Yorvit Torrealba

Dodgers: An article in Wednesday's Sports section about Tuesday night's Dodger game said Colorado pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez had been charged with a passed ball. It was catcher Yorvit Torrealba.

Scott Podsednik is facing a Thursday deadline to decide whether to exercise his half of a mutual option that would keep him with the Dodgers for another season. The Dodgers on Tuesday exercised their part of the $2-million option. Podsednik, who was acquired from the Kansas City Royals in late July, replaced Manny Ramirez as the Dodgers' starting left fielder in the second half of the season. Podsednik's arrival cleared the way for the Dodgers to let Ramirez go to the Chicago White Sox on a waiver claim.

Yorvit Torrealba hit a three-run double in the ninth inning against closer Heath Bell to lift the Colorado Rockies to a 4-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night. Torrealba's bases-loaded hit into the left-center-field gap allowed the Rockies to pull out a comeback win and stay two games behind the first-place Dodgers in the NL West. The Dodgers beat the Giants, 10-3, at San Francisco. Colorado had just three hits against five Padres pitchers before they got to Bell, the NL co-leader with 37 saves, for four runs, three hits and two walks in the ninth.

Wait till next year? Coming off a dreary 1-5 trip blamed on their weak offense, the Dodgers returned to Dodger Stadium and stroked seven hits — including five consecutive — in the first three innings Monday in the opening game of their showdown series with the first-place San Diego Padres. And still the Dodgers couldn't score for starter Hiroki Kuroda. So the Padres did instead, with three-run home runs by Will Venable and Chase Headley powering San Diego to a 10-5 win that extended the Dodgers' losing streak to six games — their second six-game skid since the All-Star break — and buried them further in the National League West.

Todd Helton, Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki hit two-run homers, and the Colorado Rockies moved closer to a playoff spot with a 10-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night. The Rockies extended their NL wild-card lead to four games over Atlanta with four to play. Colorado also is within 2 1/2 games of the Dodgers in the NL West. The Rockies play one more against the Brewers today, then finish the season with three games at Dodger Stadium. Yorvit Torrealba had three hits for the Rockies, including an RBI single.

* at Colorado 4, San Francisco 3: Clint Barmes homered and Yorvit Torrealba had a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth for the Rockies. The Giants have lost a season-high six straight games. Fred Lewis had two triples for San Francisco and Randy Winn hit a solo homer in the first to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. He also had a single and an RBI on a sacrifice fly.

MILWAUKEE -- CC Sabathia was a little wild in his debut with the Milwaukee Brewers, but delivered as advertised in a 7-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. Sabathia (1-0) gave up two earned runs and five hits over six innings in his first outing since being traded Monday by Cleveland. The reigning American League Cy Young Award winner walked five, tying the season high he set in April. Now it remains to be seen whether the tight end-sized left-hander can pair with incumbent ace Ben Sheets to power the Brewers past the Chicago Cubs, who delivered a counterpunch to Milwaukee's trade for Sabathia by prying Rich Harden from Oakland in a trade Tuesday.

Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, is stepping down as managing partner of the Giants. Magowan, 66, will retire from his duties at the end of the season on Oct. 1 but maintain an ownership stake, the team said Friday. American Bar Assn. President William Neukom, a current partner in the Giants group, will take over for Magowan.

Game 1 : Today, 11:30 a.m. Colorado (Ubaldo Jimenez, 15-12, 3.47) at Philadelphia (Cliff Lee, 14-13, 3.22) Game 2 : Thursday, 11:30 a.m. Colorado (Aaron Cook, 11-6, 4.16) at Philadelphia (Cole Hamels, 10-11, 4.32) Game 3 : Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia (TBA) at Colorado (TBA) Game 4 : Sunday, TBA Philadelphia (TBA) at Colorado (TBA) Game 5 : Tuesday, TBA Philadelphia (TBA) at Colorado (TBA) Best-of-five series, all times Pacific if necessary Projected lineups P PHILLIES AVG HR RBI SS Jimmy Rollins .250 21 77 CF Shane Victorino .292 10 62 2B Chase Utley .282 31 93 1B Ryan Howard .279 45 141 RF Jayson Werth .268 36 99 LF Raul Ibanez .272 34 93 3B Pedro Feliz .266 12 82 C Carlos Ruiz .255 9 43 P Cliff Lee .212 0 1 P ROCKIES AVG HR RBI LF Carlos Gonzalez .284 13 29 CF Dexter Fowler .266 4 34 1B Todd Helton .325 15 86 SS Troy Tulowitzki .297 32 92 3B Garrett Atkins .226 9 48 C Yorvit Torrealba .291 2 31 RF Brad Hawpe .285 23 86 2B Clint Barmes .245 23 76 P Jimenez .220 0 2...

The Colorado Rockies have played under pressure most of this season. Facing the reigning National League Championship Series and World Series most valuable player didn't trouble them at all. Colorado touched Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels, last year's postseason star, for four runs and seven hits in the first five innings to take command Thursday at Citizens Bank Park. One more run against the Phillies' bullpen was enough for the Rockies to pull out a 5-4 win in Game 2 of this National League division series and even the best-of-five matchup.

The Colorado Rockies have played under pressure most of this season. Facing the reigning National League Championship Series and World Series most valuable player didn't trouble them at all. Colorado touched Phillies left-hander Cole Hamels, last year's postseason star, for four runs and seven hits in the first five innings to take command Thursday at Citizens Bank Park. One more run against the Phillies' bullpen was enough for the Rockies to pull out a 5-4 win in Game 2 of this National League division series and even the best-of-five matchup.

Game 1 : Today, 11:30 a.m. Colorado (Ubaldo Jimenez, 15-12, 3.47) at Philadelphia (Cliff Lee, 14-13, 3.22) Game 2 : Thursday, 11:30 a.m. Colorado (Aaron Cook, 11-6, 4.16) at Philadelphia (Cole Hamels, 10-11, 4.32) Game 3 : Saturday, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia (TBA) at Colorado (TBA) Game 4 : Sunday, TBA Philadelphia (TBA) at Colorado (TBA) Game 5 : Tuesday, TBA Philadelphia (TBA) at Colorado (TBA) Best-of-five series, all times Pacific if necessary Projected lineups P PHILLIES AVG HR RBI SS Jimmy Rollins .250 21 77 CF Shane Victorino .292 10 62 2B Chase Utley .282 31 93 1B Ryan Howard .279 45 141 RF Jayson Werth .268 36 99 LF Raul Ibanez .272 34 93 3B Pedro Feliz .266 12 82 C Carlos Ruiz .255 9 43 P Cliff Lee .212 0 1 P ROCKIES AVG HR RBI LF Carlos Gonzalez .284 13 29 CF Dexter Fowler .266 4 34 1B Todd Helton .325 15 86 SS Troy Tulowitzki .297 32 92 3B Garrett Atkins .226 9 48 C Yorvit Torrealba .291 2 31 RF Brad Hawpe .285 23 86 2B Clint Barmes .245 23 76 P Jimenez .220 0 2...

Todd Helton, Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki hit two-run homers, and the Colorado Rockies moved closer to a playoff spot with a 10-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night. The Rockies extended their NL wild-card lead to four games over Atlanta with four to play. Colorado also is within 2 1/2 games of the Dodgers in the NL West. The Rockies play one more against the Brewers today, then finish the season with three games at Dodger Stadium. Yorvit Torrealba had three hits for the Rockies, including an RBI single.

Yorvit Torrealba hit a three-run double in the ninth inning against closer Heath Bell to lift the Colorado Rockies to a 4-1 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night. Torrealba's bases-loaded hit into the left-center-field gap allowed the Rockies to pull out a comeback win and stay two games behind the first-place Dodgers in the NL West. The Dodgers beat the Giants, 10-3, at San Francisco. Colorado had just three hits against five Padres pitchers before they got to Bell, the NL co-leader with 37 saves, for four runs, three hits and two walks in the ninth.

Dodgers: An article in Wednesday's Sports section about Tuesday night's Dodger game said Colorado pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez had been charged with a passed ball. It was catcher Yorvit Torrealba.

MILWAUKEE -- CC Sabathia was a little wild in his debut with the Milwaukee Brewers, but delivered as advertised in a 7-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. Sabathia (1-0) gave up two earned runs and five hits over six innings in his first outing since being traded Monday by Cleveland. The reigning American League Cy Young Award winner walked five, tying the season high he set in April. Now it remains to be seen whether the tight end-sized left-hander can pair with incumbent ace Ben Sheets to power the Brewers past the Chicago Cubs, who delivered a counterpunch to Milwaukee's trade for Sabathia by prying Rich Harden from Oakland in a trade Tuesday.

Scott Podsednik is facing a Thursday deadline to decide whether to exercise his half of a mutual option that would keep him with the Dodgers for another season. The Dodgers on Tuesday exercised their part of the $2-million option. Podsednik, who was acquired from the Kansas City Royals in late July, replaced Manny Ramirez as the Dodgers' starting left fielder in the second half of the season. Podsednik's arrival cleared the way for the Dodgers to let Ramirez go to the Chicago White Sox on a waiver claim.

Wait till next year? Coming off a dreary 1-5 trip blamed on their weak offense, the Dodgers returned to Dodger Stadium and stroked seven hits — including five consecutive — in the first three innings Monday in the opening game of their showdown series with the first-place San Diego Padres. And still the Dodgers couldn't score for starter Hiroki Kuroda. So the Padres did instead, with three-run home runs by Will Venable and Chase Headley powering San Diego to a 10-5 win that extended the Dodgers' losing streak to six games — their second six-game skid since the All-Star break — and buried them further in the National League West.

* at Colorado 4, San Francisco 3: Clint Barmes homered and Yorvit Torrealba had a go-ahead two-run double in the sixth for the Rockies. The Giants have lost a season-high six straight games. Fred Lewis had two triples for San Francisco and Randy Winn hit a solo homer in the first to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. He also had a single and an RBI on a sacrifice fly.

Peter Magowan, the owner who brought Barry Bonds to San Francisco, built a new ballpark and kept major league baseball in the city, is stepping down as managing partner of the Giants. Magowan, 66, will retire from his duties at the end of the season on Oct. 1 but maintain an ownership stake, the team said Friday. American Bar Assn. President William Neukom, a current partner in the Giants group, will take over for Magowan.