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MLB: Colorado 5, Pittsburgh 4

Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki fouls off a pitch working the the count to 3-2 before walking against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning at Coors Field in Denver on June 21. 2009. Colorado beat Pittsburgh 5-4. The Rockies have won 16 of their last 17 games. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey)
1 of 19 | Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki fouls off a pitch working the the count to 3-2 before walking against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first inning at Coors Field in Denver on June 21. 2009. Colorado beat Pittsburgh 5-4. The Rockies have won 16 of their last 17 games. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey) | License Photo

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.

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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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