear through a seven game road trip that I was calling for Chipper to go under the knife. Then we…[...]

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Game #49: Micah Owings vs. Clay Mortensen

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Current Series

Diamondbacks lead the series 2-1

Tue 05/24 WP: Greg Reynolds (2 - 0)
LP: Josh Collmenter (3 - 1)
12 - 4 win Tue 05/24 WP: Joe Saunders (1 - 5)
SV: J.J. Putz
LP: Jhoulys Chacin (5 - 3)
2 - 5 loss Wed 05/25 WP: Ian Kennedy (6 - 1)
SV: J.J. Putz
LP: Jason Hammel (3 - 4)
1 - 2 loss

Arizona Diamondbacks AZ Snake Pit
@ Colorado Rockies Purple Row

Thursday, May 26, 2011, 6:40 PM MDT
Coors Field

Micah Owings vs Clayton Mortensen

Mostly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 70.

Complete Coverage >

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Micah Owings

#15 / Pitcher / Arizona Diamondbacks

Height: 6-5

Weight: 220

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Sep 28, 1982

 

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB 2011 - Micah Owings0-05.061.5031

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Clayton Mortensen

#59 / Pitcher / Colorado Rockies

Height: 6-4

Weight: 180

Bats: R

Throws: R

Born: Apr 10, 1985

 

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W-L ERA WHIP K BB 2011 - Clayton Mortensen1-12.171.031612

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