The 28,910 patrons attending Coors Field this afternoon got to view two masterpieces for the price of one.
One artist, Greg Maddux, donned Dodger blue. The other, Aaron Cook, wore the home whites of the Rockies. Together, they painted the longest 0-0 game in Coors Field history.
The tie was finally broken in the 10th on a walk-off, bases-loaded single to right by Troy Tulowitzki, giving the Rockies a 1-0 victory and putting an end to their seven-game losing streak.
After failing to score against Maddux and reliever Cory Wade, the Rockies scratched out the winning run off Los Angeles reliever Hong-Chih Kuo. Matt Holliday lined a solid single to left, Garrett Atkins followed with a seeing-eye single through the left side and pinch-hitter Ryan Spilborghs loaded the bases with a blooper to shallow right-center field. That set up Tulowitzki’s slicing line drive down the right-field line.
The 42-year-old Maddux pitched seven innings of scoreless, two-hit baseball until manager Joe Torre pinch-hit for him in the eighth inning. Maddux struck out three, walked none and needed just 68 pitches.
Cook pitched eight scoreless innings, giving up eight singles. With his trusty sinker sinking again, he got 17 groundball outs, including double plays in the second and fifth.
Patrick Saunders: 303-954-1428 or psaunders@denverpost.com
