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Quick Hits

Jun. 12, 2009 | 10:48 pm No comments
By Jack Etkin

–The complete game by Ubaldo Jimenez was the second of his career and third for the Rockies this season. Jimenez threw a complete game July 22, 2008, against the Dodgers. Jason Marquis, May 2 at San Francisco, and Aaron Cook, May 21 at Atlanta, threw complete games earlier this season.

–Jimenez’s 127 pitches were a career-high, topping the 117 he threw May 16, 2008, in seven innings against the Padres. Jimenez has thrown 100 or more pitches in 12 of 13 starts this season, including the past nine.

–The Rockies’ nine-game winning streak is their longest since they won a franchise-record 11 consecutive games Sept. 16-27, 2007. They also won nine straight games Aug. 26-Sept. 5, 1997. The starting pitchers are 9-0 with a 2.70 ERA (63 1/3 innings, 17 earned runs) during the current streak.

Troy Tulowitzki’s homer in the fourth gave him a streak of five consecutive games with an extra-base hit and extended his hitting streak to a season-high six games. Seven of Tulowitzki’s home runs have come with the bases empty.

Dexter Fowler’s suicide squeeze gave him his 14th RBI and first at home since May 6.

–The Rockies are 3-1 in interleague play, having started it by winning two of three at Detroit last month. This is Seattle’s first visit to Coors Field since 2001 when the Rockies lost two of three.

Ichiro Suzuki singled in the third, setting a career-high by reaching base in 41 consecutive games.

–Left-hander Erik Bedard will skip his scheduled start Saturday due to left shoulder inflammation. Brandon Morrow will start instead and is scheduled to throw about 60 pitches. He has made 16 relief appearances and worked 18 1/3 innings this season.

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