Rockies manager Jim Tracy put Ubaldo Jimenez in some impressive company before his outing against Tampa Bay. Then, Jimenez went out and showed why. "I see a lot of Pedro Martinez in him. The looseness in his arm and the way his arm works reminds me an awful lot of a young Pedro Martinez," Tracy said. "And I watched a lot of that sitting next to Felipe Alou while I was in Montreal." Jimenez won his third straight start and Clint Barmes hit a two-run homer in Colorado's 4-3 victory over the Rays on Thursday.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Tue 6/16	Col	TB 12 at COL 4	W: Niemann L: De La Rosa
Wed 6/17	Col	TB 3 at COL 5	W: Cook L: Price
Thu 6/18	Col	TB 3 at COL 4	W: Jimenez L: Garza

Box Scores

Rays (35 - 33) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Rockies (33 - 33) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. B Upton, CF 5 1 2 0 0 2. C Crawford, LF 5 1 1 0 0 3. E Longoria, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 4. C Pena, 1B 4 0 0 0 1 5. B Zobrist, 2B 5 0 1 2 0 6. G Gross, RF 4 0 1 0 1 7. J Bartlett, SS 4 1 2 0 0 8. D Navarro, C 3 0 2 1 1 9. M Garza, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. W Aybar, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. J Nelson, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. G Balfour, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. P Burrell, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. R Choate, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 3 10 3 3		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. S Smith, LF 4 0 0 0 0 1. M Corpas, P 0 0 0 0 0 1. H Street, P 0 0 0 0 0 2. C Barmes, 2B 4 1 2 2 0 3. T Helton, 1B 3 1 1 1 1 4. B Hawpe, RF 3 0 0 0 1 5. T Tulowitzki, SS 3 0 1 0 0 6. I Stewart, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 7. C Gonzalez, CF-LF 3 1 1 1 0 8. P Phillips, C 3 0 1 0 0 9. U Jimenez, P 2 1 1 0 0 9. J Peralta, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. D Fowler, PH-CF 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 4 7 4 2
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* M Garza (L, 4-5) 5.0 5 4 4 2 5 3.83 J Nelson 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4.50 G Balfour 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 5.28 R Choate 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 1.00		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* U Jimenez (W, 6-6) 6.2 6 1 1 3 7 3.73 J Peralta (H, 4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1.86 M Corpas (H, 7) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 5.40 H Street (S, 15) 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 3.41
* = Season Stat
BATTING 3B: J Bartlett (3) BASERUNNING SB: B Upton (25), C Crawford (37), G Gross (6)		BATTING 2B: T Tulowitzki (9) HR: C Barmes (7), T Helton (8), C Gonzalez (1) BASERUNNING SB: T Tulowitzki (9)CS: C Barmes (5)

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Player News

Rays Carl Crawford (TB) News: According to the St. Petersburg Times, the Rays are interested in signing outfielder Carl Crawford to a long-term contract extension.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Carlos Pena (TB) News: The Rays reinstated Pena from the 60-day disabled list on Thursday.  (STATS - Thu. Nov 19, 2009) Brian Shouse (TB) News: Brian Shouse filed for free agency on Tuesday, according to the Sports Network.   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 17, 2009)

Rockies Jose Contreras (COL) News: According to Patrick Newman's NPB Tracker, former Colorado hurler Jose Contreras is considering pitching in Japan next season.  (Fanball - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Manuel Corpas (COL) News: Corpas (elbow) still hasn't pitched in winter ball this offseason.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Paul Phillips (COL) News: Catcher Paul Phillips has signed a one-year contract to stay with the Rockies, according to the Denver Post.   (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)