Cardinals Lose Close One To Rockies

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The Colorado Rockies edged the St. Louis Cardinals yesterday at Coors Field with the Rockies securing the victory 4 to 3. It was a great baseball game that fans with Rockies tickets will remember for quite some time.

Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa (4.45 ERA) got the win, while Kyle Lohse (4.84 ERA) took the loss for the Cardinals. Jorge De La Rosa went 5 innings for the Rockies, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with 3 walks and 8 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Rockies was Randy Flores (5.40), Matt Belisle (5.72), and Matt Daley (3.86). The Cardinals’s starter Kyle Lohse went 5 innings, allowed 6 hits, no home runs and 3 earned runs with one walk and 4 strikeouts. Blake Hawksworth (2.19), Dennys Reyes (3.20), and Jason Motte (4.75) also pitched for the Cardinals. With the win, De La Rosa’s record goes to 16-9, while Lohse drops to 6-9. Huston Street earned the save for the Rockies, bringing his saves up to 34.

In addition to the 4 runs, the Rockies put up 8 hits and committed 2 errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Rockies, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Brad Hawpe had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Cardinals didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. Ryan Ludwick could not get much going at the plate as he left 5 runners on base. The Cardinals got 3 runs, 6 hits and one error.

Umpiring duties were performed by Larry Vanover, Sam Holbrook, Mike Winters and Dan Iassogna. There were 42,032 Rockies ticket holders in attendance at Coors Field.

The win puts the Rockies at a record of 88-68, (5 games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Cardinals to 90-66, at the top of their division. Next up for the Rockies are the Milwaukee Brewers (77-79) at the Rockies’s Coors Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for Milwaukee Brewers tickets because that game should be a good one. The Cardinals will next take on the Cincinnati Reds (74-82) at Great American Ball Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your Cincinnati Reds tickets today and get in on the action.