Jun 28, 2006 1:21 pm US/Pacific
Atkins, Barmes Lead Rockies Over Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ―
Garrett Atkins and Clint Barmes each had three RBIs and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Angels 12-4 Tuesday night.
Brad Hawpe also hit a two-run homer for the Rockies, who tied a season high with 18 hits.
The victory snapped Colorado's seven-game interleague losing streak against the Angels, who had won 12 of the previous 13 meetings -- including Monday night's 5-4 victory when they overcame a 3-0 deficit with a five-run eighth inning.
The Rockies made sure they had a big enough lead this time -- scoring four runs in the fourth to extend their advantage to 10-2. Everyone in the starting lineup had at least two hits except J.D. Closser, who had one. Matt Holliday tied a club record with three doubles, raising his extra-base hit total to a major league-leading 44.
Aaron Cook (6-7) won for the first time since May 19, allowing three runs and eight hits in seven innings. The Rockies had scored two runs or less in five of his previous six outings.
Jeff Weaver (3-10) lasted only two-plus innings for the Angels. It was the second-shortest outing of his 226 career starts. The shortest was exactly seven years earlier, on June 27, 1999, when he went 1 2-3 innings pitching for Detroit against the Minnesota Twins.
Weaver was charged with six runs and nine hits, including five doubles and Hawpe's 14th homer. The right-hander, who tied Tampa Bay's Seth McClung and Pittsburgh's Oliver Perez for the most losses in the majors, had not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his previous seven outings.
Barmes tied it at 2 in the second with a two-run single and Jamey Carroll followed with an RBI double that put Colorado ahead to stay. The Rockies increased the margin to 6-2 in the third when Holliday and Atkins opened the inning with doubles and Hawpe followed with his drive.
Weaver faced one more batter, giving up a single to Jorge Piedra, before manager Mike Scioscia removed him from the game. Kevin Gregg came in and struck out the next three batters to end the inning, but the Rockies got to him for four runs in the fourth inning.
Three of the runs in the fourth were unearned, the result of third baseman Maicer Izturis' error on a routine grounder by Holliday. Atkins hit a two-run single, and Closser and Barmes added two-out RBI singles.
Angels shortstop Orlando Cabrera went 2-for-2, extending his streak of reaching base to 55 consecutive games without the benefit of a fielder's choice. It's the longest current streak in the majors and the longest in Angels history.
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