1.
Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
DENVER, July 17 (UPI) -- Shawn Marcum and four relievers stopped Colorado on seven hits Sunday and the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Rockies 4-3 to split a four-game series.
Marcum (8-3) got the victory with five innings of two-run ball, yielding four hits and three walks while striking out four.
LaTroy Hawkins, Takashi Saito and Francisco Rodriguez each put up a scoreless inning of relief and John Axford got his 25th save despite allowing an unearned run in the ninth for Milwaukee.
Casey McGehee drove in a pair of runs and George Kottaras doubled home the go-ahead tally in the fifth for the Brewers, who grabbed a half-game lead over Pittsburgh and St. Louis in the National League Central.
Aaron Cook (0-5) surrendered three runs on eight hits over 4 2/3 innings for the Rockies.
Jason Giambi doubled and hit a solo homer in Colorado's loss.
|
|
|
| Additional Sports News Stories | |
PARIS, June 1 (UPI) --
Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, the world's top two ranked women's tennis players, picked up wins Friday at the French Open.
|
NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. author Lauren Weisberger is working on a sequel to her 2003 blockbuster novel, "The Devil Wears Prada," EW.com reported.
|
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.
|
HOLMES BEACH, Fla., June 1 (UPI) --
Employees at a Florida grocery store restrained a Cuban sandwich thief by sitting on him until authorities arrived, police say.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
