European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 27 backs survive Phillies ninth inning rally by Rob Muaddi the associated press Philadelphia Doug Davis Fig ured his wingless drought was Over when he left with a four run Lead in the Jose Valverde made him sweat it Davis pitched eight Sharp Conor Jackson drove in four runs and the Arizona diamondbacks survived Valverdes shaky ninth to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 54 monday night for their fifth straight Ryan howards Homer in the seventh was the Only run off Davis for the who wasted Freddy Garcias longest Outing of the it was howards ninth of the season and third in the last two Davis 36 allowed seven struck out five and didst Issue a walk to get his first win since april the Diamond backs Are averaging just runs when Davis one reason Why he has a los ing record despite a relying on a slow curve that kept hitters off balance All the Lethander didst need much after Jacksons two run Homer made it 20 in the first i saw some bad swings on the curve Davis i had a plan and i wanted to execute the Phillies rallied against get Ting a Pinch hit three run Homer from Greg Dobbs to Cut it to Pat Burrell Fol Lowed with a Pinch hit single and Michael who ran for advanced to third when Carlos ruins grounder went through first baseman Jacksons i had a Bill Buckner moment Jackson i want expecting a ground Ball from a right handed hitter in that Situa it was a mental error on my Arizona manager Bob Melvin then pulled Valverde for Brandon who re tired Pinch hitter Rod Barajas for his Sec Ond who ran across the Field from the bullpen during ruins flew out to the warning track in Hes been unbelievable All Melvin said of who has 18 they had some Good a bats off its going to the diamondbacks improved to a sea Sonbert seven games Over Garcia 14 gave up three runs and seven striking out a season High nine in eight a two time Gar Cia has been a big disappointment in his first season with the he haunt lasted More than six innings in any of his previous eight his command was manager Charlie Manuel Garcia quickly ran into trouble in the Eric Byrnes led off with a single and Jackson followed with a two run shot to left Carlos Quentin sacrifice Fly in the fourth gave Arizona a 30 Mark Rey nolds doubled off Shane Victorinus Glove in right Center to Start the went to third on Stephen Drews sacrifice and barely scored ahead of a no hop strike by Victorino from deep right Field on Quen tins Jackson added a two run double off Ryan Madson in the Rockies win six straight for first time since 2002 the associated press Jeff Francis helped the Colo Rado Rockies to their longest win Ning Streak since Francis scattered five hits in innings to Lead the Rockies past the stumbling Louis Cardi nals 62 on monday for their sixth straight the who joined the Rockies in cant explain Why the Rockies have broken out of their Only saying the team has started com Bining their pitching and since Ive been the big Gest problem has been putting it together for a said fran Cis its what weve expect were not satisfied at even More surprising is that the first five wins came on the in Arizona and san fran i think weve always expected this out of said fran who is 31 with a Era in nobody motivates us More than were not out Here winning so there not writ ing bad things about the Rockies see the win As an other step in the right the team Hast won seven games in a Row since september Colorado had come under fire before its winning not that manager Clint hurdle paid any at Tention to the i dont read the Hur dle Ive heard but you talk about staying focused on the game at Brad Hawpe hit a two run Homer in the seventh and Matt Holliday hit a Solo Homer in the his Kaz Matsui scored two runs on two singles and Willy Taveras finished 2for4 with two stolen i think were expecting to come up with the big plays in big Holliday were having Francis had a shutout going into the eighth when Aaron Miles doubled with two outs and so Taguchi hit a two run Homer to his first of the it was Francis Only mistake of the Jack Colorado Troy Tulowitzki slides safely into third on a triple against Louis during mondays Miles was impressed with his former when Hes pitching where he wants Hes really Miles its Why he fast forwarded through the minor leagues no body could hit him he had a Little bit of trouble in the beginning of his career but it looks like Hes settling into a pretty Good the cardinals lost for the Lith time in the last 13 Road Francis worked his Way out of a two out Jam in the he gave up singles to Miles and Taguchi and then pitched around Albert Pujols to Load the Scott Spiezio hit into an inning ending Force play at we made a lot of outs that were not Quality manager Tony la Russa that How i see today Kip Wells 29 gave up 11 hits in innings and struck out the cardinals have been outscored 5115 in his last seven reds pirates 0 at Cincin reds Center fielder Ryan Freel was taken off the Field on a Stretcher after a frightening Colli Sion with a teammate and tests came Back Kyle Lohse 26 struck out two in a snapping the teams six game skid and his per Sonal six game losing Freel left the game in the third inning after running into right fielder Norris Hopper while catching a Fly Ball on the warning the game was delayed 13 minutes while he was examined before he was strapped onto a Stretcher and taken to a David Ross hit a two run Homer in the fifth and Edwin Encarnacion added two Bis for Cin Pittsburgh right hander Ian Snell 44 allowed five hits and three runs in seven braves Brewers 1 Andrew Jones hit the 350th Home run of his career and Chuck James tied a career High with eight strike outs for visiting Chris Capuano 54 held the braves witless through two outs in the when the 30yearold Jones hit his eighth Home run of the James 54 held Milwaukee scoreless until Prince fielder hit his National league leading 16th Home run of the season to Lead off the sixth marlins cubs 3 Byung Hyun Kim pitched six scoreless Reggie Aber Crombie homered and visiting Florida held off a late Chicago Josh Willingham had two hits and an rib and Miguel Cabrera had three hits for the Kim 32 allowed three hits and struck out five while working around three Sean Marshall 02 lasted giving up three runs two earned and six he struck out six and walked