LOS ANGELES—Josh Fogg allowed five hits over 6 2-3 innings against a lineup that included five September callups, leading the Colorado Rockies to their franchise-record 10th straight victory, 2-0 over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday night.
Colorado remained tied with Philadelphia, one game behind San Diego in the wild-card race. The Rockies moved within two games of the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks with four games to play.
The Rockies, now a franchise-record 14 games over .500 (86-72), won nine in a row once before—from Aug. 26-Sept. 5, 1997.
Fogg (10-9) walked three and struck out five to record his first victory over the Dodgers since Aug. 6, 2002, when he was pitching for Pittsburgh.
Fogg was relieved by Jeremy Affeldt after allowing a two-out single by pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney in the seventh. Affeldt retired Juan Pierre on a grounder to second.
Brian Fuentes pitched the eighth for Colorado. Manny Corpas allowed two infield hits with two outs in the ninth then got Pierre on a groundout for his 18th save in 21 chances.
Chin-Lung Hu, Delwyn Young, Andy LaRoche, Chad Moeller and Wilson Valdez were in the Los Angeles lineup. That made it easier for Fogg, a 30-year-old right-hander who was ineffective in two previous starts against the Dodgers this season, allowing 16 hits and nine earned runs in 11 2-3 innings.
The Rockies took a 2-0 lead against Derek Lowe (12-14) in the third on a one-out double by Yorvit Torrealba and two-out singles by Kaz Matsui, Troy Tulowitzki and Matt Holliday, who picked up his NL-leading 132nd RBI. Matsui had two hits in his previous 19 at-bats.
The Rockies didn’t get another baserunner until Holliday drew a one-out walk from Takashi Saito in the ninth. Todd Helton then grounded into an inning-ending double play.
Lowe retired his last 13 batters before being lifted for a pinch hitter after allowing five hits and two runs in seven innings. He walked none and struck out seven.
Young, who hit his first big-league homer Tuesday night, tripled with two outs in the first. He was the only Los Angeles player to get past first base until Andre Ethier doubled to start the fifth. Ethier was then called out for interfering with Tulowitzki while he was trying to take third on Moeller’s grounder to short.
Fogg issued two-out walks to Young, James Loney and LaRoche in the sixth—his only walks of the game—before striking out Ethier to end the inning.
Notes:@ The Rockies have committed a major-league low 65 errors through 158 games. Baltimore ranks second with 76. Pittsburgh’s 81 errors are the second-fewest in the NL. … Injured Los Angeles IFs Rafael Furcal, Jeff Kent and Tony Abreu are all listed as day-to-day. Furcal, bothered by a stiff lower back, missed his eighth straight game. … The Rockies are 48-30 since a season-high eight-game losing streak in late June. Their 68-45 record since May 21 is the best in the NL, and ranks second in the majors behind the Yankees’ 71-44 mark. … Helton singled in the second to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. He has reached base safely via a hit, walk or hit-by-pitch in 27 straight games.
