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DENVER, June 21 (UPI) -- Clint Barmes had two hits and two RBI Sunday, boosting Colorado to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates for a three-game sweep for the Rockies.
Barmes also scored twice and increased his batting average to .337. One of his hits was a fourth-inning solo homer.
Dexter Fowler had two hits and one RBI. Ryan Spilborghs had one RBI and Troy Tulowitzki, the team's leading hitter with a .349 batting average, added a run and three hits for the Rockies, who have won five straight and 16 of 17.
Winner Jorge De La Rosa (3-7) surrendered four runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings with three walks and six strikeouts.
Closer Huston Street earned his 16th save.
Pittsburgh's Freddy Sanchez had two hits -- one a second-inning two-run homer -- and three RBI. Brandon Moss had one RBI, while Andrew McCutchen added two hits for the Pirates, who have lost four straight.
Pirates' starter Paul Maholm (4-4) went five innings, giving up five runs on eight hits with four walks and seven strikeouts to get the loss.
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CHICAGO, June 2 (UPI) --
Chicago White Sox television broadcaster Ken "Hawk" Harrelson Saturday apologized to an umpire for an on-air tirade, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
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NEW YORK, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. actress Valerie Bertinelli said she wants to lose five pounds so she can again fit into the green bikini she once donned on the cover of People magazine.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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ROME, June 2 (UPI) --
Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.
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