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From the Rocky Mountains, we welcome you
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to Kors Field in Denver where the Astros
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and Rockies wrap up a three-game series.
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A beautiful Thursday afternoon for
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baseball. The Astros currently with a
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sevengame lead in the American League
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West. 52 and 34, a season high, 18 games
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over 500. The Denver native number 21
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Kyle Freeland is on the hill to face the
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Houston Astros. 16 start for Kyle.
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Parade swings at the first pitch and
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gives an opportunity for Brett Doyle to
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showcase his skills. What pitch, one
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out. Here's Jake Meyers. Ground ball
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slowly hit towards third. Barehanded by
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McMahon, but with Jake Speed, he's able
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to get an infield hit as Jake legs one
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out. Astros first base runner of the
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day. Here's Jose Altuve batting 259.
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Altuve goes after the first pitch and
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singles into left. So, Jose now with
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three hits in the last two games and the
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Astros have back-to- back base hits here
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in the first. 850 RBI's to go with those
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hits that Altuve's continuing to rack
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up. He is on that list as far as
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franchise all time. Got to creep up on
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Jose Cruz. So, two on and one out for
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Cam Smith who's hitting 386 in his last
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17 games. Hits this ball down the line
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in right field for a base hit. Jake
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Meyers will score easily. Altuve going
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to third. Cam Smith, his first extra
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base hit of the series makes it a one-
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nothing game with RBI number 36. Now an
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opportunity for Christian Walker to add
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to his totals here at Korsfield.
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Christian having a good series. Has hit
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in 20 straight games against this team.
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Ground ball slowly hit. Altuve will
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score. The throw to first. That'll be an
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RBI ground out for Christian Walker. And
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the Astros take a two nothing lead.
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There he is. Brandon Walter. He is your
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starter today for the Astros here in
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this last game of this three-game series
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against the Rockies. Five starts, 3.34
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is at erra. This will be his first
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opportunity to face this organization.
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First time to deal with the elements
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here in Colorado as well. Tyler Freeman
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leading off. He's been excellent in that
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leadoff spot. And this is a huge chopper
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and you're never going to get Freeman
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here. Shay Whit played Patty Cake with
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it. So, it's a leadoff single for
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Freeman. He's now reached in 18 straight
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games. Absolutely nothing the Astros
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could have done right there. So the
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leadoff man on for Kyle Farmer
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right-handed hitting DH adding 225 262
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on base percentage, three homers, 18
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RBI's. Swing and a miss. There's a good
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strike out for Brandon Walter picking up
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his first K. It went away here in the
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inning. Jordan back great night in the
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series opener. He went five for five.
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Freeman gets a huge jump. Can't swing.
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Smart move by back and it's an easy bag
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for Tyler. He had two yesterday. Sully's
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got a dozen to lead the club.
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Got him. Backto back strikeouts for
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Brandon Walter. You talk a lot about how
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he sets up his fast ball and he's done
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that twice to backto-back hitters. Tyro
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Estrada will try and come through with
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two outs to cut into this Houston lead.
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This balls to deep left on a hot day.
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He's got a chance. Gone. Two-run home
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run. Tyler Strum to tie it up. His
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second home run of the year. Muzzles
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behind that swing. He was out on his
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front side. It's good to see the Rockies
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punch right back. You give up two in the
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first. Respond and it missed outside
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four. He walks so few, but he walks the
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opening hitter here in the second. So
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two out. Hmel still at first. And the
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batter is Paradis who fly out to center
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on the first pitch he saw in the first
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inning. This time he stays and Paris
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shoots it into right center field. Got a
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chance to be a gapper. It's going to be
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down towards the wall. Cut off by Doyle.
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Here comes the wave around Cooper Hmel
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trying to score. The throw will be not
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in time. 32 Astros. Good evasive slide
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by Hmel. RBI double for Isoak Paredus.
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Aggressive send by Tony Perez Chica and
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he took the gamble and it paid off with
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two outs. Cam Smith now the hitter.
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Another single for Cam Smith. Another
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RBI. He has six hits in these three
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games. Here's the pitch. And he goes the
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other way again. Base hit. And he's
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patented that one. Two for two. Cam
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Smith as he creeps closer and closer to
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300.
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Oh boy. That's down the right field
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line. And that's at a place where
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Smith's going to end up at third. I
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mean, he's going to round third on this.
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Kyle has a great snap throw, but this
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one just too quick. Two outs with
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Keratini at the plate. And a line drive
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caught
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by Tyro Estrada. So no harm done. Had
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him played perfectly up the middle.
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Makes the diving catch and no harm done
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by the Astros in the top of the third.
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That pitch hit him. He's got away.
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Farmer gets hit near the ankle and he
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reaches with one out. Jordan Beck now
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the hitter for the Rockies. Runner at
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first base and one down. 3-2 Rockies
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trailing here in the bottom of the
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third. This ball is pulled to left and
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Farmer takes a read on it. He's going to
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third. Going to second with a double is
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Beck. 18th double of the year for
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Jordan. And now two at scoring position
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with one out for the Rockies. Tyro
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Estrada swinging the pot. Bat is the
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Rockies hitter. And a wonderful
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opportunity right here for the Rockies
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to retie or take a lead. Two men in
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scoring position. One down. And this is
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tapped and it's going to get the run
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home again cuz Estrada got it in play.
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You saw Walter look to the plate. Farmer
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got a good jump, good read on it and
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Estrada has tied up the ball game at
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three. He's within all three for the
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Rockies. Two ground balls through the
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five and a half hole. The Rockies have
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two aboard, nobody out here in the
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fourth. Austin Nola, I'm guessing Warren
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Schaefer is going to put down bunt sign
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for him. Got to get the bunt to third.
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35year-old over a thousand career big
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league at bats and he gets the bunt
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down. Perfect. Want to get it to the
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left side. It's well done. And now it's
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second and third. One out. First crack
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at driving in the go-ahead run will come
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with Ryan Ritter approaching the plate.
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Get the run in. Infield in. Get the run
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in. Infield back. One. And this will
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work. This will work for two. Ryan
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Ritter. A bloop single. And because the
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infield was in, ordinarily that'd be an
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easy play for Dubon and short. Now the
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Rockies have a 53 lead. RBI's 89 for
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Ryan Ritter. Christian Walker RBI ground
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out and a fly ball to center field for
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the veteran first baseman. He'll send
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this one to right. Freeman on the track.
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Banging into the fence. Makes the catch
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to retire the side.
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We're halfway through. The Rockies lead
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it 53 towards the middle. Ritter can't
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quite get there. That'll be a base hit
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for Paradis. Got to bring up Altuve.
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He's one for two with a walk. Altuve
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lines one the left coming on and trying
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to make a sliding catch as Jordan Becka
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gets by him. Paredes gets to third.
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Altuve into second, sliding in with a
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double. Astros now with a tying runs on
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at second base. Well, now you've got
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some action with a couple of runners out
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there and a base hit ties this thing up.
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Astros have two men on. Pretty
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on second. A single could tie it. Cam
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already with an RBI double into left
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center field. Long run for Doyle. Long
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run for Beck. And it's in between them.
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All score two.
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Doyle's down. Cam heading to third. He
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is going to be held up there with a two
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RBI triple. And this game's tied at five
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in the seventh. Oh, Cam is the man
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continuing to rake with runners in
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scoring position picking up the Astros.
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And it looked like Doyle had an attempt
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at it, but kind of took his eye off the
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ball when Beck cut in front. We go to
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the bottom of the seventh inning. 55 91
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and two. Ryan Ritter will lead it off on
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the ground diving stop. Paredes from his
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knees makes an on the money throw. What
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a play by Esach Paredes for the first
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out. Great play by Esoch over there at
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third base. He was playing in to protect
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against the potential bunt for a base
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hit. Had a tough hop laying out on that
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short hop making a great play and then a
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casual toss from his knees to get that
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out. Now with the righty out there,
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Mickey Monia is going to pinch hit. That
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ball hit hard to right field. Cam Smith.
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It's over his head and off the wall. Cam
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came in in on that ball and the ball
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sailed over his head. Now the throw into
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Dubon. The throw to the plate and safe
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at home plate is Tyler Freeman. Close
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play at the plate and the Rockies have
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retaken the lead six to five. The Astros
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are going to challenge I believe. After
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review, the Colin field is overturned.
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The runner is out. So two down and Monia
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at third. You still have that chance to
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take the lead with Jordan Beck up there.
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A base hit the runner score. Nobody's
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going to make a play on Mickey Monia.
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Jordan Beck coming through. 65 Colorado.
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See if he get quick attacks on the bases
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now too. He does. He takes off. The
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throw from the knees. Not going to get
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him. Love it. So Jordan Beck first pitch
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swinging. Jordan Beck first pitch
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running now in scoring position for
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Estrada. One and two on Estrada. Estrada
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throws this out left center field. This
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could drop. It will. And the Rockies
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will get another run. Tyro Estrada makes
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it 75. That's a four RBI Thursday
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afternoon and Meyers will get to third
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to lead off the ninth inning. Nice
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little start for the Astros. Jake did a
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great job of shooting that ball the
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other way. Here's Altuve. He's two for
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three. A double. Two-run score is also
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walked. Infielders back. Ground ball
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will score a run. But at this point,
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Rockies will trade an out for a run.
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Ritter throw picked by RC at first. It's
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now a one-run game. Seven to six. Alt
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with the RBI ground up. Now the tying
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run at second. And that loop single by
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Carini. Walker is at second base. Cooper
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Hmel coming up. Here we go. 0 and two.
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Highf fly ball deep right field near the
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line. Caught for the final out. Tyler
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Freeman makes a wonderful play right
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near the line. And the Rockies will
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indeed shake hands.
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