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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- These Colorado Rockies don't need to hit a lot
of homers, and they're proving they can win on the road.
Colorado beat the San Diego Padres 3-2 Sunday on Jeff Cirillo's
sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, an unearned run off Padres
bullpen ace Trevor Hoffman.
|  | | Woody Williams worked eight innings Sunday in his first start since having aneurysm surgery in May. |
Padres right-hander Woody Williams pitched eight strong innings
in his first start following surgery for an aneurysm, but the
Rockies ended up with just their fourth win in San Diego in 18
games dating to June 22, 1997.
The Rockies are 2-1 so far on this 10-game trip. A year ago,
they went 0-7 on a California trip.
"We didn't hammer anyone today," manager Buddy Bell said.
"Fundamentally, we did some good things."
Cirillo's second sacrifice fly of the game scored Mike Lansing,
who had reached with one out on second baseman Bret Boone's
fielding error and third on Todd Helton's single.
Cirillo said the two key plays were Neifi Perez beating out an
RBI infield single in the sixth inning and Lansing hustling to
first in the 10th. Boone fielded Lansing's slow roller, but dropped
it and didn't make a throw.
"He didn't hit the ball the way he wanted to, but he still
hustled it out," Cirillo said. "He didn't create the error but he
created the fact that Boone couldn't make a play. The sac fly was
just the product of the fact that Lansing hustled down to first
base."
Hoffman, who got his 21st save in Saturday night's 5-3 win over
the Rockies, fell to 1-3
Williams didn't figure in the decision, but Boone did get him
off the hook for a loss when he hit a leadoff homer off Stan
Belinda in the eighth, tying the game at 2. It was Boone's 15th of
the year, second in two games and sixth in 10 games. He has 19 RBI
in 11 games.
Williams allowed two runs and eight hits, struck out five and
walked one. He hadn't pitched since going 8 1/3 innings in a loss
to Florida on May 1. He felt numbness in his fingers in that start,
like he had in several previous starts, and doctors discovered the
aneurysm near his right armpit the next day. He had surgery on May
4.
"There wasn't a whole lot of anticipation," Williams said.
"Today just felt calm."
That is, until Williams walked in from the bullpen just before
game time and received a nice ovation from the crowd.
"It was incredible," Williams said. "It actually made me
struggle a little bit in the first inning. After that, I still made
mistakes but I got away with them. I was able to spot my fastball
when I needed to."
Said manager Bruce Bochy: "I couldn't be prouder of Woody. It
was a special scene out there on the mound. It was huge. He gave us
eight innings. He's a leader on the staff. People can learn from
him. He's all about winning."
Mike De Jean (3-1) pitched the ninth inning and Jose Jimenez
worked the 10th for his 14th save in 16 chances.
Williams, one of San Diego's better-hitting pitchers, went
2-for-3 with an RBI double that tied the game at 1 in the fourth.
Colorado went ahead 2-1 in the sixth. Cirillo and Larry Walker
hit consecutive one-out singles. Cirillo tried to score on Jeffrey
Hammonds' grounder but third baseman Phil Nevin threw him out at
home. Perez then beat out a grounder to shortstop to score Walker.
With the Padres trailing 1-0 and two outs in the fourth,
Williams hit a full-count pitch from Kevin Jarvis past diving
Cirillo at third for a double, with Ruben Rivera scoring from
first. Williams also singled in second.
Colorado scored in the first on Cirillo's sacrifice fly, which
gave him at least one RBI in eight straight games, tying the club
record set by Ellis Burks in 1996.
Leadoff hitter Brian Hunter reached on an infield single, took
third on Todd Helton's single and scored on Cirillo's fly ball.
Left fielder Al Martin made a nice diving catch on the play.
Jarvis allowed one run and six hits in six innings, struck out
five and walked three.
Game
notes
Padres 1B Ryan Klesko was ejected by plate umpire Brian
Gorman for arguing after a called third strike in the seventh
inning. C Carlos Hernandez, who had the day off, came in to play
first. The Padres traded backup 1B/3B Ed Sprague to Boston on
Friday. ... Cirillo has 15 RBIs in his last seven games. ... Mike
Myers' remarkable shutout streak ended when he allowed Ryan
Klesko's homer leading off the eighth inning in Saturday night's
5-3 loss to the Padres. It was the first run allowed this season by
Myers, whose streak had reached 18 1/3 innings over 33 appearances.
... To make room for Williams on the roster, OF-INF John Roskos was
optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. Roskos was recalled on Friday after
Ed Sprague was traded to Boston, but did not appear in either of
the last two games against Colorado. ... Roskos was picked to play
in the Triple-A All-Star game. He is hitting .360 with nine home
runs and 44 RBIs in 52 games with Las Vegas.
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