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Jan 15 '18
BALTIMORE -- It didnt matter to the Colorado Rockies that Chris Tillman was unbeatable at Camden Yards, where the Baltimore Orioles rarely lose regardless of whos on the mound. White Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 34 .On Tuesday night, the Rockies emphatically spoiled Tillmans bid to become the first 15-game winner in the majors.Carlos Gonzalez and Trevor Story had two RBIs apiece in a four-run third inning, and the Rockies ended Baltimores five-game winning streak with a 6-3 victory Tuesday night.Tillman (14-3) gave up six runs and nine hits in five innings. The right-hander retired six of the first seven batters but needed 89 pitches to get 15 outs.We were patient, Gonzalez said. We had some really good at-bats against him. We know what kind of pitcher he is. He is having a tremendous year, especially here at his park.Tillman was 8-0 at home this season, and Baltimore was unbeaten in his 12 starts at Camden Yards. He permitted a combined four runs over 28 innings in his previous four starts, but in this outing Tillman tied a season high for runs allowed.So what made this start so much different?I think the ball just fell where we werent, he said.After Colorado loaded the bases with one out in the third, Tillman retired Nolan Arenado on a foul popup and was within a strike of getting out of the jam when Gonzalez lined a double into the left-field corner. Story followed with a two-run single for a 4-0 lead.We had the two big at-bats with Cargo and Story. Both with two outs and two strikes, manager Walt Weiss said. Those two at-bats were crucial in the game.Arenado picked up his 78th RBI with a double in the fifth and came home on a wild pitch.Adam Jones hit his 18th homer for Baltimore in the bottom half.The Orioles still own baseballs best home record at 37-15, including 21-4 since the beginning of June.Chad Bettis (9-6) won his third straight start, allowing two runs, four hits and three walks in six innings. Colorado is 8-1 in his last nine outings.They have a lot of guys who can slug it, the right-hander said. You just have to try to work in and out effectively. If you leave the ball up, stuff like the Jones home run happens.Rookie Carlos Estevez got three outs for his ninth save.The surging Rockies have won five of six and are 8-4 since the All-Star break.Ive been telling the club all year I felt we were going to get better and better as the year goes on, Weiss said. That hasnt been our history the last few years.SKIDDING DAVISOrioles first baseman Chris Davis went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and is 0 for 24 with four walks and one RBI since July 17.Hes going through a period where hes not -- stating the obvious -- doing what hes capable of, manager Buck Showalter said. Hell get it going.BAGGAGE CLAIMRockies rookie David Dahl finally got his luggage Tuesday, one day after making a cross-country journey to make his major league debut. He went 1 for 4 Monday night while wearing a glove provided by Mark Reynolds, swinging a bat donated by Daniel Descalso and running in cleats loaned by Story. Dahl started again Tuesday and went 1 for 4.TRAINERS ROOMRockies: RHP Justin Miller (oblique tightness) was scheduled to work one inning in a rehab stint with Triple-A Albuquerque. ... OF Gerardo Parra (ankle) will begin his rehab assignment at Double-A Hartford on Friday. ... LHP Chris Rusin (strained left shoulder) is with the club in Baltimore. Weiss said the lefty checks out physically and a decision on his return will be made shortly.Orioles: OF Hyun Soo Kim (hamstring) was activated off the DL and RHP Ubaldo Jimenez returned from paternity leave. ... Top pitching prospect Hunter Harvey had Tommy John surgery on Tuesday. The 21-year-old was the 22nd overall pick in the 2013 amateur draft.UP NEXTRockies: In the series finale Wednesday night, Jon Gray (6-4, 4.12 ERA) seeks his first road win in five tries since June 5.Orioles: Rookie Dylan Bundy (3-2, 3.30) tries to build on his first career win as a starter. He gave up one unearned run in five innings against Cleveland on Friday. Grey Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 31 . Bjorn, who had a 36-hole total of 8-under 134, made a testing six-foot putt to save par on the 16th and a birdie on the 17th before bogeying the final hole after a misjudged approach shot. American Kevin Streelman was in second place after shooting a 69. Orange Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 34 . LOUIS -- Cardinals cleanup hitter Allen Craig says hes recovered from a foot injury and ready to be put on St. http://www.cheapairmaxzoom.com/ . Shot outdoors against the stunning backdrop of Banff, Alta., the networks 30-minute original production airs tonight at 8pm et/5pm pt on TSN2. The four All-Star teams will play for $100,000 in prize money during TSNs annual skins game, airing live this weekend on TSN from The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre. (STATS) -- Itd be easy to keep listing accolades involving the two opponents in Saturdays biggest FCS showdown:- North Dakota States top-ranked FCS dynasty hosting a No. 8 Eastern Washington squad that just took down a Pac-12 opponent.- The two most recent national championship programs -- EWU in 2010 and NDSU the last five seasons.- NDSU facing the only program to hand it a loss in its FCS playoff history (a 22-1 record).- The most dominating defense in the FCS (NDSU) trying to stop a wide receiver (EWU senior Cooper Kupp) who is on pace to being the most dominant wideout ever in the subdivision.Oh, did we mention Big Sky versus Missouri Valley in an intersectional matchup that some FCS power programs never get close to playing in the regular season?Saturday at the Fargodome, it will be that and much more in one of the most anticipated games of the season.Weve got obviously the premier program at our level, and were playing them at their place, Eastern Washington coach Beau Baldwin said, so its been a fun week already to prepare for that challenge. And it will definitely be that -- a challenge come Saturday.In the only previous meeting, EWU slipped past NDSU 38-31 in overtime in the 2010 national quarterfinals in Cheney, Washington. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell led the Eagles to two more wins and the national title, then the Bison started their unprecedented dominance the next season. Theyve gone 72-5 since 2011.A case can be made that NDSU and EWU have the toughest non-conference schedules in the FCS this season, and both started with wins. The Bison edged No. 7 Charleston Southern 24-17 in overtime in the FCS Kickoff on Aug. 27 and the Eagles flew past Washington State 45-42 last Saturday, when Kupp left yet another Pac-12 defense in his wake with 12 receptions for 206 yards and three touchdowns.Kupps final touchdown reception was the 59th of his career, setting the FCS record. He will likely surpass 5,000 career yards against the Bison, and his 4,970 are only 280 from the all-time record. His 323 career receptions are 72 from the standard.Hes as good as anybody, NDSU coach Chris Klieman said. Different because hes going to be in the slot a fair amount; theyre going to work him outside. You know (against Washington State), he played some quarterback, they gave it to him onn the jet sweep. Blue Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 32. Just a phenomenal football player that is really fun to watch. Not excited about defending him, but what a great challenge for our defense that you have the most prolific receiver in FCS history coming into Gate City Field.Eastern Washington, which had won four of the five Big Sky titles before going 6-5 a year ago, may be even better than advertised because redshirt sophomore quarterback Gage Gabrud settled in quickly in his first career start. He set the school record for total yards (551) and had six total touchdowns.Add in that NDSU has two first-year starters at cornerback in sophomores Jalen Allison and Jaylaan Wimbush, and Gabrud figures to spread the wealth to Kupp and two other highly productive wide receivers, Shaq Hill and Kendrick Bourne.NDSU will counter with a lot of nickel coverage in the secondary. Middle linebacker Nick DeLuca is expected to return from a left shoulder separation to help make the defense complete again.The challenge we have is there are so many other weapons around (Kupp) that are so good and if you just try to take away one guy ... for starters, its hard to do anyway, Klieman said. Were just going to try to contain him a little bit, and thats going to be difficult in itself. But they have so many other weapons that can beat you.EWU and NDSU are helping to put their conferences in the spotlight Saturday as the biggest of four games between Big Sky and Missouri Valley teams. Two of the other games come from within the STATS FCS Top 25 -- No. 14 Montana at No. 3 Northern Iowa and No. 19 Northern Arizona at No. 18 Western Illinois.But EWU-NDSU says it all, filled with the most subplots and national ramifications. Theyll meet again at EWU on Sept. 16, 2017.I like playing these games also, Baldwin said, just because I think it does well for just our whole FCS nationally. Just like Montana playing them last year, we played Sam Houston (State in 2013 and 14). Those early games, being involved in these big-time non-conference games ... I think it helps our level of football from a national standpoint and I think it makes people realize, Man, theres something more here than we may have thought. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '
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