Reds lost in Fogg as Rockies roll to sweep

Associated Press

CINCINNATI — The Colorado Rockies are getting that look again.

Garrett Atkins and Jeff Baker homered and drove in three runs, Ubaldo Jimenez turned in another terrific start and the Rockies pounded the Cincinnati Reds 11-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

Rockies 11, Reds 0
Colorado AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Podsednik cf 5 2 3 0 1 1 .263
JBaker 2b-1b 6 3 3 2 0 3 .302
Holliday lf 6 1 2 0 0 1 .344
Hawpe rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .272
SSmith rf 1 1 0 1 0 0 .231
Atkins 1b 3 1 2 3 1 0 .307
Vizcaino p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
KWells p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
IStewart 3b 3 1 0 0 2 1 .299
Tulowitzki ss 3 0 1 2 0 2 .215
RSpeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
d-Barmes ph-2b 1 0 1 2 0 0 .304
Iannetta c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .281
Jimenez p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .043
b-Quintanilla ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .259
Totals 40 11 14 11 5 11
Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
CPatterson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .186
Keppinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Griffey Jr. rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .246
JCabrera rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304
BPhillips 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .274
APhillips 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .158
Dunn lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .238
EEncarnacion 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .260
Votto 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .273
DRoss c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
FCordero p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
e-Bako ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Fogg p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .133
Coffey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
a-Bruce ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .264
Majewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
c-Valentin ph-c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .262
Totals 33 0 6 0 2 3
Colorado 003 410 030—11 14 2
Cincinnati 000 000 000—0 6 2
a-singled for Coffey in the 5th. b-popped out for Jimenez in the 7th. c-struck out for Majewski in the 7th. d-doubled for Speier in the 8th. e-grounded into double play for Cordero in the 9th.
E—IStewart (4), Barmes (7), CPatterson (3), EEncarnacion (18). LOB—Colorado 10, Cincinnati 9. 2B—Podsednik (8), Atkins (24), Barmes (19), Dunn (13). HR—Iannetta (11), off Coffey; Atkins (15), off Fogg; JBaker (9), off Fogg. RBI—JBaker 2 (37), SSmith (5), Atkins 3 (66), Tulowitzki 2 (20), Barmes 2 (25), Iannetta (41). SB—Podsednik 2 (10). SF—Atkins. GIDP—CPatterson, Bako.
Runners left in scoring position—Colorado 5 (JBaker, Hawpe, Iannetta, Jimenez, Quintanilla); Cincinnati 7 (Keppinger, BPhillips, EEncarnacion, Votto 2, DRoss).
Runners moved up—Atkins, IStewart, EEncarnacion.
DP—Colorado 2 (JBaker, Quintanilla and Atkins), (Quintanilla, Barmes and JBaker).
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Jimenez W, 7-9 6 5 0 0 1 2 84 3.80
RSpeier 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 4.66
Vizcaino 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 5.85
KWells 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 5.14
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Fogg L, 2-3 3⅔8 7 7 3 4 93 7.84
Coffey 1⅓2 1 1 0 2 23 6.05
Majewski 2 0 0 0 1 2 36 3.74
Affeldt 1 4 3 3 1 1 32 4.05
FCordero 1 0 0 0 0 2 19 3.42
HBP—by Majewski (Tulowitzki), by Jimenez (BPhillips), by Fogg (Iannetta). WP—Jimenez. PB—DRoss.
Umpires—Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Gary Cederstrom; Second, Tim Timmons; Third, Fieldin Culbreth.
T—3:05. A—28,246 (42,319).
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Chris Iannetta also hit a home run and Scott Podsednik had three hits for the Rockies, who wrapped up their first sweep of a road series this season and their first in Cincinnati since June 15-17, 2001.

Colorado extended its winning streak to five games, matching its season high, and finished with 14 hits in its biggest win of the season. The Rockies are 9-1 since the All-Star break and have compiled at least 11 hits in eight consecutive games.

Colorado won 21 of 22 to get to the World Series last year, but Manager Clint Hurdle is hesitant to draw any comparisons to last season.

“We're not trying to recreate anything,” Hurdle said. “We're just trying to play well day to day.”

The Rockies entered play in third in the weak NL West, six games back of division-leading Arizona.

“We're really fortunate to be in the position we're in,” Troy Tulowitzki said. “We tried to play our way out of it. Now, we're trying to play our way into it. We learned a lot from last year and not much has changed. We still have the same confident guys.”

Jimenez (7-9) allowed five hits in six innings, improving to 5-1 with a 1.74 ERA in six July starts.

Josh Fogg (2-3), pitching with 30 stitches in his lip after being hit by a line drive while tossing in the outfield during practice on Tuesday, lasted just 32⁄3 innings for Cincinnati. He allowed seven runs, eight hits and three walks against his former team.

Fogg said his lip wasn't the problem. “I wish I could say it walked the four or five guys I walked, but that was me,” he said.

The Reds finished their longest homestand of the season with a 4-6 record while allowing Colorado to pound out 45 hits, the most by a Cincinnati opponent in a three-game series since Oakland had 51 in June 2004.

“Every game, they went around (the lineup) twice before we went around once,” Reds Manager Dusty Baker said. “I wasn't even playing and I feel beat up watching them get beat like that.”

Colorado scored four in the fourth to take a 7-0 lead. Atkins chased Fogg with a two-out, two-run homer to left, his 15th of the year.

“You look up and it's 8-0,” Reds left fielder Adam Dunn said. “The mood's going to be down all day. ... We've got to regroup. It's definitely shocking any time we don't score runs. It's shocking to me.”

Ken Griffey Jr. singled in the fourth to extend his hitting streak to 10 games for Cincinnati, his longest since a 15-game streak in 2006.

Warnings were issued to both benches after Jimenez hit Brandon Phillips with a pitch in the bottom of the sixth and Gary Majewski hit Tulowitzki in the seventh.