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Rockies Over Indians - Again

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YAY!!! This was a good game. I’m really impressed with how Jeff Baker is progressing and Frances is FINALLY starting to get it together (thank you baseball gods!). And Helton, DAYAM, some fantastic plays - he never lets us down!

If you look at their record over the past two weeks, we ROCK - however, a ways to go to get to where we need to be. C’mon Rockies!

DENVER — The Rockies and their No. 1 pitcher, left-hander Jeff Francis, are becoming sharper. Francis held the Indians to two runs, one earned, in six innings and the Rockies took their 10th victory in 14 games and locked up their fifth straight series, 4-2, at Coors Field on Wednesday night in front of 28,339.

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Reds skid hits 4

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Dangit!!! They have the talent, but apparently aren’t putting it together so far this year, but I have faith, dangit! I love my Reds!

CINCINNATI — In this era of conservation, the Reds have been doing their part during the current homestand, repeatedly reusing and recycling the same headlines and storylines.

Once again, low offensive emissions were at issue during Wednesday’s 6-1 defeat to the Dodgers. That made it four straight losses for Cincinnati, all at Great American Ball Park, where the homestand has spun out into a 2-6 record.

“We’re making everybody look like Cy Young. Everybody is not,” manager Dusty Baker said.

In their last eight games, the Reds are batting .179 (45-for-251) and have scored 17 runs, for an average of just 2.1 runs per game.

Through two games with Los Angeles in this three-game series, Cincinnati has scored two runs.

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Reds Can’t Produce Against Dodgers

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CINCINNATI — Reds manager Dusty Baker used his Monday off-day to stroll scenic Sawyer Point along the Ohio River with his nine-year-old son, Darren.

At one point, Baker said he marveled at the large statue of the Roman, Cincinnatus. One might wonder if he quietly asked the big guy if he could hit.

Runs were scarce again as another anemic offensive display doomed the Reds during a 3-1 loss to the Dodgers at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday. The team tied a season-high three-game losing streak at home while Johnny Cueto pitched seven solid innings, only to come up empty.

“The last few days we haven’t been scoring runs,” Baker said. “It seemed like when we get a good-pitched game, we don’t score runs. When we need to score runs, we haven’t been scoring them. It’s been kind of hit and miss.”

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Rockies Punish the Indians 10-2

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DENVER — Rockies second baseman Jeff Baker hit a two-run, inside-the-park home run in the third inning Tuesday night, and Colorado never stopped running around the basepaths to take the opener of a three-game Interleague series against the Indians, 10-2.

The Rockies’ 17 hits are the most they’ve had in a game this season, and they’ve won nine of 13.

After Willy Taveras reached first base on a fielder’s choice, Baker drove the first pitch he saw from Indians starter Paul Byrd off the right-center-field wall. The ball rolled all the way to shallow center, and Baker dashed to the plate for the first in-the-park home run of his career and his second homer of the season. Brad Hawpe hit another two-run home run — over the fence — in the fifth, to give the Rockies a 4-0 lead.

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